Achievements of Volunteer Monitoring Programs Across the Nation

Every so often we hear some especially exciting news about volunteer monitoring from our colleagues nationwide. We thought having a page where we list some of these highlights would be a good way to keep track of great steps our programs have taken. Please let us know breaking news from your region of the country so we can compile a comprehensive list of acomplishments.

January 2007

Iowa: Rich Leopold, former coordinator for IOWATER, the state's volunteer water monitoring program, was named Director of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

April 2007

Alabama: Bill Deutsch, Director of Alabama Water Watch (AWW) reported that one of the AWW groups on the coast received a coveted Outstanding Alabama Water designation, largely based on eight years of volunteer water testing (link to 321 KB pdf file).

May 2007

Rhode Island: University of Rhode Island Watershed Watch celebrated its 20th anniversary.
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