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Collaboration and Outreach Workgroup

Supporting State and Regional Water Monitoring Councils

Mission of the Collaboration and Outreach Work Group:
Support the creation and building of partnerships which foster collaboration among the water monitoring community, including fostering state and regional councils.

• Listing of state and regional councils and contact information
• Success Stories

Common Elements of State/Regional Councils:

Communicate Among Partners Coordinate Throughout the Monitoring Process Collaborate on Watershed-Based Monitoring Document Monitoring Activities Monitor Water Resources Efficiently Raise Public Awareness Keep the Process Inclusive

Common Activities of State/Regional Councils:

Network design and coordination Data Inventory and Management (Includes GIS) Annual Conferences Field and Analytical Methods of QA/QC Data Interpretation or Reporting Raise Public Awareness Inclusiveness

Discussion at 2010 NMC:
Building Successful State, Regional, and Tribal Water Monitoring Councils Panel

• Building Successful State, Regional, and Tribal Water Monitoring Councils… Some Things to Think About (Markowitz)
• Maximizing the Effectiveness of Water Quality Data Collection & Dissemination (Marshack, California State Water Resources Control Board)
• Regional Differences for Councils (Colorado)
• Florida Water Resources Monitoring Council:A Council in Transition (Sloane/Wolfe, Florida DEP)
• Indiana’s Water Monitoring Council (Arthur, InWMC President)
• State and Regional Councils: Iowa Case Study (Skopec, Iowa DNR)
• The Maryland Water Monitoring Council: Furthering the Cause of Water Monitoring in Maryland (Boward, Maryland DNR)
• In Lieu of a Council (West Virginia)
• West Virginia: Case Study of Upper Monongahela (Nichols, President, CLEAR)
• Agenda
• Panel description
• Panel Discussion Notes
• Points to Ponder when considering to go Non-Profit or Not (Horn, CO-DOW)
• Attendees

Indicators Panel Disscussion at 2010 NMC

Science-based environmental report cards and indicators from the watershed to the national scale

• Science-Based Environmental Report Cards and Indicators from the Watershed to the National Scale (Skopec, IA-DNR)
• Motivations for water indicators: You can't manage what you don't measure (Hirsch, USGS)
• EPA's Report on the Environment, Strategic Plan & Performance Report (Holdsworth, EPA)
• Indicator Integration fo National Water Quality Information: A State Perspective (McGeorge, NJDEP)
• What's going on in Canada, eh? (Murray, ESSA)
• Multi-scale report cards (Shilling, UC-Davis)
• Indicator Panel Discussion Description
• Attendees

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