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Highlights from the 8th Biennial National Conference
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Conference Results |
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ES A1: Bacteria Monitoring 101: A Workshop Offering You an Opportunity to Learn How to Monitor Bacteria in Your Local WaterwayOrganized by Kristine Stepenuck, Wisconsin’s Water Action Volunteers, University of Wisconsin-Extension and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
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ES A2: EPA’s National Coastal Condition Assessment: Preliminary National and State Data AnalysisOrganized by Treda Grayson and Hugh Sullivan, USEPA |
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ES A3: Continuous and Real-Time Water-Quality Monitoring; Where are We and Where are We Going? (and Why Aren’t We There Yet!)Organized by Andy Ziegler, USGS |
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Overview of Continuous Real-time Session track | Ziegler (USGS) | |
Continuous Water-Quality Monitoring in Oregon with a Historical Perspective (and What Can You Do With All These Data?) | Rounds (USGS) | |
Water Quality Sensors: Where are we, where are we going, and why aren’t we there yet? | Tamburri (ACT) | |
Regulatory Applications of Real-time Water Quality Data in Newfoundland and Labrador | Pugh ( Newfoundland & Labrador Dept. of Environment & Conservation) | |
ES A4: Taxonomic Consistency in Water Quality Programs – Views from the Laboratory to Program ManagersOrganized by Sarah Spaulding, USGS |
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Taxonomic consistency in water programs | Borisenko (OR DEQ) | |
Issues in Periphyton Taxonomic Consistency | Winter (Rhithron Associates) | |
Taxonomic Consistency – Algae | Charles (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia) | |
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ES A5: Using Weighted Regressions on Time, Discharge, and Season (WRTDS) to Analyze Long-term Water Quality Data SetsOrganized by Robert Hirsch, USGS |
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EGRET: Exploration and Graphics for RivEr Trends | Hirsch (USGS) | |
Mississippi River Basin study | Sprague (USGS) | |
ES A6: Meeting the Nation’s Needs for Water-Quality Information in the Next Decade: Planned Contributions from the NAWQA ProgramOrganized by Gary Rowe, USGS |
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Meeting the Nation’s Needs for Water-Quality Information in the Next Decade: Planned Contributions from the NAWQA Program | Rowe (USGS) | |
Surface Water Status and Trends Assessment | Gilliom (USGS) | |
Collaboration to Understand Water-Quality Stressors: National Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS) and NAWQA | Tarquinio (US EPA) | |
USGS–EPA Collaboration: Temperate Plains Synoptic | VanMetre (USGS) | |
Effects of Stressors on Stream Ecosystems | Munn (USGS) | |
Groundwater Monitoring & Modeling | Belitz (USGS) | |
NAWQA Cycle 3: Integrated Watershed Studies | Capel (USGS) | |
Assessing the Nation’s water quality | Wolock (USGS) | |
ES A7: Developing a Regionally Consistent Approach to Lake Biomonitoring for the Northeast Organized by Kellie Merrell, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources and Theresa Portante-Lyle, NEIWPCC |
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ES A8/B8: Building, Empowering & Sustaining State, Regional and Tribal Water Monitoring Councils and Water Monitoring Partnerships and Alliances Organized by Barb Horn, Colorado Parks and Wildlife; Cathy Tate, USGS; John Hummer, Great Lakes Commission; Leslie McGeorge and Alena Baldwin-Brown, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection |
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Building, Empowering & Sustaining State, Regional and Tribal Water Monitoring Councils and Water Monitoring Partnerships and Alliances | Horn ( CO Parks and Wildlife) and Tate (USGS) | |
NJ Water Monitoring Council – coordination, collaboration and communication mission | McGeorge (NJ DEP) | |
NWQMC 2012 Outreach and Communications Session | Tango (USGS) | |
ES A9: Implementing Web-based Digital Technologies for Volunteer Monitoring and Watershed Stewardship Organizations and AgenciesOrganized by Erickson Burres, California State Water Resources Control Board Clean Water Team |
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Adopt-A-Stream Database | Hughes (USGS) | |
B1: Partnerships for Western Water Concerns
Moderator: Jason Jones, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality |
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Federal and State Coordination on Water Policy, Water Resources, and Water Quality via the Western States Water Council and WestFAST | Young (WSWC) | |
Creating a Baseline Water Quality Library using Citizen-Based Monitoring Data in Southcentral Alaska | Lord (Cook Inletkeeper) | |
The Umatilla Basin Project: Cooperative Exchange of Columbia River Water for Instream Flows in the Umatilla Basin, Oregon | Marvin (OR WRD) | |
B2: Challenges in Defining Reference Conditions, Session 1
Moderator: Michael Miller, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
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Establishing a National Network of Reference Watersheds and Monitoring Sites for Freshwater Streams in the United States | Deacon (USGS) |
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Selecting Reference Sites for the U.S. EPA's National Aquatic Resource Surveys | Herlihy (OR State University) | |
Reference Sites and Reference Condition for Biological Condition Gradient (BCG) Development in the Upper Midwest | Gerritsen (Tetra Tech, Inc.) | |
Historical and Current Assemblages of the Youghiogheny River Watershed: Implications for Determining Reference Conditions and Conducting Restoration | Stranko (MD DNR) | |
B3: Assessing Water Quality Conditions in Estuaries
Moderator: Hugh Sullivan, US EPA |
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Application of Spatially-Referenced Regression (SPARROW) Modeling to Nitrogen and Phosphorus Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed as part of a Total-Maximum Daily Load (Toddles) | At or (USGS) | |
Evaluation of Broader Water Quality Assessments for Coastal National Parks | Down-and-out (USGS) | |
Integrating Estuarine Water Quality Monitoring in Northeastern National Parks at Local and Regional Scales | Nickels (USGS) | |
Water Quality and Salmon in the Lower Columbia River: Results of the Lower-Columbia Estuary Partnership's Ecosystem Monitoring Project | Johnson (NOAA) | |
B4: Watershed Protection: Diverse Perspectives
Moderator: Diane Wilson, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection |
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Monitoring the Effectiveness of a New Rain Garden Filtering Medium for Pollutant Removal and Urban Hydro modification Mitigation | Mackenzie (Urban Drainage and Flood Control District, CO) | |
Use of Ecosystem Service Markets to Protect Drinking Water in the Mackenzie Watershed | Mor gens tern (Eugene (OR) Water & Electric Board) | |
Drainage Districts as Nitrate-Nitrogen Sources to Headwater Streams | Seem an (IA Soybean Assoc..) | |
Assessing Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Cultural Needs in Developing Tribal Water Quality Standards and Developing Data and Collaborative Solutions to Protect and Restore Water Resources | Stumpy (Evergreen State College) | |
B5: Monitoring and Assessing Groundwater Quality
Moderator: Christopher Carlson, USDA Forest Service |
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The Groundwater-Ecosystem Connection: Multi-Scale Assessment Methods for Inventory, Mapping, and Analysis | Aldo us (The Nature Conservancy) | |
The Quality of Water in the Nation's Principal Aquifers | Rosen (USGS) | |
De cad al-scale Changes of Chloride, Dissolved Solids, and Nitrate Concentrations in Groundwater in the United States | Lindsey (USGS) | |
Temporal Changes in Groundwater Concentrations of Pesticides and Nitrate, and their Relation to Regional Agri chemical Usage Patterns and Other Potential Controlling Factors | Coquette (USGS) | |
B6: Source, Fate and Transport of Mercury
Moderator: Heather Golden, US EPA |
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Temporal and Spatial Variability of Mercury, pH, and Non-Sea Salt Sulfate Fluxes Associated with Changes in Anthropogenic Emissions in the Pensacola Bay Region | Ma est re (Unit. West Florida) | |
The Importance of Dry Gas-Phase Mercury Deposition to Aquatic Ecosystems | Carbonates (USGS) | |
Modeling Mercury Exposure at Different Scales in the Métier Creek Watershed and Edisto River Basin, SC, USA | Knight es (US EPA) | |
Mercury in Atmospheric Deposition, Sediment Cores, and Fish on the East and West Coasts of North America, and in the Southern Hemisphere: Effects of Regional and Global Atmospheric Emissions | Colman (USGS) | |
B7: Effective Communication of Water Quality Science to Stakeholders, Session 1
Moderator: Shannon Quigley-Raymond, San Diego River Park Foundation |
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Communicating Water-Quality Information - How to Get Started, and What's Most Effective | Runkle (USGS) | |
Methods, Models and Monitoring... Mundane? Or, Newsworthy | Capelli (USGS) | |
The Data Speaks: Is It a Language We Understand? | Shelled (OK Conserv. Comm.) | |
Using Video to Communicate Scientific Findings - Habitat Connections in Urban Streams | Harned (USGS) | |
ES B9: New Techniques in Accessing and Analyzing Water-Quality Data
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Accessing water-quality data for the Nation in a few clicks from USGS and EPA | Murphy (USGS) | |
C1: Expanding the Use of Volunteer Monitoring Information
Moderator: David Chestnut, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control |
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Integration of Volunteer Monitoring in the Myrtle Beach Urbanized Area's NPDES Phase II Stormwater Management Programs | Libes (Coastal Carolina Univ.) | |
Collaboration between New Jersey's Volunteer Monitoring Community and the State Agency | Donkersloot (NJ DEP) | |
Insuring Quality Volunteer Data | Riggert (MO Dept. of Conserv.) | |
Incorporating and Validating Citizen and Non-Agency Data for 305(b)/303(d) Assessment | Beckley (VA DEQ) | |
C2: Site Evaluation Considerations in Probability-based Surveys
Moderator: Amina Pollard (US EPA) |
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National River and Stream Assessment Monitoring Design & Extent Estimates | Olsen (US EPA) | |
Probabilistic Monitoring in the Southwestern Deserts; What are the Chances of Finding Water? | Spindler (AZ DEQ) | |
Navigating the Site Evaluation Phase of Probability Based Surveys | Linder (Tetra Tech, Inc.) | |
Demographic and Geographic Factors Affecting Access to Probabilistic Stream Sites in Kansas | Smith (KS Dept. Health and Env.) | |
C3: Emerging Technologies and Techniques in Real-Time Monitoring
Moderator: Charles Dvorsky, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
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Dissolved Organic Matter as a Proxy for Mercury in Aquatic Ecosystems | Aiken (USGS) | |
What Can We Learn From Continuous Measurements of Water Quality in Large Rivers? | Pellerin (USGS) | |
Use of Real-Time Data to Monitor the Biogeochemistry and Plankton Ecology of the Lower Columbia River | Maier (OR Health and Science Univ.) | |
The Complexities of High-Level Turbidity Measurement - How to Select the Technology to Meet Your Monitoring Needs | Sadar (Hach Company) | |
C4: Assessing Urban Waters
Moderator: Lori Pillsbury, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality |
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The Response of Benthic Macroinvertebrates to Urbanization in the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watersheds, California | Morris (Council for Watershed Health) | |
Design and Initial Results from an Integrated, Probabilistic Stream Monitoring Survey in Portland, OR | Law (City of Portland) | |
Modeling the Health of Wadeable Streams in Connecticut Using Biomonitoring Information and Watershed Characteristics | Bellucci (CT Dept. of Energy and Envtl. Prot.) | |
Geospatial Techniques for Site Selection and Estimated Benefits of Watershed-scale Implementation of Low Impact Development | Jabusch (SFEI) | |
C5: Cyanobacteria Detection and Monitoring Methods
Moderator: Jennifer Graham, USGS |
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Suitability of In Vivo Fluorometry and Backscatter Data to Assess Short-Term Fluctuations of a Cyanobacteria Bloom, Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon | Schenk (USGS) | |
Using Real-Time Monitoring for Assessing Cyanobacteria Algal Blooms and Water Quality Conditions at Two Waterbodies in the Boston Urban Area | Faber (US EPA) | |
Evaluation and Comparison of Sample Splitting and Cell Lysis Techniques for Recovery of Total Microsystins from Cyanobacteria | Loftin (USGS) | |
New Mass Spectrometry Methods for the Evaluation of Cyanobacterial Blooms | Maier (OR State Univ.) | |
C6: Predicting the Effects of Klamath River Dam Removal
Moderator: Nancy Roberts-Lawler, Musconetcong Watershed Association |
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The Klamath Basin Secretarial Determination: Water Quality Considerations for Decisions about Dam Removal | Anderson (USGS) | |
Using Monitoring Data and Empirical Analyses to Predict the Long-Term Effects of Dam Removal on Nutrients, Water Quality, and Periphyton in the Klamath River | Asarian (Kier Assoc.) | |
Simulating Water Temperature of the Klamath River under Dam Removal and Climate Change Scenarios | Perry (USGS) | |
Model Development and Estimation of Short-Term Impacts of Dam Removal on Dissolved Oxygen in the Klamath River | Singer (Stillwater Sciences) | |
C7: Effective Communication of Water Quality Science to Stakeholders, Session 2
Moderator: Gary Kohlhepp, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality |
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Beyond Graphs and Tables: Effective Communication of Water Quality Data by the Surfrider Foundation's Blue Water Task Force | Dias and Plybon (Surfrider Foundation) | |
Methods for Improved Dissemination of Water-Resources Data by the U.S. Geological Survey Arkansas Water Science Center | Funkhouser (USGS) | |
Landscaping for Water: Addressing Water Quality Impairments One Backyard at a Time | Travers (Delaware Nature Society) | |
An Examination of Public Perception of Water Quality in Denver, CO | Novick (Denver Dept. of Envtl. Health) | |
C8: Understand, Restore, and Protect Our Waters: National Water Quality Monitoring Council Programs, Initiatives and ProductsOrganized by Mike Yurewicz, USGS and Susan Holdsworth, USEPA |
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C9: A Web-Based Tool for Evaluating Surface-Water Nutrient Conditions Organized by Daniel Wise, USGS |
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D1: Developing Local, Regional, and National Water Quality Data Exchanges
Moderator: James Beckley, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality |
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Cloud Based WQX Implementation for Tribal and Volunteer Communities | Wicox (Gold Systems, Inc.) | |
The California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN): A Statewide Water Quality Monitoring and Visualization System for California | Steinberg (Southern California Coastal Water Research Project) | |
Implementing an Organization-Wide Advanced Sampling Data Management System at the New South Wales Office of Water | Schlaeger (KISTERS AG, Germany) | |
The National Ground Water Monitoring Network: Design, Piloting, and Implementation | Cunningham (USGS) | |
D2: Challenges in Defining Reference Conditions, Session 2
Moderator: Richard Mitchell, US EPA |
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The U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Benchmark Network: A Testing Ground for a National Network of Reference Watersheds and Monitoring Sites | McHale (USGS) | |
Evaluation of Various Classification Schemes for Establishing Reference Conditions for Wisconsin's Stream Resources | Miller (WI DNR) | |
Development and Evaluation of Reference Criteria for California's Perennial Streams | Ode (CA Dept. of Fish and Game) | |
Estimating Reference Condition for Large-Scale Surveys -- Where are We, and How Did We Get Here? | Stoddard (US EPA) | |
D3: UV Sensors: Nitrate
Moderator: Brian Pellerin, USGS |
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Using Optical Sensors to Measure Nitrate Concentrations in Iowa's Rivers | Garrett (USGS | |
Benefits of High Resolution In Situ Monitoring of Nitrate in Aquatic Systems | Bergamaschi (USGS) | |
Nitrate Analysis by UV Spectrophotometry - An Unbiased Comparison of Four Models | Snazelle and Fulford (USGS) | |
Quantifying the Effects of Particle and Organic Matter Interference on Several Commercially Available In Situ Optical Nitrate Analyzers | Saraceno (USGS) | |
D4: Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Water
Moderator: David Fuller, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe |
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The Indigenous Observation Network (ION): Preliminary Results of Long-Term Water-Quality Monitoring in the Yukon River Basin to Address Climate Change | Toohey (Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council) | |
Vulnerability Assessment of New England Streams to Contribute to a Monitoring Network to Detect Climate Change Effects | Bierwagen (US EPA) | |
Modeling Hydrologic Alteration and Ecosystem Response to Climate Change in the Southeastern U.S. | Hughes (USGS) | |
Development of a Decision Support System for Estimating Salinity Intrusion Effects due to Climate Change on the South Carolina and Georgia Coast | Conrads (USGS) | |
D5: Studying Groundwater/Surface Water Interactions
Moderator: Michael Rosen, USGS |
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Using Real-time Geochemical Monitoring and Flood Inundation Mapping to Identify Groundwater Under the Influence of Surface Water | Braun (USGS) | |
Water-Table and Nutrient Fluctuations within the Floodplain of the Upper Cape Fear River, North Carolina | McSwain (USGS) | |
Stormwater: Benefit or Detriment to Groundwater? | Adkins (City of Portland) | |
Groundwater Studies with Atmospheric Trace Gases: Current Techniques, Applications, and Future Directions | Haase (USGS) | |
D6: Transformation and Fate of Mercury in River and Streams
Moderator: Christopher Knightes, US EPA |
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Willamette Basin Mercury Trends and Analysis, 2003-2011 | Lut (OR DEQ) | |
Characterizing Mercury Concentrations and Flux Dynamics in a Coastal Plain Watershed using Multiple Models | Golden (US EPA) | |
Hydrologic Controls on Methylmercury Availability in Coastal Plain Rivers | Bradley (USGS) | |
Applying measures of Watershed Geomorphology and Organic Carbon to Identify Relative Risk of Mercury Contamination in Regional Landscapes: Example from the Adirondack Mountains of New York | Burns (USGS) | |
D7: Influencing Behavior through Public Education
Moderator: Marisa Burghdoff, Snohomish County, WA |
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Making Clear Choices for Clean Water: A Pledge-Based Social Marketing Campaign | Hoffmann (Upper White River Watershed Alliance) | |
Addressing Threats from Increasing Development in the McKenzie Watershed | Toth (Eugene (OR) Water & Electric Board | |
Training the Public to Identify Aquatic Invasive Plants | Herron (Univ. of Rhode Island) | |
Applying Kitsap Public Health's Pollution Identification and Correction Methods for the Restoration & Protection of Shellfish Growing Areas | Crim (Kitsap (WA) Public Health District | |
ES D8/E8: Getting Started: Tools and Resources for Starting Your Volunteer Monitoring Program
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ES D9/E9: EPA's National Wetland Condition Assessment: What We Did, Where We Are, and What's Next
Organized by Gregg Serenbetz and Mary Kentula, US EPA |
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Potential Frameworks for NWCA Reporting: Building on the Previous NARS Assessments | Kentula (US EPA) |
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Approaches to Defining Reference Condition for the NWCA | Stevenson (MI State Univ.) | |
National Wetland Condition Assessment: Status of Vegetation Data Analysis | Magee (US EPA) | |
Analyzing Soils Data for the National Wetland Condition Assessment | Vasilas (USDA-NRCS) | |
E1: Applied Biological Assessments
Moderator: Tony Shaw, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection |
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Determining Sediment Impairment in New Mexico using Biologic and Geomorphic Sediment Thresholds | Guevara (NM Envt. Dept.) | |
Interactions of Stressors in Virginia Streams | Willis (VA DEQ) | |
Watershed-wide Macroinvertebrate Monitoring in Johnson Creek | Iwai (Multnomah County, OR) | |
Monitoring Water Quality in Alaskan National Parks: Development of RIVPACS Empirical Models for Assessing Ecological Condition and Detecting Change in a Heterogeneous Landscape | Simmons (US NPS) | |
E2: The National Lakes Assessment 2007: Continuing Analyses and Statewide Survey Results
Moderator: Amina Pollard, US EPA |
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The National Lakes Assessment: A National Assessment of Bacteria (Enteroccoci) Levels in Lakes Across the United States | Lehmann (US EPA) | |
Condition of Indiana Lakes Following the National Lakes Assessment | Sobat (IN Dept. Envtl. Mgmt.) | |
The Health of Vermont Lakes: Results of the 2007 National Lake Assessment | Merrell (VT Agency of Natural Resources) | |
Using d2H and d18O in Assessing Evaporation and Water Residence Time of Lakes in EPA's National Lakes Assessment | Brooks (US EPA) | |
E3: Real-time Surrogates
Moderator: Patrick Rasmussen, USGS |
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Use of Real-Time Monitoring to Predict Concentrations of Select Constituents in the Menomonee River Watershed, Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Baldwin (USGS) | |
Continuous Monitoring of Total Phosphorus in the Reedy River through Implementation of Empirical Regression Equations | Hammond (Woolpert, Inc.) | |
Applications of Fluorescence Spectroscopy to Predict Wastewater in an Urban Stream | Goldman (USGS) | |
Real-Time Monitoring to Estimate Bacteria Concentrations in Midwest urban Streams Providing the Public with Continuous Water Quality Information | Welker (US EPA) | |
E4: Emerging Contaminants in Urban Waters
Moderator: Greg Pettit, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality |
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Occurrence and Transformation of Benzodiazepine Pharmaceuticals in the Environment | Kosjek (Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia) | |
Reconnaissance Investigation of Emerging Contaminants in Effluent from Wastewater Treatment Plant and Stormwater Runoff in the Columbia River Basin | Morace (USGS) | |
Assessing the Extent and Magnitude of Sediment Contamination in Southern California by Two Chemicals of Emerging Concern | Schiff (Southern California Coastal Water Research Project) | |
Urban Water Monitoring for Organic Contamination | Webb (US EPA) | |
E5: Understanding Nutrients in Surface Water
Moderator: Dave Mueller, USGS |
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Temporal Trends in Stream N Concentrations and Biogeochemical Responses to Disturbances in Long-Term Reference Watersheds | Argerich (OR State Univ.) | |
Spatially Explicit Modeling to Extend Monitoring Information in Major Regions of the Conterminous United States | Preston (USGS) | |
Use of Refined SPARROW Models to Better Understand the Spatial Distribution and Sources of Nutrients in Streams throughout the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin | Robertson (USGS) | |
A Web-Based Tool for Evaluating Surface-Water Nutrient Conditions across the Pacific Northwest | Wise (USGS) | |
E6: Predicting Mercury Levels in Fish and Wildlife
Moderator: Leslie McCarty, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection |
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Mercury and Methylmercury in Reservoirs in Indiana | Rich (USGS) | |
Landscape-level Patterns of Mercury Contamination of Fish in the South Central United States | Drainer (TX Christian Unit.) | |
A Dynamic Model using Monitoring Data and Watershed Characteristics to Project Fish Tissue Mercury Concentrations | Can (Unit. of Louisville) | |
MERGANSER - An Empirical Model to Predict Fish and Loon Mercury in New England Lakes | Ka mm an (VT Agency of Natural Res.) | |
E7: Communication Using Innovative Technologies
Moderator: James Harrington, California Department of Fish and Game |
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The Central Valley Monitoring Directory: A Web-based Tool to Aid Monitoring Coordination | Jacobs (Aquatic Science Center) | |
Improving Scientific Communication through the Use of U.S. Geological Survey Video Podcasts | Moor man (USGS) | |
Putting Water Quality Information into the Hands of the Public: KCWaters' New Mobile Apps | Robichaud (US EPA) | |
"Show Me" - Empowering Decision Makers and Stakeholders with Data Analyses Tools to Further Communicate Science | Sabee (North Jackson Company, OR) | |
F1: Data Access through Innovative Web Technologies
Moderator: Dave Wilcox, Gold Systems |
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Citizen Water Quality Monitoring Data Indexing - The San Diego River Story | Quigley-Raymond (San Diego River Park Foundation) | |
Using Innovative Technologies to Access Environmental Data | Kim (OR DEQ) | |
Introducing the Water Quality Data Portal | Booth (USGS) | |
Development of a Ground Water Data Portal for Interoperable Data Exchange and Mediation within the National Ground Water Monitoring Network (NGWMN) | Lucido (USGS) | |
F2: Planning and Enhancing the 2012 National Lakes Assessment
Moderator: Treda Grayson, US EPA |
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National Lakes Assessment: Overview of 2007 Results and Plans for the 2012 Assessment | Pollard (US EPA) | |
Results of Pilot Testing in Wisconsin to Add Rapid Macrophyte Assessment to the 2012 National Lake Assessment | Asplund and Mikulyuk (WI DNR) | |
Measuring Reservoir Drawdown Effects in Texas as Part of the 2012 National Lakes Assessment: A Pilot Study to Enhance National Methods | Rogers (TX CEQ) | |
Evaluation of Sublittoral and Littoral Indexes of Macroinvertebrate Integrity for Southern New England and Mid-Atlantic Lakes | Kurtenbach (US EPA) | |
F3: Incorporating Innovations into Network Design
Moderator: Andrew Ziegler (USGS) |
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Continuous Water-Quality Monitoring Throughout Virginia: Objectives, Study Designs, and Analysis of Data | Hyer (USGS) | |
Continuous Water Quality Monitoring in Remote Arid West Texas | Dvorsky (TX CEQ) | |
Regulatory Applications of Real-time Water Quality Data in Newfoundland and Labrador | Pugh (Newfoundland and Labrador DEC) | |
Use of Technology to Support Tributary and Near-Shore Monitoring for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) | Peters (USGS) | |
F4: Tools for Prioritizing Restoration Efforts
Moderator: Lori Sprague (USGS) |
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Recovery Potential Screening: Innovative Assessments in State "Laboratories of Democracy" | Norton (US EPA) | |
Showing a Restoration Benefit in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: The Easy, the Not So Easy, and the Very Hard | Southerland (Versar, Inc.) | |
Using Mapping Technology and Water Sampling to Prioritize Projects to More Effectively Improve Water Quality in Southeastern Oregon | Hammond (OR Dept. of Agriculture) | |
Stormwater and Streams: Understanding the Thermal Impact of Stormwater Best Management Practices | Watts (Univ. of New Hampshire) | |
F5: Monitoring Network Design and Redesign
Moderator: Gary Rowe, USGS |
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Rehabilitation of the Malawi National Water Quality Monitoring Network: Lessons learned | Rossouw (Aurecon, South Africa) | |
Long Term Aquatic Resources Monitoring and Research Plan for Lakes Mead and Mohave, Lake Mead national Recreation Area, Nevada and Arizona | Turner (USGS) | |
Initiate and Sustain Collaboration by Focusing on the Delivery of Information to the User | Marshack (CA SWRCB) | |
Assessing and Improving the Northeast-Midwest Region's Water Information System | Dawson (NWF presenting on behalf of Northeast-Midwest Institute) | |
F6: Monitoring for Impacts of Fracking, Session 1
Moderator: Tony Shaw, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection |
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The Hydraulic Fracturing (HF) Process: Real Concern or Misdirected Focus Concerning Threats to Drinking Water supplies (DWS) | Penoyer (US NPS) | |
Unconventional Hydrocarbon Development and the Use of Hydraulic Fracturing - Monitoring for Water Quality Impact | Kappel (USGS) | |
Monongahela River QUEST: A Collaborative Approach to Monitoring Water Quality in the Monongahela River Basin | Saville (WVU) | |
Continuous Remote Water Quality Monitoring of Headwater Streams within the Marcellus Shale Region of the Susquehanna River Basin | Hintz (Susquehanna River Basin Commission) | |
F7: Monitoring and Modeling Cyanobacteria Blooms, Session 1
Moderator: Tom Faber, US EPA |
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History of Cylindrospermopsis in a Large Flood-control, Hydroelectric, and Water-supply Reservoir in Northwestern Arkansas | Green (USGS) | |
Phytoplankton Communities of Productive Ohio Reservoirs: Importance of Cyanobacteria and Ecoregion | Scotese (BSA Environmental Services, Inc.) | |
Creating Cost-effective Regional Algal Bloom Monitoring Networks | Wilson (Auburn University) | |
A Comparison of Modeling Approaches to Predict Taste-and-Odor Occurrences in Cheney Reservoir, Kansas | Catton (CO State Univ.) | |
ES F8/G8: Evaluating Volunteer Monitoring Program SuccessOrganized by Tara Muenz and Allison Hughes, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream |
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Confluence: Georgia Adopt-A-Stream’s Annual Conference | Muenz and Hughes (GA Adopt-A-Stream) | |
Volunteer Monitoring Program Evaluation: a case from Alabama Water Watch | Deutsch (AL Water Watch) | |
Evaluating Volunteer Monitoring Program Success: Data Use AWW Data Management | Ruiz-Córdova (Global Water Watch) | |
Using Volunteer Monitoring Data: A Georgia Perspective |
Smith GA DNR) | |
F9/G9: Data Analysis from the National Rivers and Streams Assessment
Organized by Ellen Tarquinio, USEPA |
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G1: Development and Use of Water Quality Indicators
Moderator: Jim Dorsch, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District, Denver, CO |
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Effective Public Communication of Water Quality Data | Pritchard (San Diego Coastkeeper) | |
Using an Automated Water Quality Report Card System from the East Coast on the West Coast - A Successful Implementation | Busse (San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board) | |
Comparing Metrics Used to Assess Macroinvertebrate Collections: Ways to Communicate Your Results and Avoid Calibration Problems | Martin (Adrian College) | |
Ranking Matrix to Prioritize Watersheds in a TMDL Context | Stringfellow (Univ. of the Pacific) | |
G2:Improving State/Tribal Monitoring Programs using the National Aquatic Resource Surveys
Moderator: Marsha Landis, US EPA |
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Integrating Random Probabilistic Design Surveys into Legacy Statewide Rotating Integrated Basin Studies | Smith (NY DEC) | |
State-Scale Statistically-Valid Surveys NARS and State Programs Concordance and Discord | Chestnut (SC Dept. of Health and Envtl. Control) | |
2010 National Coastal Condition Assessment: Lessons Learned in Michigan | Roush (MI DEQ) | |
Nebraska's Wetland Assessment Intensification Study as Part of the National Wetland Condition Assessment Project | LaGrange (NE Game and Parks Commission) | |
G3: Continuous Real-time Monitoring: QA from Start to Finish
Moderator: Daniel Sullivan, USGS |
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From Quality Assurance to Data Elements: Making the Connections for Sensors | Katznelson (UC Berkley) | |
USGS Protocols for the Operation of Continuous Water-Quality Monitors | Wagner (USGS) | |
Estimating Missing Data in Water Quality Time Series | Stoks (RIWA, The Netherlands) | |
"... and When That Doesn't Work..." Real-Life in Real-Time Monitoring | Dvorsky (TX CEQ) | |
G4: Prioritizing Emerging Contaminants for Monitoring
Moderator: David Thompson, Colorado Trout Unlimited |
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Which Unregulated Organic Chemicals are Highest Priority as Contaminants of Emerging Concern? | Diamond (Tetra Tech, Inc.) | |
Prioritization of Constituents and Analytical Methods for National Assessments by the U.S. Geological Survey | Valder (USGS) | |
Use of Market Forensics to Estimate the Environmental Load of Ingredients from Consumer Products | DeLeo (American Cleaning Inst.) | |
Drugs Here, There, and Everywhere - How One Utility Refined Its Approach to Emerging Contamination | Anderson (City of Portland) | |
G5: Healthy Drinking Water for Healthy People
Moderator: Curtis Cude, Oregon Health Authority |
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The Reliability of Drinking Water Quarterly Compliance Monitoring Data as Reflected By EPA's 2nd 6-Year Review of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations | Regnier (National Rural Water Association) | |
Chemical Mixtures in Water from Public-Supply Wells in the U.S. - Occurrence, Composition, and Potential Toxicity | Norman (USGS) | |
Assessment of Arsenic Concentrations in Domestic Well Water in Maine | Nielsen (USGS) | |
The Big Four: How Arizona's Most Comprehensive Groundwater Quality Assessment Relates to Discount Shopping | Towne (AZ DEQ) | |
G6: Monitoring for Impacts of Fracking, Session 2
Moderator: Christopher Carlson, USDA Forest Service |
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Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA-DEP) Water Quality Monitoring Section, Continuous Instream Monitoring, In Response to Ever Increasing "Deep Well" Shale Gas Drilling Activity | Shull (PA DEP) | |
Monitoring Potential Surface-Water Effects from Shale Gas Exploration and Extraction Activities in the Fayetteville Shale of North-Central Arkansas | Funkhouser (USGS) | |
Assessing Potential Water-Quality Effects on Shallow Groundwater from Unconventional Gas Production in the Fayetteville Shale in Arkansas | Kresse (USGS) | |
Groundwater Quality Assessment in the Central Arkansas Area Overlaying the Fayetteville Shale Gas Play | Nottmeier (Univ. of Arkansas) | |
G7: Monitoring and Modeling Cyanobacteria Blooms, Session 2
Moderator: Mary Skopec, Iowa Department of Natural Resources |
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Phytoplankton Community Dynamics in 28 North American Reservoirs/Lakes: A Multivariate Analysis | Beaver (BSA Envtl. Services, Inc.) | |
Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Microcystins and their Relation to Other Water Quality Variables in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon | Eldridge (USGS) | |
Environmental Influences on Toxic and Non-Toxic Microsystins Populations in Vancouver Lake, Washington | Lee (WA State Univ.) | |
Reassessment of Cyanotoxin Mixture in the 2007 US EPA National Lakes Assessment | Loftin (USGS) | |
H1: Adaptive Monitoring with Volunteers
Moderator: Linda Green, University of Rhode Island |
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State of the Malibu Creek Watershed: Results from 12 years of Citizen Monitoring | Pease (Heal the Bay) | |
Maryland Stream Waders Volunteer Monitoring Program: Eleven Years of Success! | Boward (MD DNR) | |
Colorado River Watch's Success Over the Past Twenty-two Years | Campus (Colorado River Watch) | |
Amphibian Monitoring with the Georgiz Adopt-A-Stream Program | Muenz (GA DNR) | |
H2: Results from State and Regional Wetlands Assessments
Moderator: Gregg Serenbetz, USEPA |
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California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM) Results from the 2011 EPA National Wetland Condition Assessment | Clark (Moss Landing Marine Laboratories) | |
Evaluating the Range of Natural Variability in Wetlands: Lessons Learned from the Rocky Mountain ReMAP Project | Vance (Univ. of Montana) | |
Ohio's Intensification of the National Wetland Condition Assessment (NWCA) | Gara (OH EPA) | |
A Comparison of the North Carolina Rapid Assessment Method with the Ohio Rapid Assessment Method using the National Wetland Condition Assessment Sites | Savage (NC DENR) | |
H3: Information Systems for Accessing and Assessing Data
Moderator: Rick Hooper, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science |
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StreamChemDB: Development of a Web-Accessible Database of Stream Chemistry for U.S. Forest Service Experimental Forests and National Science Foundation Ling-Term Ecological Research Sites | Greathouse (OR State Univ.) | |
Tackling Data Comparability for Multiple Uses | Grosso (SFEI) | |
Recovery Potential Screening: Online Tools for Assessing Watershed Restorability | DiMascio (US EPA) | |
Water Quality Data Assessment Using Principle Component Analysis, Case Study: Qazvin, Iran | Vaghefi (Amirkabir Univ. of Technology, Iran) | |
H4: Emerging Contaminants in Fish
Moderator: Kathy Kuivila, USGS |
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A Demonstration of the WERF Trace Organic Compounds Database Management System for Analyzing Impacts of Trace Organic Compounds on Aquatic Populations and Communities | White (Tetra Tech, Inc.) | |
Passive Samplers: Considerations to Help Make Your Study a Success | Alvarez (USGS) | |
Emerging and Legacy Contaminants in POCIS, SPMDs, Sediments, and the Largescale Sucker (Catostomus macrocheilus) in the Lower Columbia River - USGS ConHab Project | Nilsen (USGS) | |
Analysis of Fish Tissue in the National Rivers and Streams Assessment Focusing on a National Assessment of Organo-halogen Compounds in Fish from U.S. Rivers | Wathen (US EPA) | |
H5: Understanding Nutrients: Groundwater/Surface Water Interactions
Moderator: Neil Dubrovsky (USGS) |
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Surface Water and Groundwater Interactions and Processes Affecting Nitrogen Speciation in a Karst Aquifer | Mahler (USGS) | |
Hydrologic and Geochemical Factors Influencing Stream Vulnerability to Legacy Nutrients | Tesoriero (USGS) | |
Nutrient Loads and Concentrations in the Nation's Streams During Base Flow | Spahr (USGS) | |
Nitrate Trends in the Mississippi River and its Tributaries: Evidence of Groundwater/Surface Water Interaction | Sprague (USGS) | |
H6: Deepwater Horizon Spill Monitoring
Moderator: Steve Wolfe, Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
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Response to an Oil Spill: USGS Protocols and Procedures for Shoreline Sampling Under Potentially Hazardous Conditions | Wilde (USGS) | |
Throwing a Scientist to the Wolves: Lesson Learned by a Scientist during the Deepwater Horizon Response | Bryant (USGS) | |
Organic Contaminants and Trace Elements in Water and Sediment Sampled in Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill | Nowell (USGS) | |
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Contamination in Sediments and the Water Column following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Hydrocarbons Sampling Distribution in Subsurface Sediment and Water Samples | Spier (University of the Pacific) | |
H7: Pathogen Source Identification and Management
Moderator: Laura Webb, US EPA |
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The Poop Stops Here: E. Coli Sampling for Volunteer Water Quality Monitors | Apodaca (Lower Colorado River Authority) | |
Detecting and Eliminating an Illicit Source of Bacteria in an Urban Watershed in Minnesota | Loyas (Capitol Region Watershed District, MN) | |
Implementation of a Wildlife Scat Monitoring Program to Determine Giardia and Cryptosporidium Prevalence and Concentrations from Fecal Deposits in the Protected Bull Run Watershed, Oregon | Rodriguez del Rey (City of Portland) | |
Bacteria Contamination in Urban Water Monitoring using Multiple Analytical Tools | Webb (US EPA) | |
ES H8: Fascinating Biogeochemistry – How Diel Cycling Complicates Surface-Water MonitoringOrganized by David Nimick, USGS |
ES H9: Design and Indicator Selection for the National River and Streams Assessment 2013-2014 Organized by Ellen Tarquinio, USEPA |
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National Rivers and Streams Assessment (NRSA 2013-2014): Criteria for Indicator Selection | Tarquinio (USEPA) | |
National River and Stream Assessment 2013-14: Survey Design for Selection of Sites | Olsen (USEPA) | |
I1: Effects of Diel Cycling on Stream Conditions
Moderator: David Nimick, USGS |
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Diel Cycles in Major and Trace Elements in Streams: Anthropogenic Effects on, and Additions to, Natural Cycles | Reilly (USGS) | |
Diel Variation in Sediment Load in a 5th Order River in SE Idaho - Temporal Variation and Impacts on Load Estimates | Inouye (NSF) | |
Diel Cycles Confound Synoptic Sampling in a Metal-Contaminated Stream | Kimball (USGS) | |
Effects of Daily Fluctuations in Streamflow on Stream Metabolic Activity Calculations | Argerich (OR State Univ.) | |
I2: Applications and Analyses Using National Aquatic Resource Surveys Data and Geospatial Information
Moderator: Tommy Dewald, USEPA |
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Applying NHDPlus to Support the NLA and NRSA | McKay (Horizon Systems Corp.) | |
Creating the Spatial Framework for National Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS): Melding National Aquatic Data Sets with Survey Requirements | Weber (USEPA) | |
The Development of a Reference Lake Screening Tool for Natural Lakes in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States Using 2007 NLA Land use and Water Chemistry Data | Hoffmann (MN State Univ. - Mankato) | |
Using AttILA for Landscape-based GIS Analyses in the Identification of Reference Lakes for EPA's 2012 National Lakes Assessment | Cox (USEPA) | |
I3: Data Quality Management Tools and Techniques
Moderator: Terry Schertz, USGS |
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Bayesian Surprise as a Tool for Validating Data from Sensor Networks | Brooks (Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison) | |
Quality Control of Observational Datasets Collected in a Real-Time Monitoring Network | Fuller (Clarkson Univ.) | |
Streamlining and Automating Water-quality Time-series Records Processing | Rasmussen (USGS) | |
Visualization and Exploration of Time-Dense Monitoring Data with the USGS Data Grapher | Rounds (USGS) | |
I4: Monitoring for the Effectiveness of TMDLs
Moderator: Tatyana DiMascio, USEPA |
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Overview of Washington State's TMDL Effectiveness Monitoring Program | Collyard (WA Dept. of Ecology) | |
TMDL Effectiveness Assessments for the Union River and Dungeness River Watersheds | Godfrey (The Cadmus Group, Inc.) | |
Development of a Monitoring Program for Evaluating Water Quality Improvements and TMDL Effectiveness in Bear Creek, Oregon | Meyers (OR DEQ) and Godfrey (The Cadmus Group, Inc.) | |
Recommendations and Tools for Developing TMDL Effectiveness Monitoring Plans | Blake (The Cadmus Group, Inc.) | |
I5: Monitoring for Nutrient Impacts and Criteria Development
Moderator: Timothy Asplund, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
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Adapting a Biological and Water Quality Monitoring Program to Supply Information Required for Implementing Numeric Nutrient Criteria | Miltner ( OH EPA) | |
A Biological Condition Gradient Approach for Using Diatoms to Assess Nutrient Conditions: New Jersey Streams | Charles (ANS, Philadelphia) | |
The Use of Structural and Functional Indicators to Develop Numeric Nutrient Criteria for Utah's Wadeable Streams | Shupryt (UT DEQ) | |
Using Multiple Lines of Evidence to Assess Biostimulatory Effects in Central Coastal California Surface Waters | Worcester (Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board) | |
I6: Dam Removal and Associated Water Quality Impacts
Moderator: Chauncey Anderson, USGS |
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Tribal Water Quality Monitoring Programs in the Klamath River and Major Tributaries | Fetcho (Yurok Tribe) and Bowman (Karuk Tribe) | |
Dillon Dam - To Pipe or not to Pipe? Evaluation of a Umatilla River Irrigation Diversion Structure | Silbernagel (Umatilla Basin Watershed Council) | |
Monitoring and Assessing Water Quality Issues for the Martis Creek Lake Dam Project | Baum (USACE) | |
Assessing Dam Removals on a Shoestring: Underwater Photos using Digital Cameras to Complement Bug Data | Roberts-Lawler and Barry (Musconetcong Watershed Association) | |
I7: National Monitoring Network of Coastal Waters and Their Tributaries
Moderator: Michael Yurewicz, USGS |
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Sources and Transport of Nitrogen to Estuaries along the U.S. Atlantic Coast | Hoos (USGS) | |
NOAA's National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment | Lauenstein (NOAA) | |
Nutrient and Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring for the Delaware Basin Demonstration Project of the National Monitoring Network for Coastal Waters | Fischer (USGS) | |
Adapting Continuous Suspended Sediment and Water Quality Monitoring for New Findings in San Francisco Bay | Schoellhamer (USGS) | |
ES I8: Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring around the World: Global Water Watch Affiliate Experiences in Mexico, South America, and the PhilippinesOrganized by Heather Williams, Ponoma College/Global Water Watch |
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Bottom-up science and the politics of clean water: Evidence from southern Peru | Williams, Vice President, The Chijnaya Foundation | |
The Mexican Story | Ramos-Escobedo, Global Water Watch-Mexico | |
I9: Using Wetlands Monitoring and Assessment Information to Support Decision-MakingOrganized by Gregg Serenbetz and Regina Poeske, USEPA |
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Using Wetland Monitoring and Assessment in Virginia’s Regulatory Program | Henicheck (VA DEQ) | |
Development of a Wetland Assessment Protocol in GA | Moody (GA DNR) | |
Using Wetland Inventory and Assessment Data Collection and Use in Colorado | Lemly (Colorado Natural Heritage Program) | |
Wetland Mapping and Monitoring: Challenges, Opportunities, & Current Initiatives | Awl (Wetland Mapping Consortium) | |
J1: Strengthening Monitoring Programs through Nonprofit / Nonprofit CollaborationModerator: Susan Higgins, Missouri Department of Natural Resources |
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Unique Partnerships in Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring: Successes and Challenges from a Year as an AmeriCorps VISTA as the Link between Colorado Trout Unlimited and Colorado River Watch | Thompson (Colorado River Watch) | |
Benefits and Challenges of Creative Partnerships to Monitor River Restoration Projects | Frey (River Network) | |
A Watershed Project of a Different Color: A Cooperative Monitoring and Stewardship Project between the Springfield Public Schools and the McKenzie Watershed Council | Perlmeter (Springfield (OR) Public Schools | |
Ozarks Water Watch Project | Higgins (MO DNR) | |
J2: Innovations in Data Capture and TrackingModerator: Sarah Lehmann, USEPA |
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Using Electronic Field Forms for State Monitoring Programs | Pappani (ID DEQ) | |
Developing Electronic Field Forms for use in the National Aquatic Resource Surveys | Landis (USEPA) | |
Lessons Learned from the National Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS) | McCauley (GLEC, Inc.) | |
Illuminating the NARS Data Entry Black Box: What Happens Between Sample Collection and Data Availability for Use in Assessments? | Blocksom (USEPA) | |
J3: Innovative Techniques for Monitoring, Session 1Moderator: Jane Caffrey, University of West Florida |
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Assessing the Nearshore Waters of the Great Lakes with a Towed Sensor Array | Warren (USEPA) | |
Water-Quality Mapping in the Caloosahatchee River, San Carlos Bay, Matlacha Pass, and Pine Island Sound, Florida | Patino (USGS) | |
Mobile Environmental Monitoring Platform: Water Monitoring on Wheels | Pugh (Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Environment and Conservation) | |
Telediagnosis: A New Concept for Rapid Assessment of Accidental or Intentional Water Resource Contamination | Baures (Advanced School of Public Health, France) | |
J4: Nonpoint Source Monitoring for TMDL ImplementationModerator: Michael Eberle, USGS |
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Estimation of Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) in Agricultural Watersheds using a Combined Continuous and Periodic Sampling Approach | Gulati (Univ. of the Pacific) | |
From Control Site to Treated Site: The Challenge of Quantifying Improvements at Walters Creek | Gillespie (Morro Bay National Estuary Program) | |
Ecological Function Approach to TMDL Prioritization and Implementation | Hall (USEPA) | |
Impaired Waters Within or Near US Forest Service Properties: a National Geospatial Assessment | Norton (USEPA) | |
J5: Nutrient Source Tracking using Multiple Lines of EvidenceModerator: Mary Giorgino (USGS) |
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Stable Isotope Mixing Models as a Tool for Tracking Sources of Water and Water Pollutants | Phillips (USEPA) | |
Combined Use of Stable Isotopes and Hydrologic Modeling to Better Understand Nutrient Dynamics in Highly Altered Systems | Young (USGS) | |
Evaluation of Nutrient Concentrations, Sources, and Pathways in Three Urban Streams in Durham County, North Carolina | McSwain (USGS) | |
Lessons Learned from 20+ Years of Piggybacking Nutrient and Organic Matter Studies onto Large-Scale Monitoring Programs | Kendall (USGS) | |
J6: Bioaccumulation of Methylmercury in Aquatic EcosystemsModerator: Mark Brigham, USGS |
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It's Not What it Looks Like: Are Temporal Trends in Fish Mercury Levels Affected More by Environmental Conditions or Loadings? | Glover (SC Dept. of Health and Envtl. Control) | |
Methylmercury Accumulation in the Base of an Estuarine Food Web; Sinclair Inlet, WA | Moran (USGS) | |
Does Dietary Carbon Source Influence Methylmercury Bioaccumulation by Macroinvertebrates and Fishes in Small Streams? | Riva-Murray (USGS) | |
Variability in Mercury Bioaccumulation Factors (BAFs) for Riverine Fish across the United States | Elkenberry (USGS) | |
J7: Standardizing and Enhancing Biological Assessment MethodsModerator: Shannon Hubler, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality |
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Standardizing Bioassessment Protocols: Collaboration Without a Carrot or a Stick | Hayslip (USEPA) | |
Standardizing and Enhancing Bioassessment Protocols: Developing a Science-Based Performance Measure of Stream Condition | Lester (King County (WA) DNR) | |
A Tool to Evaluate the Health of Streams and Rivers within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed | Foreman (Univ. of Maryland) | |
Development of a Fish Assemblage Tolerance Index for the National Rivers and Streams Assessment | Peck (USEPA) | |
ES J8/K8: It Ain't Necessarily So: Urban Legends in Environmental StatisticsOrganized by Dennis Helsel, Practical Stats |
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ES J9: Advancing the Implementation of a National Water Quality Monitoring Network for U.S. Coastal Waters and Their TributariesPanel Members: |
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K1: Evaluating Monitoring Program Needs and OutcomesModerator: Elizabeth Herron, University of Rhode Island |
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A Summary of Findings on Citizen Monitoring Contributions Towards the Monitoring of California Waters and Beneficial uses | Burres (CA SWRCB) | |
Assessing the Needs of Extension-affiliated Volunteer Monitoring Programs | Green (Univ. of Rhode Island) | |
What about the Volunteers? A Toolkit for Evaluating Learning Outcomes of Volunteer Participation in Water Quality Monitoring Programs | Phillips (Cornell Univ.) | |
Analysis and Reporting of Volunteer-Collected Data in the Deer Creek Watershed, St. Louis County, Missouri | Haake (Litzsinger Road Ecology Center) | |
K2: Using the National Aquatic Resource Surveys to Support Regional/State/Tribal Information and Decision NeedsModerator: Aaron Borisenko, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality |
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An Example of Using National, State and Local Surveys to Support an Integrated Basin Water Quality Assessment: The Willamette Basin (Oregon) Rivers and Streams Assessment | Mulvey (OR DEQ) | |
Increasing State Biological Monitoring Capabilities Using Probabilistic Monitoring Strategies | Hill (VA DEQ) | |
California's Successful Transition from Western Pilot EMAP to a State Funded Wadeable Streams Assessment program and Biocriteria | Harrington (CA Dept. of Fish and Game) | |
Virginia's 2010 Near-Shore Oceanic Survey: Characterizing the Commonwealth's 6th Order Near-Shore Oceanic Watersheds | Smith (VA DEQ) | |
K3: Innovative Techniques for Monitoring, Session 2Moderator: Mike Eberle, USGS |
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Improving Upon Decades of Poor Quality Solids Data in Urban Stormwater through use of an Automated Depth-Integration Sample Collection System | Selbig (USGS) | |
Quantifying Solids and Phosphorus Loads Captured by Catch Basins and Manholes | Baker (Capitol Region Watershed District, MN) | |
Quantifying Suspended Sediment Sources, Sinks, and Residence Times using Radioisotopic Methods and Reservoir Theory | Skalak (USGS) | |
Instream Turbidity Monitoring Used to Assess Landslide Hazards in the Western Cascades | Sobieszczyk (USGS) | |
K4: Identifying and Protecting Healthy WatershedsModerator: Laura Gabanski, USEPA |
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Maryland's Greenprint: A Model for Targeting and Protecting the State's Most Ecologically Valuable Lands and Watersheds | Conn (MD DNR) | |
Mapping Vermont's Critical Watershed Resource Areas: Data Integration using the Recovery Potential and Healthy Watersheds Approach | Kamman (VT Agency of Natural Resources) | |
What is a Healthy Watershed? Minnesota's Systems Approach to Measuring, Monitoring and Communicating | Chisholm (MN DNR) | |
Developing California's Healthy Streams Partnership: Integrated Assessments and Information Delivery through the California Water Quality Monitoring Council's Ecosystem Health Internet Portal | Larsen (CA SWRCB) | |
K5: Using Diverse Data Sources for AssessmentModerator: Charles Kovatch, USEPA |
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Managing and Sharing BP Oil Spill Data from the Gulf of Mexico | White (Tetra Tech, Inc.) | |
Lessons Learned from Creating Multi-Agency Nutrient Datasets to Estimate Loads and Calibrate Regional Nutrient SPARROW models | Saad (USGS) | |
Management and Sharing of Water Resources Data as a Basis for Rapid TMDL Estimating | Best (USEPA) | |
Applied Open Standards in Integrated Water Information Management: Enabling the "World Water Online" Vision | Natschke (KISTERS AG, Germany) | |
K6: Strengthening Monitoring Programs through Government-to-Government CollaborationModerator: Susan Holdsworth, USEPA |
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Water Quality Sampling on Lake Mead, Arizona-Nevada: Interagency Sampling Events to Facilitate the Comparability of Data | Tietjen (Southern Nevada Water Authority) | |
From the Ground Up | Hamilton (USGS) | |
Partnering for Monitoring and Research Across the Great Lakes: The Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative | Horvatin (USEPA) | |
Water-Quality Modeling in the United States and Canada for the Souris-Assiniboine-Red River Transboundary Watersheds | Johnston (USGS) | |
K7: Monitoring for Microbial PathogensModerator: David Chestnut, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control |
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Portland Water Bureau's One-Year Cryptosporidium Study in the Bull Run Watershed | Rodriguez del Ray (City of Portland) | |
Monitoring Indicator Bacteria Growth in Marine Sediment Causing Shellfish Harvest Closures | Michaud (Herrera Environmental Consultants) | |
Real-Time Monitoring of Water Quality through a Holistic Approach to Particle Characterization | Peterson (Oregon Health and Science Univ.) | |
Non-stormwater Discharge Pollution Loading in Two Mid-Atlantic Subwatersheds and Implications for Nutrient and Bacteria Total Maximum Daily Loads | Lilly (Center for Watershed Protection) | |
ES K9: Gulf of Mexico Monitoring - Developing a Long-Term Water Quality Monitoring FrameworkSarah Lehmann and Treda Grayson, USEPA; Steve Wolfe, Gulf of Mexico Alliance; Mickey Plunkett, USGS: Alyssa Dausman, USGS |
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ES L1: Shale Gas Volunteer MonitoringOrganized by Julie Vastine and Kathryn Tomasho, Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring (ALLARM), Dickinson College |
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L2: Leveraging State Partners to Assist the National Aquatic Resource Surveys and State Level Data CollectionModerator: Barbara Scott, Kentucky Division of Water |
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Partnership Opportunities for Statewide Assessments of Lake Conditions | Heiskary (MN Pollution Control Agency) | |
Capitalizing on an Opportunity: An Example of a Multiple Collaborator Endeavor Formed Around the National Wetland Condition Assessment in North Dakota | DeKeyser (ND State Univ.) | |
Sample It Once, Use It Twice. The Integration of NARS Surveys with State and Volunteer Data for Water Resource Management Decisions in Iowa | Skopec (IA DNR) | |
Alaska's Statistical Monitoring Surveys - Implementation through Partnerships | Lomax (AK Dept. of Envtl. Conserv.) | |
ES L3: Effective Public Communication of Water Quality DataOrganized by Travis Pritchard, San Diego Coastkeeper |
L4: Monitoring Effectiveness of BMPs for Urban StormwaterModerator: Diane Switzer, USEPA |
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Implementing an In-Stream Stormwater Monitoring Program to Measure BMP Effectiveness | French (VCU) | |
Evaluation of Effects of Middleton's Storm Water Management Activities on Streamflow and Water Quality Characteristics of Pheasant Branch, 1975-2008 | Gebert (USGS) | |
Assessing Watershed Scale Responses to BMP Implementation in Urban Watersheds | Jastram (USGS) | |
Portland Documents Stormwater Management Success Using Green Streets | Kurtz (City of Portland) | |
L5: Data Sharing and Presentation for Diverse User GroupsModerator: Linda Vance, Montana Natural Heritage Program |
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Development of a Web-Based Data Repository to Assess Land Use Change and Surface-Water-Quality in the Piceance Basin, Northwest Colorado 1959-2009 | Moore (USGS) | |
Niche Portals - Filling the Gap between Large-Scale Data Servers and the Needs of User Groups | Syed (North Jackson Company, OR) | |
Tools for Integrated Water Management - The San Diego Experience | Purohit (EcoLayers, Inc.) | |
The State of Missouri's Streams-Showcasing Missouri Stream Team Invertebrate Data: 1993-2010 | Neill (Missouri Stream Team Watershed Coalition) | |
ES L6: Creative Partnerships for Monitoring Restoration ProjectsOrganized by Merritt Frey, River Network |
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L7: Monitoring and Predicting Cyanobacteria Blooms in Water SuppliesModerator: Michael McDonald, USEPA |
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Co-Occurrence of Cyanobacteria Toxins and Taste-and-Odor Compounds in Midwestern Drinking-Water Supply Reservoirs | Tedesco (Wetlands Inst.) | |
Fate and Transport of Cyanobacteria-Related Toxins and Taste-and-Odor Compounds from Milford Reservoir and Other Upstream Reservoir Releases in the Kansas River, Kansas, 2011 | Graham (USGS) | |
Multi-year Trends in Microcystis aeruginosa and Associated Microcystin Toxin in the Klamath River System: Implications for Sampling and Public Health | Kann (Aquatic Ecosystem Sciences LLC) | |
A Framework for the Implementation of a Cost Effective Cyanobacteria Harmful Algal Bloom (Chab) Monitoring Program - A Case Study of Hypertrophic Lake Taihu, China | Otten (UNC, Chapel Hill) | |
ES L8: Overview of US EPA Policies Regarding Data Solicitation, Screening, and Interpretation for Section 303(d)/305(b) Listing and ReportingOrganized by Bill Painter, USEPA |
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ES L9: Navigate the USGS Water Web SitesOrganized by Donna Myers, USGS |
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U.S. Geological Survey water websites - a useful subset | Rounds (USGS) | |
ES M1: Bridge Day Plenary Panel: Are Monitoring Collaborations Worth My Time?Organized by NWQMC and River Rally Bridge Day SubcommitteeModerator, Mary Skopec, Section Chief, Iowa Department of Natural Resources |
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Cooperative Extension and Volunteer Monitoring: Rhode Island’s Experience | Green (Univ. of Rhode Island Watershed Watch) | |
Collaborative Monitoring Efforts in the Umatilla River Subbasin, Oregon | Webster (Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Department of Natural Resources and Fisheries) | |
Bear Creek Oregon – Case Study | Meyers (OR DEQ, Western Region) | |
Achieving Outstanding Alabama Water Designation for the Magnolia River through Citizen Action | Deutsch (Alabama Water Watch) | |
M2: Evaluating Statewide Probabilistic and Fixed Site Monitoring ProgramsModerator: Mike Ell, North Dakota Department of Health |
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A Comparison of EPA and State Probabilistic Monitoring Methodologies in Arizona | Jones (AZ DEQ) | |
North Carolina's Assessment of the Attainment of Water Quality Standards Conducted through Probabilistic Monitoring | Kroeger (NC DWQ) | |
Probabilistic versus Fixed Site Monitoring: Results from a Decade of Rotating Basin Design Monitoring in Oklahoma | Tramell (OK Conserv. Comm.) | |
Ecological Condition Assessments of California's Perennial Wadeable Streams: Highlights from the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program's Perennial Streams Assessment (2000-2007) | Azimi-Gaylon (CA SWRCB) | |
M3: Evaluation of New In-situ SensorsModerator: Brian Bergamaschi, USGS |
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A Microfluidic Chemical-Spectrophotometry (MCS) System for In-situ Monitoring of Heavy Metals | Ndukaife (Purdue Univ.) | |
Recommendations for Improving In-Situ Dissolved Organic Carbon Fluorescence Sensors Based on Analysis of Nationwide Excitation Emission Matrix (EEM) Data | Butler (USGS) | |
Real-time Monitoring of Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) Amount, Composition, Source and Reactivity Using Fluorescence Sensors: Applications for Drinking Water Quality | Kraus (USGS) | |
The Effects of Iron on the Optical Properties of Dissolved Organic Matter | Aiken (USGS) | |
M4: Identifying Causes of Impairment Due to Multiple StressorsModerator: Jeff Thomas, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission |
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A Long Term Groundwater Improvements Project in Oregon's Willamette Valley | Eldridge (OR DEQ) and Fenn (OR Dept. of Agriculture) | |
Indicators, Diagnosis, Reduced Uncertainty, Criteria Assessment, Policy Setting and Discovery: Advancing Applications Using High Frequency Water Quality Monitoring Data in the Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership | Tango (USGS) | |
Evaluating Effects of Atmospheric and Geologic Disturbance on a Southwest Alaska Lake |
Moore (USNPS) | |
What Happened to the Neighborhood? Separating the Effects of Organics of Emerging Concern from Other Environmental Stressors on Aquatic Biological Communities | Diamond (Tetra Tech, Inc.) | |
M5: Contamination of Drinking Water SuppliesModerator: Julia Campus, Colorado River Watch |
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Investigating the Source of Nitrate in a Salinas Valley Drinking Water Supply Well with Isotopic Tracers | Holtz (CA State Univ. - East Bay) | |
Groundwater Quality in the San Fernando-San Gabriel Groundwater Basins, CA | Kulongoski (USGS) | |
Well Assessment Decision Support System - A Web Tool for Evaluating the Vulnerability of Public-Supply Wells | Thompson (USGS) | |
Solar Powered Mixers' Effects on Nitrate, Nitrite, Phosphate, and TKN Concentrations in a Drinking Water Reservoir | Heberling (Birmingham (AL) Water Works Board) | |
M6: Monitoring Mercury in the Environment: Data Synthesis and IntegrationModerator: Chris Piehler, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality |
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Sediment Mercury and Methylmercury Concentrations Across the Coterminous United States | Krabbenhoft (USGS) | |
Informatics Approaches for Reuse and Modeling of Heterogeneous Mercury Data | Neville (Univ. of Maine) | |
A Multi-media Synthesis of Data on Mercury in the Great Lakes Region: An Overview of Procedures and Key Findings | Wiener (Univ. of Wisconsin - La Crosse) | |
Application and Validation of the National Descriptive Model of Mercury in Fish (NDMMF) | Brigham (USGS) | |
M7: Detection, Fate and Transport of PesticidesModerator: Alisa Phillips-Griggs, Farmington River Watershed Association |
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Water Quality Monitoring Needs for Evaluating the Risk of Pesticide Registration Actions to Threatened and Endangered Species | Hawkes (NMFS) | |
Continuous Monitoring for Pesticides in a Pacific Northwest Freshwater Off-Channel Habitat using a Lipid-Free Tubing Passive Sampling Device | Janney (OR State Univ.) | |
An Assessment of Pesticides, Trace Elements, and Their Potential to Affect Salmonids the Hood River Basin, Oregon, 1999-2009 | Temple (USGS) | |
Pesticides of Emerging Concern: Adapting Analytical Methods in Support of Field Studies | Kuivila (USGS) | |
M8: Statistical Approaches for Assessing WaterModerator: Douglas McLaughlin, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc. |
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Measured Data are Uncertain: So What? | Harmel (USDA-ARS) | |
Multivariate Methods for Nondetects, Part 1 | Helsel (Practical Stats) | |
Spatially Explicit Predictors of Indicators of Water Quality: Example from Wadeable Streams in the U.S. | Shirazi (USEPA) | |
Evaluating Wetland Health: Avoiding Indexes via a Multivariate Latent Variable Model | Hoeting | |
N1: Bridge Day Regional Breakouts: Are Monitoring Collaborations Worth My Time?Organized by NWQMC and River Rally Bridge Day Subcommittee Conference attendees broke out into EPA Regions and answered three questions. First, they shared their name, organization, and a favorite water body in their area. Next, entities shared one aspect their organization or program brings to the table that contributes to or improves monitoring collaborations, services, products or resources. Last, groups shared one aspect they need from federal, state, local or tribal entities in their circle to improve monitoring collaborations. Each group made of list of participants that was later emailed to all participants within that group. Feedback was positive, acknowledging people met and networked with others they would not have otherwise in the format of the conference. |
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O1: Strengthening Monitoring Programs through Nonprofit/Government CollaborationModerator: Peter Tennant, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission |
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SMART Monitoring - A Proposal for Coordinating Federal, State and Local Monitoring Programs - The Results of a Pilot Program in Massachusetts | Kimball (MA DEP) | |
Partnering to Support Monitoring Programs at State and Local Level | Greenberg (Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Assoc.) | |
Developing a Water Monitoring Consortium to Support NJ's Barnegat Bay Action Plan | McGeorge (NJ DEP) | |
Strengthening Regional Monitoring Programs through the Development of a Collaboration Network: The California Water Quality Monitoring Collaboration Network | Burres (CA SWRCB) | |
ES O2: Integrated Monitoring: How Can We Weave More Effective Webs to Better Capture and Share Information? |
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Standardizing and Enhancing Benthic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring tools in the Puget Sound Basin | Lester (King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Toxicology and Contaminant Assessment Group) | |
A Regional Stormwater Monitoring Program for Puget Sound | Dinacola (Stormwater Work Group, Washington Department of Ecology) | |
Integrated Status and Trends Monitoring Demonstration Project | Graham-Hudson (Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board) | |
Working with Citizen Scientists: Rogue Basin (Oregon) Watershed Councils Stream Biomonitoring Study | Mulvey (OR DEQ) | |
Using and Sustaining Partnerships to Collect, Share, and Analyze Data | Abraham (Effectiveness Monitoring Coordinator, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board) | |
O3: No Money, New Issues. How Do We Address Emerging Threats?Moderator: Julie Wood, Charles River Watershed Association |
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Volunteer Road Salt Monitoring: Assessing Impacts of Winter Safety Measures on Stream Quality in Wisconsin | Stepenuck (Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison) | |
Development of a Statewide Volunteer Monitoring Program for Aquatic Invasive Species: Challenges and Lessons Learned in Michigan | Latimore (MI State Univ.) | |
Coordinated Monitoring Efforts in Shale-Gas Plays: Case Study Pennsylvania Marcellus Monitoring | Vastine and Tomsho (ALLARM, Dickinson College) | |
Leveraging Monitoring Networks to Meet Multiple Water Quality Data Needs | Shaw (PA DEP) | |
O4: Assessment Approaches for Habitat Protection and RestorationModerator: Ed Chadd, Clallam County Public Works |
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Success at the Streamside - Riparian Buffers that Work | Wilson (PA DEP) | |
Leading or Lagging Indicator for Water Quality Management | Swanson (Univ. of Nevada - Reno) | |
Assessing the Effectiveness of Restoration Actions at Sites in the Lower Columbia River Estuary | Sagar (Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership) | |
Protecting Manoomin (Wild rice) through Modern Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge | Schuldt (Fond du Lac Reservation) | |
ES O6: Burning Rivers: Moving Past Thirsty EnergyOrganized by Travis Leipzig, River Network |
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Burning Our Rivers: The Water Footprint of Electricity | Leipzig (River Network) | |
Water and Energy and Power: Agency Roles and Involvement by Citizens and Watershed Groups | Shrier (Watercat Consulting LLC) | |
ES O7: Water Quality Monitoring for EnforcementOrganized by Lara Meeker, Santa Monica Baykeeper |
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ES O9: Social Indicators + Social Marketing = Cleaner Water!Organized by Lyn Crighton, Tippecanoe Watershed Foundation & Jill Hoffmann, Upper White River Watershed Alliance |
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