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Volunteer Monitoring Links
Agencies
/ Organizations
Within the Region
New Jersey
- New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
- NJ Marine Science Consortium, Sea Grant
- The Hackensack Riverkeeper
- The Watershed Institute, Pennington, NJ
- New Jersey Pinelands
- Garden State EnviroNet
Water Testing Laboratory 
New York
Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
A few resources to help you get the information you need, from both within and outside of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Please note that these resources are listed strictly for your information.
Region 2 Issues
-
Grants
You can find information on Application Kits, Business Opportunities, Community Grants, FAQs, Post-Award Forms, Project Grants, Regulations & Policies and Announcements on this page. -
Quality Assurance Documents
Quality Assurance guidances document the ongoing Quality Assurance (QA) policies, procedures, responsibilities and management systems that are in place to implement the Region 2 QA program.
Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) development checklist for Volunteer Monitoring Organizations [PDF 90 KB, 46 pp] -
Water
Contains information on current issues, topics of interest, announcements, etc. -
The Long Island Sound Study
This site provides regional and local contact information
- Long Island Sound Study - The watershed for LISS includes portions of Connecticut and New York and extends from the East River in New York to the eastern tip of Long Island
- Peconic Estuary Program - The geographic area for PBEP is entirely
within eastern
- New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program - The core area for HEP is the urban harbor of New York and New Jersey from the Tappan Zee Bridge to Sandy Hook, including Newark Bay and its tributaries.
- Barnegat
- Delaware Estuary Program - The DELEP study area stretches
from
USEPA Volunteer Monitoring Links and Related Topics
General
Federal
Agencies &
Other Organizations
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Aquatic Insect Interactive Verification Program
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- The Ocean Conservancy
- Restore America’s Estuaries
- The Great North American Secchi Dip-In
- Year of Clean Water
- Izaak Walton League of America
- Americorps
- CSREES Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring National Facilitation Project
- River Network
-
Earth Force Green @ Global Rivers Environmental Education Network
- Volunteer
Monitoring
This page provides a gateway of many EPA volunteer methods, manuals, brochures, etc. - EPA's
Volunteer Monitoring Program
This page has a brief overview of the program and has links to available publications relating to volunteer monitoring. - National Directory of Volunteer Monitoring Programs: This directory lists volunteer organizations around the country engaged in monitoring rivers, lakes, estuaries, beaches, wetlands, and ground water, as well as surrounding lands. It is intended to serve as a living document that will grow and change with the continued flourishing of the volunteer monitoring movement nationwide. You can add your volunteer monitoring program to the directory or correct or update any existing information.
- American Heritage Rivers
- Coral Reef Protection
- Methods & Data
Comparability Board/Water-Quality Data Elements
is a partnership of water-quality experts from Federal agencies, States,
Tribes, municipalities, industry, and private organizations.
- EPA WATERS (Watershed Assessment, Tracking & Environmental ResultS) unites water quality information that was previously available only from several independent and unconnected databases.
Grants and Funding Information From Various Sources
- Grants.gov
- EPA Office of Water
- Office of Wetlands, Oceans & Watersheds
- Administration and Resources Management
- Chief Financial Officer
- National
- General Grants and Fellowship Information
- Environmental Finance Program
Databases
- STORET
STORET is a repository for water quality, biological, and physical data and is used by environmental agencies, universities, private citizens, and many others. - Software For Environmental
Awareness (SEAHOME)
Download free interactive software on environmental topics from this site. - National Environmental Methods Index:
The purpose of NEMI is to provide a mechanism to compare and contrast
the performance and relative cost of analytical, test, and sampling
methods for environmental monitoring.
- Search the Water
Quality Information Center:
database covering Water and Agriculture.
Other Regional Information
Click on the region of concern to access relevant information.
Region
1 - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
and Vermont.
Region 2 - New Jersey,
New York, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Region 3
- Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District
of Columbia.
Region
4 - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina, and Tennessee.
Region
5 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
Region 6
- Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Region
7 - Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
Region 8 -
Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
Region
9 - Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and Pacific Islands and Tribal
Nations subject to US law.
Region 10 - Alaska,
Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
Click on the regional link and then explore the site through its index
For information about this page, contact: zevin.paula@epa.gov
