Selected Resources For Citizen MonitorsUpdated: December 2004 |
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Manuals and ReferencesAmerican Public Health Association Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. 20th edition. 1999. From the EPA: The Volunteer Monitor's Guide to Quality Assurance Project Plans. 1996. Outlines the procedures volunteers can use to ensure that the data collect will be reliable enough to
meet the project needs. EPA 841-B-96-003 Volunteer Stream Monitoring - A Methods Manual. 1997. EPA 841-B-97-003 Volunteer Estuary Monitoring - A Methods Manual. Second Edition. 2001 EPA 842-B-93-004 Volunteer Lake Monitoring - A Methods Manual. 1991. EPA 440/4-91-002 Volunteer Wetland Monitoring - An Introduction and Resource Guide 2001. EPA 843 B-00-001 Streamwalk Manual. 1994. EPA 910-B-94-002 Rapid Bioassessment Protocols For Use in Streams and Wadeable Rivers. 1999. EPA 841-B-99-002 http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/rbp/ Spanish Language Publications for Volunteer Monitors. The Volunteer Monitor. Free national newsletter. http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/volunteer/vm_index.html For EPA documents: From Kentucky Water Watch: A Watershed Survey - How to get started From Izaak Walton League: A Citizen's Streambank Restoration handbook. Guide to streambank restoration. Community Sustainability Collection. Information on sustainable development. Hands-on Save Our Streams. Procedures and forms for stream monitoring. Izaak Walton League From River Network: The Clean Water Act: An Owner's Manual (2nd Edition) 2004. Living Waters: Using Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Habitat to Assess Your River's Health. 1997. Information and methods for developing a study on benthic macroinvertebrates. Program Organizing Guide: A step-by-step guide for initiating and maintaining a community-based river monitoring program. 1995. River Monitoring Study Design Workbook: Intended to help people produce study designs for community-based river monitoring. River Network Data Management and PresentationFrom the EPA: Chapter 6 of the Volunteer Stream Monitoring Manual http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/volunteer/stream/vms60.html From Massachusetts Water Watch partnership: Time and Volunteer ManagementNo Surprises: Harmonizing Risk and Reward in Volunteer Management, by Melanie L. Herman and Peggy M. Jackson (Nonprofit Risk Management Center, 2001). http://www.nonprofitrisk.org/ The (Help!) I-Don't-Have-Enough-Time Guide to Volunteer Management by Susan J. Ellis and Katherine Noyes Campbell (Energize, 1995). http://www.energizeinc.com/ Volunteer Maryland (provides trained Americorps volunteer managers to non-profit organizations and government agencies for a stipend) WorkshopsAudubon Naturalist Society - Workshops on stream sampling, invertebrate identification and related topics. Chesapeake Bay Foundation - Workshops on water monitoring, oyster restoration and other activities. Izaak Walton League - Workshops on stream monitoring and restoration. Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations - Workshops on starting a nonprofit organization, fund raising, grant writing, and other topics. Maryland Department of Natural Resources - Workshops and/or demonstrations on benthic invertebrate collection, stream walks, water monitoring, volunteer management and
other topics. Project WET has many activities for aquatic education. The DNR contact is Cindy Etgen at cetgen@dnr.state.md.us or (410) 260-8716. Equipment/Catalogues
Identification Guides and KeysFish and Herps Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of North America. A.J.McClane. 1978. Henry Holt and Co., New York, NY. Fish Facts. Information on common fish from Maryland DNR Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America. R Conant et. al. 1985. Peterson Field Guide to Atlantic Coast Fishes. C. Richard Robins. 1986. Houghton Mifflin Invertebrates Aquatic Entomology. McCafferty, W.P. 1981. Jones and Bartlett Publishing Co., Boston, MA. EPA's guide to benthic macroinvertebrates: Family-Level Key to Stream Invertebrates of Maryland and Surrounding Areas 1999. Maryland Department of Natural Resources CBWP-MANTA-EA-99-2 (revised 2003) http://www.dnr.state.md.us/streams/pubs/ea99-2rev2003.pdf (1.6 MB) Freshwater Benthic Macroinvertebrates. Information Sheet. A Guide to Common Freshwater Invertebrates of North America. 2002. J. Reese Voshell, Jr. McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company, Blacksburg, VA. Guide to Freshwater Animals without Backbones. De Strulle, A. and Johnson, T. 1997. The Center for Conservation and Development, Inc., P.O. Box 504, Route 28, Arkville, NY 12406 (914) 586-2611. New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dow/stream/index.htm Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Maryland Department of Natural Resources SAV Key Chesapeake Bay Foundation Guide to Underwater Grasses GrantsChesapeake Bay Trust EPA - web site for funding information. The Foundation Center - open to the public The Grantsmanship Center (inexpensive publications on program planning, proposal writing, etc.) Town Creek Foundation For more information on citizen monitoring, contact Dan Boward (dboward@dnr.state.md.us) or check our Volunteer Monitoring web page: http://www.dnr.state.md.us/streams/volunteer/vol_index.html |
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