Links to Additional Resources

May 23, 2013

Volunteer Environmental Monitoring
- Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring – A National Water Resource Project
  - Guide to Growing Volunteer Monitoring Programs (multi-module manual)
  - Bacteria Monitoring 101 – workshop materials
  - Got Data? Cool Tools for Effective Data Presentation resource materials
  - Summary Report of the New England Monitoring Summit – Shared Waters
- The Volunteer Monitor Newsletter
- National Water Quality Monitoring Council – Volunteer Monitoring News
- US EPA – Monitoring and Assessing Water Quality – Volunteer Monitoring
- Secchi Disk Reading Simulator – Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program
- Great American Secchi Dip-in
- Guidance Compendium for Watershed Monitoring and Assessment – Clean Water Team Citizen Monitoring Program (California SWAMP)
- Other Water Related Sites
- Citizen Science Association
- Citizen Science Alliance – internet-based citizen science
- Citizen Science Central
- SciStarter – Science we can do together
Educational Resources
- A Citizen’s Manual for Developing Integrated Aquatic Management Plans (Washington State – Department of Ecology)
- A Citizen’s Guide to Understanding and Monito ring Lakes and Stream s (Washington State – Department of Ecology)
- A Field Guide to Aquatic Phenomena (University of Maine)
- Understanding Lake Ecology – Water on the Web (University of Minnesota)
- The Water Cycle (United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 49 languages)
- Glossary of Water Quality Monitoring Terms (Compiled by USGS)
- Interagency Field Manual for the Collection of Water Quality Data Glossary (Compiled by USGS)
- Learn About the Water Cycle (youtube video)
- Youth Activities: Water Resources Glossary (University of Arizona Cooperative Extension)
- Science Websites (URI Office of Marine Programs)
- Stop Aquatic Hitch Hikers – Protect Your Waters (Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force)
- Lake Scientist (Collaboration between Fondriest Environmental, Miami and Kent State Universities)
- New England Lakes Educational Blog (New England Chapter of the North American Lake Management Society)
- Stream Monitoring Resource s (West Virginia DEP – Save Our Streams)
- Massachusetts Lake and Pond Guide (MA Department of Conservation and Recreation Lake and Pond Program)
  - Chapter 1 Understanding Watersheds (207 Kb)
  - Chapter 2 Lake and Pond Basics (392 Kb)
  - Chapter 3 Lake Issues and Management (337 Kb)
  - Chapter 4 Actions You Can Take to Protect Your Lake (240 Kb)
  - Chapter 5 Resources (148 Kb)
  - You can also download the complete Lakes and Ponds Guide (1.2 Mb)
- Help on Science Fair Projects (click to link to the resources)
Start Monitoring Teacher/student tested successful programs (LaMotte)

Citizens and Remote Sensing Observation Network (CARSON) (NASA)
State and Federal Agencies

University of Rhode Island:
Rhode Island State Government:
Federal Government:
- Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
- United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA) – Water & Environmental Programs
- National Center for Environmental Information (formerly national Climatic Data Center)
- EarthEcho Water Challenge (formerly World Water Monitoring Challenge)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- US Department of Agriculture – Rural Development
- Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) – Water
- Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel (NEANS)
- United States Geologic Survey (USGS)
- United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Office of Water
Environmental and Sporting Organizations