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Program Information

Monitoring Overview

What's Monitored

Becoming a Citizen Scientist (Training)

Monitoring Schedules

Current Monitoring Sites - Including Station #
- Lakes, Ponds & Reservoirs
- Rivers & streams
- Bays, salt ponds & harbors

Participating Communities

Program Partners

Monitoring Manuals and
Quality Assurance
Project Plans (QAPPs)

Monitoring Data and Results

Water Quality Factsheets

Research Connections

Additional Resources

Links to Additional Resources

Volunteer Monitoring:

• Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring - A CSREES National Facilitation Project
• Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring - New England Focus Area
• New England Regional Monitoring Collaborative
• The Volunteer Monitor Newsletter
• Great American Secchi Dip-in
• Volunteer Monitoring Events
• Other Water Related Sites
• Shared Waters Document - Enhancing Partnerships in Water Quality Monitoring and Decision-making

Educational Resources:

• 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)
• Youth Activities: Water Resources Glossary (University of Arizona Cooperative Extension)
• Understanding Lake Data (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
• Data Quality Objectives (Glossary of Environmental Statistical Terms - USEPA)
• Discovery of Rhode Island Coastal Environments (URI Office of Marine Programs)
• Glossary of [water quality] Terms (Community Science Institute, NY)
• Stop Aquatic Hitch Hikers - Protect Your Waters (Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force)
• Getting the Most From Volunteer Monitoring (North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension)
• New England Lakes Newsletter (New England Chapter of the North American Lake Management Society)
• Massachusetts Lake and Pond Book (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)
    

State and Federal Agencies:

University of Rhode Island:

• URI Cooperative Extension Water Quality Program
• URI Department of Natural Resources Science
• URI College of the Environment and Life Sciences
• Coastal Institute
• Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station
• Rhode Island Sea Grant
• URI Coastal Resources Center
• Watershed and Marine Affairs Links
• New England Regional Water Quality Program USDA/CSREES 406 Program
• New England Regional Monitoring Collaborative

Rhode Island State Government:

• Coastal Resources Management Council
• Department of Environmental Management
  • Bay Assessment and Response Team (BART)
• Department of Health, Beach Monitoring Report
• Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water Quality
• Narragansett Bay Commission
• Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
• New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission

Federal Government:

• American Heritage Rivers Initiative
• Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
• Cooperative State, Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES - USDA)
  • CSREES National Water Quality Program
  • Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring - A CSREES National Facilitation Project
• National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
• National Monitoring Day, Year of Clean Water Event
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• National Water Quality Monitoring Council (NWQMC)
• Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
• United States Geologic Survey (USGS)
• United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Office of Water

Environmental and Sporting Organizations:

• Audubon Society of Rhode Island
• Clean Up Stonington Harbor
• New England Lakes Conference
• Narrow River Preservation Association
• North American Lake Management Society
• Pawtuxet River Authority
• Rhode Island Canoe/Kayak Association
• Rhode Island Chapter Surfrider Foundation
• Rhode Island Natural History Survey
• Rhode Island Rivers Council
• River Network
• Salt Ponds Coalition
• Saugatucket River Heritage Corridor Coalition
• Save The Bay
• Save The Lakes
• The Nature Conservancy - Rhode Island
• Trout Unlimited Narragansett Chapter
  • Back the Brookie - National Initiative
• Wood Pawcatuck Watershed Association
• Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council