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Program Contacts

Program Information

Monitoring Overview

What's Monitored

Becoming a Citizen Scientist

Volunteer Training

Monitoring Schedules

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

Link to Bathymetric Maps of Some RI Ponds

Participating Communities

Program Partners

Monitoring Manuals and
Quality Assurance
Project Plans (QAPPs)

Monitoring Data and Results

Water Quality Factsheets

Research Connections

Aquatic Invasive Species

Cyanobacteria (Algal Blooms)

Additional Resources
- Science Fair - Water Projects
- Volunteer Monitoring
- Educational - Water Facts
- Agencies (Including URI)
- Organizations

Links to Additional Resources

Volunteer Environmental Monitoring:

• Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring - A National Water Resource Project
• Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring - Northeast States & Caribbean Islands Focus Area
• New England Regional Monitoring Collaborative
  • Got Data? Cool Tools for Effective Data Presentation workshop materials
• The Volunteer Monitor Newsletter
• 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 Progam (California SWAMP)
• Volunteer Monitoring Events
• Other Water Related Sites
• Shared Waters Document - Enhancing Partnerships in Water Quality Monitoring and Decision-making

Educational Resources:

• A Citizen's Manual for Developing Integrated Aquatic Management Plans (Washington State - Department of Ecology)
• A Citizen's Guide to Understanding and Monitoring Lakes and Streams (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 (Pond World - includes links to additional resources)
• 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)
• Lake Scientist (Collaboration between Fondriest Environmental, Miami and Kent State Universities)
• New England Lakes Newsletter (New England Chapter of the North American Lake Management Society)
• Stream Monitoring Resources (West Virginia DEP - Save Our Streams)
• 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)
• Help on Science Fair Projects (click to link to the resources)
  • Delaware Valley Science Fair
  • Discovery Education Classroom Resources
  • Science References Service (Library of Congress)
  • Exploratorium Learning Studio
  • Greater Nebraska Science & Engineering Fair
  • MadSci Network
  • Projects From The Pond: Water and Algae Related Science Fair Ideas
  • Rader's Biology4Kids.com
  • Rader's Chem4Kids.com
  • Science Fair Extravaganza
  • Science Bob.com
  • Science Daily
  • Science Buddies
  • Science Fair Projects on the web
  • Science Fair Resources
  • Society for Science & the Public
  • The Science Page
  • UMDNJ Science Fair Projects - A Resource for Students and Teachers
  • Kitchen Scientists - A Guide to Home Science Experiments
  • The Secondary Science Fair Resource Guide for Parents, Teachers and Student
  • Science Fair Project Resource Guide
  • Science Fair Center Water

Start Monitoring Teacher/student tested successful programs (LaMotte)

Amateur Scientist's Guide to Water Quality Monitoring Observations (NASA)

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
• Northeast States and Caribbean Islands Regional Water Center
• 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)
  • Rhode Island Water Science Center
  • Massachusetts Water Science Center
  • Water Resources of Connecticut
• United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Office of Water
  • EPA Region 1 (New England)
  • EPA in Rhode Island
  • 10 Tribal Nations

Environmental and Sporting Organizations:

• Audubon Society of Rhode Island
• Clean Up Stonington Harbor
• Committee for the Great Salt Pond
• New England Chapter of the North American Lake Management Society
• Narrow River Preservation Association
• North American Lake Management Society
• Northeast Aquatic Plant 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