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A Two-Day Regional Workshop for
Educators in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington
July 14 and 15, 2003, Central Idaho 4-H Camp
Resources from Programs with contacts/partners at this training
Download a copy of "Resources from Programs" PDF flyer here

Quality Assurance Project Plan for Cook Inlet Keeper Citizens Environmental Monitoring Program. Prepared by Cook Inlet Keeper, P. O. Box 3269 Homer, AK 99603 phone: (907) 235-4068

Volunteer Training Manual for Cook Inlet Keeper Citizens Environmental Monitoring Program. Prepared by Cook Inlet Keeper, P. O. Box 3269 Homer, AK 99603 phone: (907) 235-4068

Watershed Stewardship: A Learning Guide is a comprehensive resource notebook designed for Oregon watershed councils. The 19-plus-chapter guide was developed by the OSU Extension Service to be used with WSEP programs or on its own.

Discovery Nature guides (Intertidal Animals of Southeast Alaska; Common Flowers of Southeast Alaska; Common Birds of Southeast Alaska) Discovery Southeast, PO Box 21867 Juneau, AK 99802; phone: 907-463-1500 or info@discoverysoutheast.org

URI Watershed Watch Fact Sheets (Bacterial Monitoring; Algae in Aquatic Ecosystems; Dissolved Oxygen and Temperature; Phosphorous and Lake Aging; Measuring Water Clarity; Unexpected and Unpredictable Jellyfish Surface in RI Lakes), Coastal Institute in Kingston, Kingston, RI 02881 phone: (401) 874-2905

URI Watershed Watch Lake, Pond, and River Monitoring Manual, Coastal Institute in Kingston, Kingston, RI 02881 phone: (401) 874-2905

URI Watershed Watch Aquatic Plant Monitoring Manual, Coastal Institute in Kingston, Kingston, RI 02881 phone: (401) 874-2905

Volunteer Stream Monitoring Fact Sheet Series, Water Action Volunteers, 210 Hiram Smith Hall, 1545 Observatory Drive, Madison WI 53706-1289 phone: 608-265-3887

WAV Packet (for educators), Water Action Volunteers, 210 Hiram Smith Hall, 1545 Observatory Drive, Madison WI 53706-1289 phone: 608-265-3887

Key to Macroinvertebrate Life in the River, Water Action Volunteers, 210 Hiram Smith Hall, 1545 Observatory Drive, Madison WI 53706-1289 phone: 608-265-3887

Key to Life in the Pond, Water Action Volunteers, 210 Hiram Smith Hall, 1545 Observatory Drive, Madison WI 53706-1289 phone: 608-265-3887

Wonderful Wacky Water Critters, Water Action Volunteers, 210 Hiram Smith Hall, 1545 Observatory Drive, Madison WI 53706-1289 phone: 608-265-3887

Water Activities to Encourage Responsibility, Water Action Volunteers, 210 Hiram Smith Hall, 1545 Observatory Drive, Madison WI 53706-1289 phone: 608-265-3887

Water Resources Clip Art, Water Action Volunteers, 210 Hiram Smith Hall, 1545 Observatory Drive, Madison WI 53706-1289 phone: 608-265-3887

Other useful resources for volunteer water quality monitoring

Educating Young People About Water maintains a database of educational materials related to water. It is located at http://www.uwex.edu/erc/eypaw/. Choose "for help in choosing water education curricula" option. Then search by topic or choose to "List of All 151 Curricula". University of Wisconsin-Madison, Environmental Resources Center, Hiram Smith Hall, 1545 Observatory Drive, Madison WI 53706-1289.

Team Leader Handbook. Lake Tahoe Environmental Education Coalition. April 2003 (draft)

Data To Information. A Guidebook for Coastal Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Groups in New Hampshire and Maine. October 1998. Geoff Dates and Jeff Schloss. Available through University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Waldoboro, Maine.

Understanding Lake Data. By Byron Shaw, Christine Mechenich, and Lowell Klessig. University of Wisconsin-Extension and WI Department of Natural Resources. RP-09-96-3M-275.

A Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates of North America. J. Reese Voshell, Jr. The McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company. Blacksburg, VA. 2002

Field Manual for Water Quality Monitoring (see PNW manual for complete reference).

Aquatic Entomology. W. Patrick McCafferty. Jones and Bartlett Publishers. Boston. 1981.

Aquatic Insects of North America. R. W. Merritt and K. W. Cummins. Kendall/Hunt Publishing. 1996.

Through the Looking Glass: A Field Guide to Aquatic Plants. Wisconsin Lakes Partnership. 1997. DNR Pub# FH-207-97.

A Guide To Volunteer Stream Monitoring. Volunteer Stream Monitoring Partnership.

Volunteer Stream Monitoring Training Manual. Hoosier Riverwatch. Available online.

Questions? Contact Sharon J. Collman at:
Sharon J. Collman
Cooperative Extension Liaison
US EPA REgion 10 -- ECO-081
1200 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101

or 206-553-0038 or collman.sharon@epa.gov

Download a copy of "Resources from Programs" PDF flyer here

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University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service
University of Idaho Water Quality Program
Northwest Indian College

Oregon State University Water Resources
Washington State University Extension Water Quality

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and
the Land Grant Colleges and Universities.

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