W ELCOME AND I NTRODUCTIONS Nancy Sheehan, Program Coordinator Volunteer Stream Monitoring Program The Rock River Coalition
9:00 AM 9:15 AM Registration 9:15 AM 9:30 AM Introduction Agenda 9:30 AM 10:30 AM Plans for 2017 Full scale adaptive management — What it means for our streams Emily Jones, Pollution Prevention Specialist, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District The 2016 water year: USGS monitoring in the Yahara River watershed Todd Stuntebeck, Physical Scientist, Water Quality Assessments and Monitoring, USGS Sharing results from the volunteer stream monitoring program Nancy Sheehan, Stream Monitoring Program Coordinator, RRC 10:30 AM 10:40 AM Break 10:40 AM 11:15 AM Discussion Forum Envisioning a web portal for water quality monitoring data in the Yahara River watershed Nancy Sheehan, Stream Monitoring Program Coordinator, RRC, and Susan Sandford, Community Engagement Coordinator, Dane County Office of Lakes and Watersheds 11:15 AM 12:15 AM Monitoring and Sampling Methods Refresher Volunteers’ Role in Slowing AIS in our Streams Jeanne Scherer, AIS South Central Regional Coordinator, WDNR Reviewing monitoring protocols and sampling methods **Monitoring equipment and other materials will be available for pick up at this workshop 12:15 PM 1:00 PM Lunch – Pizza and Salad
Individually, we are one drop, Together we are an ocean. T HANK Y OU !
RRC C ITIZENS B ASED S TREAM M ONITORING P ROGRAM Nancy Sheehan, Program Coordinator Volunteer Stream Monitoring Program The Rock River Coalition
Rock River Coalition Stream Monitoring Program Basin Updates Yahara River Watershed Updates ▪ 2016 Accomplishments and 2017 Plans ▪ Sharing Results
Rock River Basin Happenings 2016 Monitoring Year --Approximately 100 stream monitoring sites 2016 Monitoring Year -- Approximately 128 volunteers participated in the stream monitoring program
Rock River Basin Happenings 2016 Biennial Confluence Presentations from Biennial Conference of Stream and Lake Monitors – Now Available on Website
Rock River Basin Happenings Water Quality Report finalized and maps published
Rock River Basin Happenings 2017 WDNR River Planning ACTUALLY grant to inventory of actually restorable wetlands
Rock River Basin Happenings 2017 Request --Be a part of the discussion by submitting articles and article ideas for Rock River Reflections
Yahara River Watershed Happenings 2017 Grant Approved by Yahara WINs — Our Fifth Number Volunteer Stream Monitoring Sites 2013-2017 ( projected ) Year 51 50 49 40 35 34 33 23 27 27 17 22 6 11 4 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Number of Sites nutrient sampling sites Continuous (Growing Season) Stream Temperature
Yahara River Watershed Happenings New Pilot Project: Measuring Flow
Yahara River Watershed Happenings Synergies--Dane County Land and Water Conservation Door Creek Watershed Management Plan With WDNR River Planning Grant — ▪ 5 additional nutrient sampling and baseline water quality monitoring sites ▪ Small educational program — called LeafPack
Yahara River Watershed Happenings Synergies – Waubesa Wetlands Study Plan Capital Area Regional Planning Commission tasked with ▪ Identifying information needs that will help guide future development plans as related to impacts on the Waubesa Wetlands --focus on concerns surrounding ground and surface water quality and quantity issues and the ▪ Using volunteer-collected WQ data to assess impact of surface water quality on Waubesa Wetlands Student studies – UW Madison and West High School
Yahara River Watershed Happenings Analyzing and Sharing Stream Monitoring Data ~580 nutrient samples collected (10/16) ▪ 2017 Yahara WINs grant – purchased Tableau software which will allow us to analyze and graphically display WQ results
Yahara River Watershed Happenings
D ISCUSSION S ESSION Nancy Sheehan, The Rock River Coalition Susan Sandford, Strategic Engagement Coordinator, Dane County Office of Lakes and Watersheds
To Share or Not To Share…That Is the Question Our Monitoring Goal To contribute data necessary for tracking changes in surface water quality over time which will help assess impact of Adaptive Management project in the Yahara River Watershed
To Share or Not To Share…That Is the Question Our Mission "to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters“ Clean Water Act
To Share or Not To Share…That Is the Question
Creating A Knowledge Exchange-Or A Web Portal To WQ Data • Should creating a “knowledge Purpose exchange” be a priority? If yes, why? • Who should be the target Audience audience(s)? • Raw data, “Processed” data, Content Reports
Creating A Knowledge Exchange-Or A Web Portal To WQ Data Decentralized Data: Moving away from data silos Different Types of Data: Multiple groups collecting data on multiple parameters Analyses: Difficult to retrieve, organize, collate, verify – in order to integrate and analyze Sharing Data: Difficult among data collection organizations. Sharing data with public adds extra burden
EXISTING RESOURCES
EXISTING RESOURCES
EXISTING RESOURCES
M ONITORING P ROTOCOLS AND S AMPLING M ETHODS Nancy Sheehan, Program Coordinator Volunteer Stream Monitoring Program The Rock River Coalition
Nutrient Sampling Monthly Sampling Schedule AUGUST 2017 APRIL 2017 August 7 -10 April 10-13 August 14-17 April 17-20 SEPTEMBER 2017 MAY 2017 September 4 -7 May 8 -11 September 11-14 May 15-18 OCTOBER 2017 JUNE 2017 October 2 -5 June 5 -8 October 9-12 June 12-15 DECEMBER 2017 JULY 2017 December 4 -7 July 10-13 December 11-14 July 17-20
Nutrient Sampling Revised Chain of Custody Form
Baseline Monitoring Program Revised Data Sheet
Baseline Monitoring Program Data Sheet Question
Baseline Monitoring Program — Continuous Stream Temp The Forgotten Data Sheet Leaving The Thermistors in Year Round – At Most Sites
Data Entry -- SWIMS Problems- --Email me first — then I will communicate with Ilana Haimes, WDNR/WAV contact
Main Message Consistent Monitoring and Data Entry Questions?
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