Agenda 9:30 AM 10:30 AM Plans for 2017 Full scale adaptive - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

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

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

Agenda

THANK YOU!

Individually, we are one drop, Together we are an ocean.

RRC CITIZENS BASED STREAM MONITORING PROGRAM

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

grant to inventory of actually restorable wetlands

ACTUALLY

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

23 40 49 50 51

6 17 33 34 35

4 11 22 27 27 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Number Volunteer Stream Monitoring Sites 2013-2017 (projected) Number of Sites nutrient sampling sites Continuous (Growing Season) Stream Temperature

 2017 Grant Approved by Yahara WINs—Our Fifth Year

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

• f surface water quality on Waubesa Wetlands

Student studies – UW Madison and West High School

Yahara River Watershed Happenings

~580 nutrient samples collected (10/16)  Analyzing and Sharing Stream Monitoring Data ▪ 2017 Yahara WINs grant – purchased Tableau software which will allow us to analyze and graphically display WQ results

Yahara River Watershed Happenings

DISCUSSION SESSION

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

exchange” be a priority? If yes, why? Purpose

• Who should be the target

audience(s)? Audience

• Raw data, “Processed” data,

Reports Content

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

MONITORING PROTOCOLS AND SAMPLING METHODS

Nancy Sheehan, Program Coordinator Volunteer Stream Monitoring Program The Rock River Coalition

Nutrient Sampling

 Monthly Sampling Schedule

APRIL 2017 April 10-13 April 17-20 MAY 2017 May 8 -11 May 15-18 JUNE 2017 June 5 -8 June 12-15 JULY 2017 July 10-13 July 17-20 AUGUST 2017 August 7 -10 August 14-17 SEPTEMBER 2017 September 4 -7 September 11-14 OCTOBER 2017 October 2 -5 October 9-12 DECEMBER 2017 December 4 -7 December 11-14

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?