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Survey for National Volunteer Monitoring Directory
Monitoring program names:
| Cobb County Adopt-A-Stream |
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Affiliation, if you are part of a national, statewide, or regional network (e.g., Izaak Walton League, Texas Watch):
Georgia Adopt-A-Stream
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Does your program serve as an "umbrella" organization for smaller monitoring groups? yes
Number of Active volunteers (excluding school classes):50
For programs that work with schools: Teachers Number:15 Students Number:200
Approx. annual monitoring budget: $ Year monitoring began: 2002
Sources of funding or in-kind support
| Federal Government | State Government | x Local Government |
| Foundations | Businesses | Memberships |
| Donations | Grass roots fundraising (events, solicitations, etc.) | Other: |
Does program have a written QA (quality assurance) plan?Yes Is it state-approved?Yes
EPA-approved? Yes |
Does program have monitoring-related publications you are willing to share with, or sell to, other groups?No
Counties in which you monitor:
Cobb
Program description:
The Cobb County Adopt-A-Stream program strives to educate and train citizens, schools, and organizations interested in protecting their watersheds. Through comprehensive stream monitoring workshops, AAS will develop a network of individuals who possess the skills to collect reliable water quality data. By encouraging community involvement such as river clean-ups, storm drain stenciling programs, and riparian buffer enhancement projects, AAS hopes to improve county waterways and enable citizens to become watershed stewards.
Environments monitored:
Lake or Pond, River or Stream, Wetland
Physical/chemical monitoring:
Phosphorus, Rainfall, Secchi transparency, Water temp.
Biological monitoring:
Habitat assessments, Macroinvertebrates
Exotic/Invasive Species:
Additional activities:
Debris cleanup, Land use surveys, Pipe surveys, Storm drain stenciling, Stream channel morphology
Restoration activities:
| Data Uses |
| Education | Our program, Local government |
| Advocacy | |
| Research | Our program |
| Community organizing | Our program, Local government, State government |
| Screen for problems | Our program, Local government |
| Establish baseline conditions | Our program, Local government, State government |
| Nonpoint source assessment | Our program, Local government |
| BMP evaluation | |
| Land use decisions | |
| Watershed planning | |
| Plan restoration projects | |
| Enforcement | |
| Legislation | |
| Shellfish bed closures | |
| Swimming advisories | |
| State 305(b) report | |
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