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Survey for National Volunteer Monitoring Directory
392
Monitoring program names:
| Conservation Foundation |
| DuPage River Care Riverwatch |
Affiliation, if you are part of a national, statewide, or regional network (e.g., Izaak Walton League, Texas Watch):
 | Contact Information |
Does your program serve as an "umbrella" organization for smaller monitoring groups? No
Number of Active volunteers (excluding school classes):0
For programs that work with schools: Teachers Number:0 Students Number:0
Approx. annual monitoring budget: $ Year monitoring began: 1990
Sources of funding or in-kind support
| Federal Government | State Government | 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?No
EPA-approved? No |
Does program have monitoring-related publications you are willing to share with, or sell to, other groups?Yes published by NGRREC - Riverwatcher
Counties in which you monitor:
DuPage
Program description:
RiverWatch is a program of the National Great RIvers Research and Education Center, a partnership among Lewis and Clark Community College, the University of Illinois and the Illinois Natural History Survey. The Conservation Foundation supports and encourages the RiverWatch Citizen Scientist program to help connect citizens with local ecology and opportunities for stewardship. The conservation Foundation serves as a local partner by maintaining and lending river monitoring kits and the use of microscopes to citizen scientists.
Environments monitored:
River or Stream
Physical/chemical monitoring:
Turbidity, Water temp.
Biological monitoring:
Aquatic vegetation, Habitat assessments, Macroinvertebrates, Phytoplankton, Terrestrial vegetation
Exotic/Invasive Species:
Additional activities:
Land use surveys, Pipe surveys, Restoration, Storm drain stenciling, Substrate siltation coverage, stream discharge estimates, channel alteration
Restoration activities:
| Data Uses |
| Education | Our program |
| Advocacy | |
| Research | Our program |
| Community organizing | |
| Screen for problems | |
| Establish baseline conditions | |
| Nonpoint source assessment | |
| BMP evaluation | |
| Land use decisions | |
| Watershed planning | |
| Plan restoration projects | |
| Enforcement | |
| Legislation | |
| Shellfish bed closures | |
| Swimming advisories | |
| State 305(b) report | |
Other
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