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Volunteer Monitoring Within Volunteer Monitoring Within New Jersey’s Watershed New Jersey’s Watershed
Management Area #4Management Area #4
Dr. Richard PardiDr. Richard Pardi& &
Dr. Michael SebetichDr. Michael SebetichWilliam Paterson UniversityWilliam Paterson University
Wayne, New JerseyWayne, New Jersey
Monitoring the Urban WatershedMonitoring the Urban Watershed
A sense of placeA sense of place Who does whatWho does what What to look forWhat to look for Historical perspectiveHistorical perspective IssuesIssues
New Jersey WMAsNew Jersey WMAs
WMA #4WMA #4
Physiographic Physiographic frameworkframework
The urban The urban watershedwatershed
Volunteer DiversityVolunteer Diversity
Water Watch VolunteersWater Watch Volunteers Students - University and K-12Students - University and K-12 Community GroupsCommunity Groups Environmental OrganizationsEnvironmental Organizations
The watershed – What makes it The watershed – What makes it tick?tick?
BiologyBiology Water QualityWater Quality Water QuantityWater Quantity Visual SurveysVisual Surveys
Water Quality BiotaWater Quality Biota
Macro-invertebratesMacro-invertebrates FishFish Micro-biologyMicro-biology Invasive speciesInvasive species
Macro-invertebrate surveyMacro-invertebrate survey
Fish Surveys & MicrobiologyFish Surveys & Microbiology
Electro-shocking – complex & risky – not a Electro-shocking – complex & risky – not a common component of volunteer surveyscommon component of volunteer surveys
Fecal coliform sampling for establishing Fecal coliform sampling for establishing TMDLsTMDLs
Invasive SpeciesInvasive Species
Purple loosestrifePurple loosestrife Tree of HeavenTree of Heaven
Water QualityWater Quality
Field electronicsField electronicspHpHDODOConductivityConductivityTemperatureTemperature
KitsKitsPPNNDODOTurbidityTurbidity
Visual SurveysVisual Surveys
What to surveyWhat to surveydischarge?discharge?geese?geese?pets?pets?
How to survey itHow to survey it How to recordHow to record How to analyzeHow to analyze How to reportHow to report
History – Shifts in EmphasisHistory – Shifts in Emphasis
Background – what is going on?Background – what is going on? Dimension – how good/how bad?Dimension – how good/how bad? Support the effort – TMDL, etc.Support the effort – TMDL, etc. Settling down – watershed educationSettling down – watershed education
IssuesIssues
Access - monitoring in the urban Access - monitoring in the urban environmentenvironment
Continuity – keeping up momentumContinuity – keeping up momentum Quality – expectations and realitiesQuality – expectations and realities