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Rock River Coalition Citizen Monitoring Certification

Rock River Coalition Citizen Monitoring Certification. To educate and bring together people of diverse interests to protect and improve the environmental, economic, cultural and recreational resources of the Rock River Basin. Rock River Basin Water Quality Issue Team.

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Rock River Coalition Citizen Monitoring Certification

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  1. Rock River Coalition Citizen Monitoring Certification

  2. To educate and bring together people of diverse interests to protect and improve the environmental, economic, cultural and recreational resources of the Rock River Basin

  3. Rock RiverBasinWater Quality Issue Team How do we get the best water quality possible? What management practices are needed? Point or nonpoint? How can we get people involved?

  4. Water Quality Issue TeamCitizen Monitoring • Citizens to better understand their local water resources • New baseline and trend information about water quality in the basin • Better ways to address our water quality problems

  5. Rock River Basin Monitoring • Citizen monitoring program based on WAV • Four Local Coordinators • At 56 sites in Washington, Dane, Waukesha, Rock, Dodge, Columbia, and Walworth

  6. Spring Confluence 1st Saturday in March • talk about successes • plan future actions • advanced training • replenish chemicals & thermometers checked • first chance for experienced monitors to be certified

  7. 1) Where should you store your HACH dissolved oxygen kit? 2) Name two ways you can protect yourself from chemicals. 1.___________________________________________________________________ 2.___________________________________________________________________ 3) What should you do if chemicals splash into eyes? Onto skin? 4) Name three major factors in getting reliable dissolved oxygen results with a HACH kit. 1. _____________________________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________________________ 5) Individual / group demonstrates the following tasks: 1. Collects sample with no bubbles. Slowly immerses sample jar, caps, and removes from water. Prepares sample using reagents (DO1, DO2, and DO3). Opens DO1 and DO2 Uncaps sample jar and holds stopper. Adds DO1 and DO2. Shakes and lets settle halfway……. 6) How should HACH kit chemicals be disposed of ? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Certified by:________ Date_______HACH dissolved oxygen certification for _______(year) INDIVIDUAL OR TEAM____________________________________________________ COUNTY/GROUP________________________________________________________ STREAM_______________________________________________________________ ___Oral test ___Written test ___Performed task

  8. Certification in the Rock River Basin New Monitors Workshop Baseline Monitoring with expert Two months of ‘good’ data submitted Veteran Monitors Some protocols at Confluence Workshops During baseline monitoring Permanently certified after three years of active participation and data entry unless protocols change

  9. Thank you For more information Contact Suzanne Wade UWEX Jefferson County 920/674-7295 suzanne.wade@ces.uwex.edu clean-water.uwex.edu/rockriver/monitoring www.rockrivercoalition.org

  10. Citizen Monitoring Slide Program • Developed by the University of Wisconsin-Extension • Photographs by • Suzanne Wade, UWEX • Sue Millin, Washington County LCD • Ruth Johnson, Bill Volkert, Lisa Rees, Dan Hunt; DNR • Carolyn Johnson, UWEX • DNR and UWEX file photos

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