STANDARDIZING AND ENHANCING BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE MONITORING TOOLS IN THE PUGET SOUND BASIN Deb Lester and Jo Wilhelm - King County Department of Natural.

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STANDARDIZING AND ENHANCING BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE MONITORING TOOLS IN THE PUGET SOUND BASIN Deb Lester and Jo Wilhelm - King County Department of Natural Resources Leska Fore - Statistical Design Karen Adams - Washington Department of Ecology Gretchen Hayslip - EPA Region 10

Benthic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring – Project Drivers Data widely used in Puget Sound Basin Inconsistent sampling and analytical methods – sample area, metric attributes etc. Lack of data management tools Challenge to evaluate data on regional basis Need for a regional freshwater indicator These issues spurred 2 key efforts

Early Collaboration: Regional Database Development pugetsoundstreambenthos.org

PSSB Database Outcomes Consistent & secure data storage Enhanced analysis capabilities Regional comparability Successful collaboration

Recent Collaboration – EPA Grant Enhance and Standardize Benthic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring and Analysis Tools Overarching Goals of Grant Enhance analysis tools to improve sensitivity Create opportunities that support regional decision making and collaboration Facilitate data integration Develop a regional biomonitoring program and sensitive freshwater indicator

Collaboration Goals Bring together and engage regional partners Establish consistent methods for data collection and analysis Increase PSSB use to allow for regional evaluations Improve decision making Protect streams

Early Successes Significant enthusiasm and participation Increased interest in PSSB database use Now a portal to Ecology’s EIM database Allows easy submission of biological data for Ecology’s State Water Quality Assessment (303d list)

Integration with Policy BIBI adopted as Puget Sound Partnership’s “Freshwater Biological Condition Dashboard Indicator” Better management decisions at local, regional, state level thanks to improved tools and data availability Benthic macroinvertebrate sampling required for 2013 NPDES Stormwater Permit

Deb Lester pugetsoundstreambenthos.org