Watershed Alliance Approach to Stream Monitoring

Friends of the St. Croix Headwaters Monitoring Sites Water Action Volunteers (16) Water Chemistry (11) CBM Level-2 Pilot (3) 2007 Pesticide (2)

Watershed Alliance Friends of the St. Croix Headwaters Friends of the St. Croix Headwaters Upper St. Croix Lake Association Upper St. Croix Lake Association Gordon/St. Croix Flowage Association Gordon/St. Croix Flowage Association Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources UW-Extension – Water Action Volunteers UW-Extension – Water Action Volunteers River Alliance of Wisconsin River Alliance of Wisconsin UW-Stevens Point – CWSE UW-Stevens Point – CWSE UW- Extension – St. Croix Basin UW- Extension – St. Croix Basin of the St. Croix Headwaters

Monitoring Project of the St. Croix Headwaters Lake monitored regularly by lake association via DNR self-help program Nine stream tributaries not monitored since 1995

Monitoring Project Friends of the St. Croix Headwaters Friends of the St. Croix Headwaters Upper St. Croix Lake Association Upper St. Croix Lake Association Solon Springs School Solon Springs School of the St. Croix Headwaters

Water Action Volunteers Program of the St. Croix Headwaters VariableMethodFrequency TemperatureThermometerMonthly Water clarity Turbidity tube Monthly Dissolved oxygen Hach Chemistry kit Monthly Biotic Index (macroinvertebrates) D-net sampling Twice a year (spring/fall) Habitat Site assessment Once a year Stream flow Orange float method Monthly

Water Monitoring Results of the St. Croix Headwaters

Alliance Newsletters St. Croix Watershed Alliance

Alliance Website Meeting Announcements Meeting Announcements Newsletters Newsletters Reference Documents Reference Documents Monitoring Results Monitoring Results Contact Information Contact Information St. Croix Watershed Alliance

Watershed Alliance Approach on Other Projects? Purple Loosestrife identification and control Purple Loosestrife identification and control Mass-rearing cage for raising bio-control beetles Mass-rearing cage for raising bio-control beetles Distribution of beetles by volunteers Distribution of beetles by volunteers Rusty crayfish identification Rusty crayfish identification Project Funding Thanks to: Citizen-based Monitoring Partnership Program Citizen-based Monitoring Partnership Program Natural Resources Foundation CD Besadny Conservation Grant Natural Resources Foundation CD Besadny Conservation Grant WDNR River Planning Grant WDNR River Planning Grant