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1 The Importance of Professionally Trained Citizen Monitors For California Bioassessment Jim Harrington WPCL Bioassessment Laboratory

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3 Status Monitoring Regional (Basin) Monitoring and Assessment Regulatory Monitoring 305b Report NPS 319h State Report Card BMP Effectiveness SWAMP by RWQCBs Stressor ID Watershed Man. 303d Listing and Delisting NPDES Stormwater Ag. Waver Spill Response FERC/Hydro

4 Aquatic Bioassessment Laboratory 2005 Nimbus Rd. Rancho Cordova (916) 358-4398 or 358-5862 www.dfg.ca.gov

5 DFG Aquatic Bioassessment Laboratory Rancho Cordova and Chico State Laboratory Jim Harrington Staff Environmental Scientists Research/Taxonomy Dr. Pete Ode Dr.Andrew Rehn Enforcement Angie Montalvo Amy Tsuji EMAP/Field Mike Dawson Jennifer Lenz Shawn McBride Glenn Sibbald Nathan Brosius Tim Mulloy Taxonomist Doug Post Dan Pickard Brady Richards Joe Slovark Lab Techs Stacy Kraus Jennifer Moore Ryan Brosius Rueben Mahnke

6 Funding from EPA, State and Regional Water Quality Control Boards >3500 sites State-wide

7 6-day Professional Training sponsored by American Fisheries Society SETAC Sustainable Land Stewardship Institute

8 Measuring the Health of California Streams and Rivers A Methods Manual for: Water Resource Professionals, Citizen Monitors, and Natural Resources Students Jim Harrington & Monique Born Illustrations by Peter Ode www.slsii.org

9 SLSI Training for Citizen Monitors Professional Level CSBP Family Level Taxonomy or Professional SOP QAPP How to Work with RWQCB Scientifically Sound Environmental Activism

10 Friends of ….. Grant Mandated Projects 319h Grant Funded Program (Placer RCD) Resource Conservation Districts High School Total of 47 since 1996 Citizen Monitors Workshops

11 AQUATIC ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHOPS PART 1 AGENDA Day 1 - Designing Freshwater Ecological Assessments - Rapid and Fully Integrated Approach Day 2 - Physical/Habitat Assessments for Water Quality Projects Day 3 - Sampling Biotic Communities in California Rivers and Streams

12 Rapid Biological Assessment California Stream Bioassessment Procedure Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) Benthic Macroinvertebraes

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16 EPA RBP P/hab Quality (Barbour et al. 1999): 1 Epifaunal Substrate 2 Embeddedness 3 Velocity/Depth 4 Sediment Deposition 5 Channel Flow Status 6 Channel Alteration 7 Frequency of Riffles 8 Bank Stability 9 Vegetative Protection 10 Riparian Vegitation Zone Width

17 Measuring Physical/Habitat Condition

18 Fall 2004 Started Teaching New SWAMP P/Hab Protocols Professional Level Municipalities, Stormwater Citizen Monitor Level Friends of…, others

19 AQUATIC ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHOPS PART 2 AGENDA Day 1 – Family-Level Taxonomic Identification of Freshwater Invertebrates Day 2 – Continuation of Invertebrate Taxonomy, Insuring Quality Data and Calculating Biological Metrics Day 3 - Interpreting Biological Metrics and Current Topics on the Use of Freshwater Ecological Assessments in Water Quality Regulation

20 6 Teams for the 6 Samples Step 1 – Subsampling and Sorting

21 Subsampling and Sorting Benchsheet

22 4 Teams for Major Taxonomic Groups Final Taxonomic ID To Family Level

23 4 Taxonomic Teams Give Benchsheet to 6 Original Teams

24 6 Original Teams Calculate Biological Metrics

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26 QA/QC Requirements for Bioassessment Contracts Require Field and Laboratory SOPs Review Internal Documentation of Field and Laboratory QA/QC Require Proof of Certified Training Require 10 – 20% External QA/QC CAMLnet Standardized Taxonomy and Certification

27 Chapter 11 Insuring Quality Data Field and Laboratory SOPs Frequent Certified Training Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) EPA 841-B-96-003 for Citizen Monitors Annual Field Audits and Laboratory Validation

28 Chapter 9 Citizens BMI Laboratory 5 Steps in Starting a Successful Citizen Laboratory Evolving Citizen Laboratory

29 Citizens Laboratory Alternatives 1. Emphasize the Sampling and P/Hab Quality Portion of the CSBP and Send BMI Samples to a Professional Laboratory 2. Have Citizens Work on One Set of Duplicate Samples While Another Set From the Same Reach Is Sent to A Professional Laboratory

30 Citizens Laboratory Alternatives 3. Have the Citizens Perform Only the Subsampling and/or Sorting Portion

31 So, Yes There Should Always be an Element of Fun With Volunteer Biomonitoring But, by Building a Professional Level Volunteer Program, You Will Help Them Help You in Starting and Maintaining a Successful State WQM Program

32 Thanks for Listening

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