12 2013 rock river basin coalition city of fitchburg presentation
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“Our mission is to educate and provide opportunities for people of diverse
interests to work together to improve the environmental, recreational,
cultural, and economic resources of the Rock River Basin.”
Nancy Sheehan, Volunteer Stream Monitoring CoordinatorRock River Coalition
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2,325 stream miles
WHERE IS THE ROCK RIVER BASIN?
150 lakes and storm water
pounds
Home to 900,000
Covers ~ 11 counties
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Citizen Stream Monitoring Program
Citizen Wetland Monitoring Program
Wisconsin Shoreland Restoration Initiative
Events – Send Your Legislator Down the River
Partnering with Local Resource Organization
WHAT DOES THE ROCK RIVER COALITION DO?
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62 water bodies do not meet
federal standards for phosphorus and
total suspended solids
HOW HEALTHY ARE THE WATERS?
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?? water bodies do not meet
federal standards for phosphorus and
total suspended solids
YAHARA RIVER WATERSHED
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WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPROVING WATER QUALITY?
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A New Compliance Option--
“Adaptive Management”
Yahara WINsYahara WINs
A watershed-based, collaborative
approach to meeting in-stream
phosphorus standards
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AND HOW DO WE AND HOW DO WE KNOW IF WE ARE KNOW IF WE ARE
SUCCEEDING?SUCCEEDING?
4 USGS stations
MMSD Regular Nutrient Sampling
Edge of Field Monitoring
UW Student-Led Monitoring
WDNR
Citizen Water Quality Monitoring
By Monitoring
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CITIZEN STREAM MONITOIRNG
PROGRAM
10 years+ Grounded in science
Rooted in partnership
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Level 3Special Research Studies: E coli, crayfish, phosphorus, road salt
LEVEL 2continuous temperature, dissolved oxygen, transparency
LEVEL 1temperature, dissolved oxygen, transparency, Biotic Index, Flow, Habitat
WATER ACTION VOLUNTEERS PROGRAM
…79 volunteer monitored sites within the Rock River Basin…Over 200 volunteer monitored sites state-wide
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POWERED BY VOLUNTEERS
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Rock River Coalition – Yahara WINs:
2013 Volunteer Stream Monitoring Project
23 new WQ monitoring sites
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7 New SitesNutrient Sampling
(Level 3)
Volunteers collected water samples once a month from May to October
Samples were analyzed by Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
total phosphorus, total suspended solids ortho-phosphorus ammonia nitrate nitrite TKN
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6 New SitesStatus and trends
(Level 2)
Volunteers monitored once a month from May to October
Continous temperature disssolved oxygen
transparency
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10 New SitesBaseline
Volunteers monitoredonce a month from May to October
temperature dissolved oxygen
transparencyBiotic Index
flow
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What happens in 2014 Depends On You…