CITIZEN STREAM
MONITOIRNG PROGRAM
10 years…and counting
Grounded in science
Rooted in partnership
POWERED BY VOLUNTEERS
The Stick? New Phosphorus Standards
(NR 102) for Wisconsin Surface Waters
75 ug/L .075 mg/L
…62 water bodies in the Rock River Basin do notmeet federal standard for phosphorus and total suspended solids.
The Carrot? A New Compliance Option
Adaptive Management
A collaborative approach
A watershed-based approach
An in-stream based measure of success
Yahara WINs
Working throughout the Yahara River
Watershed
Reductions needed by all!
Point and Non-Point!
How do we know if we are
succeeding?
4 USGS stations
MMSD Regular Nutrient Sampling
Edge of Field Monitoring
UW Student-Led Monitoring
WDNR
Citizen Water Quality Monitoring
Volunteer Stream Monitoring
Rock River Coalition – Yahara WINs
Volunteer Stream Monitoring Project
23 new WQ monitoring sites
7 New SitesNutrient Sampling
Volunteers collected
6 grab samples at each site once a
month from May to October
Total = 42 Samples
6 New SitesStatus and trends
Volunteers monitored
6 sites once a month from May to October
10 New SitesBaseline
Volunteers monitored
10 sites once a month from May to
October
Streams Currently Monitored:
Six Mile Creek
Dorn Creek
Willow Creek
Wingra Creek
Pheasant Branch Creek
Starkweather Creek
Door Creek
Swan Creek
Murphy Creek
Yahara River
AN INVITATION TO JOIN
2014Volunteer Stream
Monitoring Project
Depends on You
USGS