texas stream team...your remarkable riparian •field guide to riparian plants found within most of...
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TEXAS STREAM TEAMDedicated to understanding and protecting the 191,000 miles of Texas waterways.
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at The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment
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MISSION: To facilitate environmental stewardship by
empowering a statewide network of concerned
citizen scientists, partners, and institutions in a
collaborative effort to promote a healthy and safe
environment though environmental education, data
collection, and community action.
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WHAT WE DO
• Environmental
Education
• Data Collection
• Data Use
• Community Action
• Watershed Services
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DAY-TO-DAY • Technical support
• Education and outreach
• Publications and resource guides
• Environmental education grantsACTIVITIES
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TST PARTNERS, NETWORK• Provide kits, supplies, materials
• Host Trainings, projects and educational/outreach events
• Create Monitoring Plans for citizen scientists
• Conduct quality assurance and submit data
• Incorporate TST data into projects, planning
• Use TST data to supplement water quality monitoring
• Act as watershed ambassadors, regional hubs
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BIOMONITORSPADDLERS
OUR PROGRAMS
MONOFILAMENTFINDERS
ANGLERS
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CERTIFICATION TRAINING COURSES
• Standard Core Water Quality Monitoring
• Paddler Core Water Quality Monitoring
• Advanced NPS Water Quality Monitoring
• E. coli Monitoring and Analysis
• Riparian Bull’s Eye Assessment
• Macroinvertebrate Rapid Bioassessment
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DATA COLLECTING AND PARAMETERSCore Water Quality
ParametersAdvanced Water Quality
Parameters
• Temperature• pH • Dissolved Oxygen• Specific Conductivity• Total Dissolved Solids• Salinity• Secchi Disk and Total Depth • Field Observations
• E. coli• Nitrate-Nitrogen• Orthophosphate • Turbidity • Streamflow
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WATERWAYS DATAVIEWER DATA ENTRY
Upon submission and
verification, data is uploaded
directly to the TST Database.
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QUALITY ASSURANCE &
QUALITY CONTROL• Quality Assurance Project Plan
(QAPP) approved by TCEQ
• Must be a certified TST Citizen
Scientist to submit
environmental monitoring data
• Data is reviewed by a Quality
Assurance Officer (QAO)
• TST Citizen Scientists are
encouraged to attend Quality
Control (QC) sessions
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DATA USES
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• Inform communities about local water quality
• Municipalities outreach messages
• Data Summary Reports
• Submitted to EPA’s water quality database
• WPP and TMDLs
• TST Partners
• Interpretive displays, education and outreach event
• Research projects
• Presented on Waterways Dataviewer
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Data Summary Reports
Linear Trend Model of Dissolved Oxygen at all sites within the Wimberley Valley Watershed
• Watershed Data Analysis
• Site by Site Analysis
• Sampling Information
• Linear Trend Models
• Trends over Time
• Watershed Summary
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RIPARIAN ASSESSMENT &
MACROINVERTEBRATE
BIOASSESSMENT PROGRAM
Assess the health of
waterways based on the
riparian habitat and the
aquatic insects that are
present there.
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YOUR REMARKABLE RIPARIAN• Field Guide to riparian plants found within most of Texas
• Cultivates awareness and appreciation for riparian plants and
the role they play in the production of abundant, clean water
• Used as a companion to complete and submit forms with one
to four photos to report observations to Texas Stream Team
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RIPARIAN BULL’S-EYE EVALUATION TOOL
Ten riparian indicators to guide your eye in assessing riparian landscapes for their
function and identifying activities that may be hindering the natural riparian recovery process
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INNER ZONE
Optimal Function,MIDDLE ZONE
At-Risk Condition,
Riparian Danger Zone
OUTERMOST ZONE
Totally Dysfunctional
Riparian Condition
THE BULL’S-EYE ZONES
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PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHEROBSERVATION IS A POWERFUL TOOL
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Filling in the bulls eye evaluation.
Active FloodplainEnergy Dissipation
New Plant Colonization
Stabilizing Vegetation
Age Diversity
Species DiversityPlant Vigor
Water Storage
Bank/Channel Erosion
Sediment Deposition
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REQUEST A RIPARIAN EVALUATION TRAINING EVENT
20Resaca De La Palma State Park – July 11, 2018Leakey Springs – June 21, 2018
Oso Creek – October 26, 2017
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MACROINVERTEBRATE RAPID BIOASSESSMENT TRAINING
BIOMONITORS
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MACROINVERTEBRATE RAPID BIOASSESSMENT
Group 3: These animals are mostly
tolerant of pollution. Their
dominance generally signifies poor
water quality.
Group 2: These animals live in a
wide range of water quality
conditions
Group 1: These animals are mostly
intolerant to pollution. Their
dominance generally signifies
Good to Excellent water quality
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MACROINVERTEBRATE
IDENTIFICATION
RESOURCES
For identifying aquatic macroinvertebrates
and group according to pollution tolerance
and water quality conditions refer to:
• General Key for Macroinvertebrates
• A Guide to Freshwater Ecology
• Key to Macroinvertebrate Life in the
River
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WATERSHED SERVICES & TST
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• Community assistance for education and outreach strategies, grants, loan applications
• Information gathering and monitoring to address data gaps
• Local planning, protection, restoration, clean ups, and habitat monitoring
• Watershed protection plans, TMDLs, water conservation initiatives
• University research, long term monitoring efforts
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT• Community-based monitoring
with citizen science
• Educational workshops for
school and youth programs
• Connect home owners to
watersheds promote NPS
pollution reduction
• Early warning system for
water quality issues
• Inform public about
environmental management
decisions
Become a Partner Today!