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Your Organizations Name Stream Monitoring Results 201x

Name of presenter Date of presentation Slide 1: Use pictures from your own monitoring events. Add your logo.

For all of the slides: Add your own photos, graphs and charts. Many slides have a note to delete the current image and add in your own data results. Delete slides that are not relevant to your work. Add slides as needed to tell your story. Keep text to a minimum. Use photos, maps, graphs and charts to explain your work. Use basic words- not technical jargon. Think about how you would explain this to your mom or grandchildren.

Also, most slides have notes to help you think about questions to ask, or items to discuss with each slide. 1Why do we monitor our waters? To help preserve and protect Wisconsins over 15,000 lakes and 86,000 miles of rivers.

Why do we and the DNR collect data about our rivers an streams? To protect our waters. And also. (see the next slides)

Insert a picture of your water. 2Educate citizens about the status of our water

Talk about the ways your monitoring program educates kids, and adults. What programs have you held in the last year? 3Obtain water resource data useful for DNR and local decision-making

The data we collect is entered into a DNR database that is accessible by all DNR staff. This data is used when setting priorities for additional monitoring, and to confirm water quality concerns.

Do you have a story about local DNR staff using your data or partnering with you to set monitoring priorities? 4Advocate for management and protection of our water

When we understand the health of our waters and the threats to its health, we are better prepared to take action to protect our waters.

Has your group written a letter to the editor, attending a local hearing, or taken other actions to voice your concerns about the quality of your waters? 5Characterize a stream or region Assess long-term water quality trends More data on streams for state and federal reporting Assess potential of streams to support trout RestorationDATA USE EXAMPLES

The long and short of it is that the state and local governments do not have the ability to watch over all streams and rivers across Wisconsin. We not only play the role of watching over our streams and rivers, but we also help the DNR figure out how well those streams and rivers are doing and where special attention needs to be paid.6Where we monitor

Insert a map of your monitoring sites. 7Whats monitored?

Only explain the level(s) you are doing. Delete slides about the levels you are not doing.

You can quickly explain that the state uses a three level program. 8Whats monitored -- Level 1Water temperatureTransparencyMacroinvertebratesHabitatDissolved OxygenStream Flow

Only explain the level(s) you are doing. 9Whats monitored -- Level 2Continuous temperaturepHDissolved OxygenTransparency

Only explain the level(s) you are doing.

10Varies among projectsProjects have included:E. coli monitoringCrayfish surveyTreatment plant outfall thermal assessmentSpecific conductance and chloridePhosphorusStream flow methods comparisonOther research projects with DNR biologistsWhats monitored Level 3

Again, only include if you are doing a level 3 project. If you are doing a level 3 project, explain it here. 11

Warmer water holds less oxygen than cold waterDissolved Oxygenis necessary for all plants and animals. Lower levels can cause death or distress to animals.Turbid or cloudy water hinders light penetration necessary for plant growth and production of dissolved oxygen.Turbid or cloudy water heats up fasterTransparency or Water Claritycan be a useful indicator of runoff from construction sites, industrial discharges & other sourcesTemperaturechange affects all aquatic lifeSource: Gatzke/ShawWhy is understanding temperature, clarity, and dissolved oxygen important? Many environmental factors determine just how well a river supports life. This graphic shows how three water quality parameters (i.e. the outer ring; temperature, dissolved oxygen, and transparency) monitored by Level 2 volunteers are impacted by a range of environmental factors (i.e. inside the ring; cloudy water and warm water).

12Our results: temperature Temperature Number of sites Frequency of collection

A continuous temperature monitoring device, called a thermistor, which can be set to record temperature every X minutes (we usually set ours to record every hour), is used to assess average daily water temperatures, values that help biologists assess the types of fish a stream can sustain.

Edit the slide to includes the number of sites you are collecting temperature at and how often you are capturing the data. 13OUR Results: Continuous Water Temperature

Talk about the ranges of temperature you are hoping for in your local waters. 14OUR Results: Continuous Water Temperature

This shows the different classifications of rives based on temperature. Are your rivers, cold or warm water streams? 15OUR Results: Continuous Water Temperature

Insert your results.

16Our results: TRANSPARENCY (Clarity) Turbidity can affect:Sight feedersWater temperaturePlant growth (therefore oxygen production)

A 120 cm long transparency tube is used to assess clarity. Monitors fill the tube with water and look down through it to attempt to see a black and white disc in the bottom. If they cant see the water, they let water out through a valve in the bottom until they can just see the disc. They then measure the height of the water in the tube and record that as their transparency measurement. 17OUR Results: Transparency12, Plant growth hindered8-20, Brook trout use more energy to find food; decline in distance over which they can detect prey15-30, Decline in distance over which rainbow trout can detect prey30-60, Decline in distance over which bluegill can detect prey25, Salmonid gills irritated, ability to find food declines; perch growth & foraging declines40, Brook trout growth rates decline, increase in macroinvertrbrates floating freely downstream

A few examples of the impacts of turbidity. The pie chart is statewide result

NTU= Nephelometric Turbidity Units, which is a measure of the amount of light scattered by suspended material in the sample. 18OUR results:Transparencyn =10,814Insert your results here. 19Our results: Dissolved Oxygen

D.O. levels below 2 mg/L generally dont support aquatic lifeD.O. below 4 or 5 mg/L wont support life for long.D.O. above 7 mg/L is preferable for trout

20Our results: Dissolved oxygen Insert your results here. 21

Our Results: pHUse this graphic to explain the ranges of pH that are desired. State standard 6-9.

22Our Results: pH10 samples below 6 in 20 streams in six counties (Adams, Eau Claire, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Price and Wood)12 samples above 9 in eight streams in seven counties (Adams, Douglas, Eau Claire, Marquette, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, and Price)Insert your results here. 23Our results: Macroinvertebrates- Bugs

A way to rate water quality based on organisms that live in the water. How Healthy is the Stream?Excellent, 3.6+Good, 2.6 - 3.5Fair, 2.1 - 2.5Poor , 1.0 - 2.0

You can have a handout of the biotic index to share to show the types of bugs you are looking for. 24Insert your results here. 25Our results: Flow The volume of water moving past a cross-section of stream over a set period of time Measured in CFS= cubic foot per second Defines the shape, size, and course of the stream

26Our results: Flow SiteOverall Median Flow2008 Median FlowCatlin at A33.2Eau Claire Mooney111.8137.7Eau Claire up Confl7569.1Park Creek1.61.7Insert your data here 27Our results: habitat Riparian zone (stream edge)Vegetation Stream bank condition Substrate (stream bottom) Rocky vs. soft Water characteristicsPools, riffles, and runs

28Our Results: Habitat

Insert your results here29Get involved!

This could be you!

30What skills to you need? Interest in monitoringAble to walk along stream banks & enter waterEnjoy the outdoors!

Volunteer Requirements

31Volunteer Requirements

Attend annual training in spring Field & classroomMonthly data collectionEnter data online Share equipment with othersCollect & return temperature loggers in fall

32Adjust this list to meet your needs. When is the next training opportunity? Contact usYour websiteYour email Your phone number

Other resources http://watermonitoring.uwex.edu/wav/http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/surfacewater/monitoring.html Please put in your website, email and phone number.

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