Abstracts due Sept. 19 for National Monitoring Conference

Volunteer monitoring abstracts are needed for the Seventh National Water Monitoring Conference in Denver, CO, April 25-29, 2010.

About 90 volunteer monitoring program representatives attended the last conference in Atlantic City.

Abstracts are due September 19, 2009.

Check out the Call for Abstracts at
http://acwi.gov/monitoring/conference/2010/2010_CFA_final.pdf.

Several volunteer monitoring folks are working with the Conference Steering Committee to ensure a lively and useful conference for the volunteer community. We’d like to see many abstracts submitted on volunteer monitoring topics, and would also appreciate suggestions regarding workshops, panel discussions, and networking opportunities.
We expect that some volunteer monitoring-related abstracts will be integrated into "mainstream" monitoring sessions, and others might be part of volunteer monitoring-only sessions.

Some suggested topics for abstracts (if we get enough, we can create sessions around them):

different models for organizing volunteer monitoring programs
volunteer monitoring and watershed restoration
recruiting and retaining volunteers
working with under-served communities
the role of volunteers in monitoring climate change
adapting methods and equipment for volunteer use
taking action
communicating results
other – add topics you’d like to learn more about or want to share
information on

Please let us know if you are planning to send in an abstract on these or other topics.

This conference is sponsored by the National Water Quality Monitoring Council.

thanks!

-- The volunteer monitoring subcommittee folks

Alice Mayio (mayio.alice@epa.gov)
Linda Green (lgreen2uri.edu)
Danielle Donkersloot (Danielle.Donkersloot@dep.state.nj.us)
Barb Horn (Barb.Horn@state.co.us)
Jason Pinchback (jp30@txstate.edu)