Sub-Merge: Raising Water Awareness Through Science, Music, and Dance

Grand Valley State University Loosemore Auditorium, 401 Fulton St. W., Grand Rapids, MI, United States

Freshwater is vital to human life and societal well-being (Baron et al. 2001), but its quality and quantity are being threatened at the global and local scales (Gleick 2014). Indeed, recognition of a growing global freshwater crisis resulted in the United Nations calling 2013 the International Year of Water Cooperation. Water provides numerous ecosystem services […]

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Algae Bloom Remediation Workshop

The algae bloom situation is affecting tourism, fishing, real estate and local economies. While algae bloom research, testing and monitoring is ongoing within the State of Florida, collaboration and open communication on fixing the existing algae bloom and HAB problems need to be addressed. National Algae Association, is the first non-profit algae association to focus […]

$250

Algae Bloom Remediation Workshop

Broward County Library

The algae bloom situation is affecting tourism, fishing, real estate and local economies. While algae bloom research, testing and monitoring is ongoing within the State of Florida, collaboration and open communication on fixing the existing algae bloom and HAB problems need to be addressed. National Algae Association, is the first non-profit algae association to focus […]

$250

Great Lakes Hydrilla Risk Assessment Webinar

Webinar

Please join us for the next webinar in the Great Lakes Hydrilla Collaborative’s technical webinar series. Kris Erickson, Principal Scientist and Project Manager with Ecology and Environment, Inc.; Kristen Hebebrand, Project Manager with Chagrin River Watershed Partners, Inc.; and Matt Barnes, Assistant Professor with Texas Tech University’s Department of Natural Resources Management, will be presenting […]

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Cyanobacteria Monitoring Volunteer Training

Cyanobacteria are common in water around the world and we expect them to be in Vermont lakes. Staff at the VT DEC and the Department of Health work together with VOLUNTEERS LIKE YOU to keep an eye on what cyanobacteria are doing around the state.

Webinar: Working with NRCS and Agricultural Partners to Protect Drinking Water Sources

The purpose of this webinar is to encourage and promote partnerships between the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), state water programs, water utilities and other stakeholders to take advantage of NRCS opportunities (i.e., new Farm Bill provisions, National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI) Source Water Protection watersheds, and Regional Conservation Partnership Projects (RCPP)) to work […]

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2019 California Water Data Science Symposium

The Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP), the California Water Quality Monitoring Council, the California Water Boards Data Center, and the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) are hosting the Fourth Annual California Water Boards Water Data Science Symposium on July 1-2, 2019 in Sacramento, CA. This annual event aims to enhance how water quality monitoring […]

Lakes Appreciation Month 2019

You work and play on them. You drink from them. But do you really appreciate them? Growing population, development, and invasive species stress your local lakes, ponds, and reservoirs. All life needs water; let’s not take it for granted!

Secchi Dip-In 2019

Volunteers have been submitting information during the annual Dip-In snapshot since 1994. Please join them in this international effort to track changes in water quality! The Secchi Dip-In is part of Lakes Appreciation Month, where we celebrate our lakes throughout the month of July each year.

Volunteer Monitoring: Connecting Volunteer Data to the Water Quality Portal

NWQMC Webinar Series Presented by Barb Horn, Colorado Parks & Wildlife John Dawes, Chesapeake Commons Laura Shumway, Environmental Protection Agency The webinar is free; pre-registration is required. Please login 10 minutes early. The goal of most volunteer monitoring programs is to ensure that well-trained volunteers collect data of known quality and use data used for […]

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