The US EPA offers an educational series via the Watershed Academy, the latest on Citizen Science and water quality monitoring in Leveraging Participatory Science to Advance Water Quality Reporting and Partnership-Building Part 2. Consisting of “show and tell” from various non-profits/NGOs around the country, Part 2 in this two-part series featured the work of Citizen Science in water quality monitoring organizations like the SnoKing Watershed Council.
The fourth presenter – NOAA’s Steve Morton of NCCOS Phytoplankton Monitoring Network – was of particular interest in both subject matter and the organizational structure of NCCOS. I found the monitoring marine phytoplankton and harmful algal blooms (HABs) useful.
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The two-part series can be found here, with the July 11th Part 2 to be posted to the EPA website shortly.
I’ve been completing web-based coursework and - for the most part - it’s been informative and well worth the effort. If you have the time, this “participatory science” series is quite interesting ...
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