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1 results foundAuthor: Mauger, Sue Title: Effectiveness of Citizens’ Environmental Monitoring Program. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Project 02667 Final Report Summary: Study History: Project 02667 examines data previously collected through the Citizens’ Environmental Monitoring Program in the Kachemak Bay and Anchor River watersheds. This one-year project was originally funded from October 1, 2001 to September 30, 2002. Due to contract issues with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, the project was granted a deadline extension to December 31, 2002. Abstract: Cook Inlet Keeper analyzed five years of past data from the Citizens’ Environmental Monitoring Program, the first consistent and coordinated community-based water quality monitoring program in Alaska. The objective of the analysis was to determine if sampling frequency, methods, parameters, and site selection are effective at meeting the monitoring objectives of detecting significant changes in water quality over time. Based on the analysis, the following recommendations are made: 1) prioritize collecting five year baseline data sets (n=80), 2) state explicitly what significant change can be detected: 2oC, 0.25 pH units, and 5% saturation of dissolved oxygen, 3) deploy continuous temperature loggers during summer months, 4) consider new turbidity method with a higher maximum range, 5) consider new orthophosphate and nitrate-nitrogen methods with lower detection limits, 6) continue colorimetric pH method as a quality control check on Hanna Meter, 7) coordinate with USGS to establish stage or discharge stations on smaller streams, 8) add a method to measure flow, 9) provide citizens with summary statistics of their site annually, 10) secure long-term funding for volunteer coordinators. These recommendations will increase the effectiveness of community-based monitoring programs. Details: Homer, AK: Cook Inlet Keeper, 2003. 82p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 4, 2013 at: http://inletkeeper.org/resources/contents/effectiveness-of-cemp-final-report Year: 2003 Country: United States URL: http://inletkeeper.org/resources/contents/effectiveness-of-cemp-final-report Shelf Number: 128260 Keywords: Corporate CrimesEnvironmental ConservationExxon ValdezOffenses Against the Environment (Alaska, U.S.)Oil Spills |