Volunteer Monitoring Within Volunteer Monitoring Within New Jersey’s Watershed New Jersey’s Watershed

Management Area #4Management Area #4

Dr. Richard PardiDr. Richard Pardi& &

Dr. Michael SebetichDr. Michael SebetichWilliam Paterson UniversityWilliam Paterson University

Wayne, New JerseyWayne, New Jersey

Monitoring the Urban WatershedMonitoring the Urban Watershed

A sense of placeA sense of place Who does whatWho does what What to look forWhat to look for Historical perspectiveHistorical perspective IssuesIssues

New Jersey WMAsNew Jersey WMAs

WMA #4WMA #4

Physiographic Physiographic frameworkframework

The urban The urban watershedwatershed

Volunteer DiversityVolunteer Diversity

Water Watch VolunteersWater Watch Volunteers Students - University and K-12Students - University and K-12 Community GroupsCommunity Groups Environmental OrganizationsEnvironmental Organizations

The watershed – What makes it The watershed – What makes it tick?tick?

BiologyBiology Water QualityWater Quality Water QuantityWater Quantity Visual SurveysVisual Surveys

Water Quality BiotaWater Quality Biota

Macro-invertebratesMacro-invertebrates FishFish Micro-biologyMicro-biology Invasive speciesInvasive species

Macro-invertebrate surveyMacro-invertebrate survey

Fish Surveys & MicrobiologyFish Surveys & Microbiology

Electro-shocking – complex & risky – not a Electro-shocking – complex & risky – not a common component of volunteer surveyscommon component of volunteer surveys

Fecal coliform sampling for establishing Fecal coliform sampling for establishing TMDLsTMDLs

Invasive SpeciesInvasive Species

Purple loosestrifePurple loosestrife Tree of HeavenTree of Heaven

Water QualityWater Quality

Field electronicsField electronicspHpHDODOConductivityConductivityTemperatureTemperature

KitsKitsPPNNDODOTurbidityTurbidity

Visual SurveysVisual Surveys

What to surveyWhat to surveydischarge?discharge?geese?geese?pets?pets?

How to survey itHow to survey it How to recordHow to record How to analyzeHow to analyze How to reportHow to report

History – Shifts in EmphasisHistory – Shifts in Emphasis

Background – what is going on?Background – what is going on? Dimension – how good/how bad?Dimension – how good/how bad? Support the effort – TMDL, etc.Support the effort – TMDL, etc. Settling down – watershed educationSettling down – watershed education

IssuesIssues

Access - monitoring in the urban Access - monitoring in the urban environmentenvironment

Continuity – keeping up momentumContinuity – keeping up momentum Quality – expectations and realitiesQuality – expectations and realities