Slide1 : Water Quality Vital Signs: Developing Protocols and SOPs Presented by Barry Long
Water Resources Division
National Water Quality Monitoring Council Meeting
July 24, 2007
Philadelphia, PA
Slide2 : NPS Vital Signs Networks
Water Quality Protocols and SOPs - Good Examples : Water Quality Protocols and SOPs - Good Examples San Francisco Bay Area: Freshwater Quality Protocol Narrative: Complete (All Issues Well Organized), All QA/QC Issues, Incorporated State Guidance
Northern Colorado Plateau: Freshwater Water Quality Protocol Narrative and SOPs: QA/QC, Data Analysis, Bias from Changes
Applachian Highlands & Northeast Temperate: Good example of plans that use USGS Protocols
More Good Examples of Plans & Protocol Narratives : More Good Examples of Plans & Protocol Narratives Phase I, II, and III Reports (San Francisco Bay Area, Greater Yellowstone, Great Lakes)
Certain Plan Chapters (Southeast Coast, Pacific Island, Northeast Coastal & Barrier, Great Lakes)
Great Lakes Rivers Protocol
Greater Yellowstone Regulatory Water Quality Protocol
Heartland Aquatic Invertebrates Sampling Design
CODEs (to indicate status of WQ Protocol development) : CODEs (to indicate status of WQ Protocol development) * Protocol Development Summary Completed
** Draft Protocol Completed
*** Protocol Completed & WRD Reviewed (includes associated SOPs)
? Not Confirmed Yet But PDS in VS data base (http://www1.nrintra.nps.gov/im/monitor/vsdatabase.cfm)
Wadeable Stream Protocols : Wadeable Stream Protocols Northern Colorado Plateau***, San Francisco Bay Area***, Appalachian Highlands***, Northeast Temperate***
Greater Yellowstone*** (Regulatory Protocol)
Others: Cumberland Piedmont**, Sonoran Desert*, Northern Great Plains*, Gulf Coast**, Great Lakes*, Greater Yellowstone*** (other), North Coast and Cascades**, Klamath*, Sierra Nevada*, Southeast Coast*
Many Include Benthic Macroinvertebrates (BMIs): Eastern Rivers and Mountains* Pacific Islands*, Southern Colorado Plateau*, Mediterranean Coast*, Upper Columbia Basin**, National Capital Region**, Mid Atlantic *, Appalachian Highlands?, Rocky Mountain Integrated* (integrated w/ many eco-integrity indicators)
Rivers & Non-wadeble Streams : Rivers & Non-wadeble Streams Great Lakes***
Greater Yellowstone**
Heartland**
North Coast and Cascades**
Northern Great Plains*
Southwest Alaska*
Eastern Rivers and Mountains*
Sierra Nevada*
Rocky Mountain* (Highly integrated, many indicators)
Southeast Coast*
Lakes, Ponds and Pools : Lakes, Ponds and Pools Great Lakes**
Central Alaska** (Permafrost Lakes/Ponds)
North Coast and Cascades** (Large Lakes, Mountain Ponds/Lakes)
Southwest Alaska* (Large Lakes)
Northeast Temperate** (Lakes/Vernal Pools)
Sonoran Desert* (Desert Tinajas – Overland Flow Fed Small Pools)
Greater Yellowstone* (Lakes/High Alpine Lakes)
Klamath*, Sierra Nevada*, Rocky Mountain?
Amphibians : Amphibians Mediterranean Coast**
Heartland**
Greater Yellowstone**
Northeast Temperate**
National Capital Region** (Pools and Ponds)
Great Lakes*
San Francisco Bay Area*
Gulf Coast*
Southeast Coast*
Northern Coastal & Barrier?, Sierra Nevada?
Freshwater Stream Flow (Quantity) : Freshwater Stream Flow (Quantity) National Capital Region**
San Francisco Bay Area*
Greater Yellowstone*
Mediterranean Coast*
Mid Atlantic*
Eastern Rivers and Mountains*
Southeast Coast*
Rocky Mountain* (Highly integrated with other stream-integrity indicators)
Appalachian Highlands?, Southwest Alaska?
Seeps and Springs : Seeps and Springs Heartland**
Greater Yellowstone*
Southern Colorado Plateau*
Sonoran Desert*
Northern Great Plains*
Mojave Desert?
Wetlands and Wetland Habitats : Wetlands and Wetland Habitats
Heartland**
Northeast Temperate**
Rocky Mountain** (Highly integrated with other wetland integrity indicators)
San Francisco Bay Area*
Sonoran Desert*, Sierra Nevada*
Northeast Coastal and Barrier?
Groundwater : Groundwater Pacific Island*
Northern Great Plains*
Sonoran Desert*
Rocky Mountain* (includes some wetlands dynamics)
Southeast Coast*
Northeast Coastal and Barrier?
Estuaries and/or Marine : Estuaries and/or Marine Northeast Coastal and Barrier*** (Eutrophication Indicators)
Pacific Island**
Southeast Coast**
Gulf Coast*
South Florida/Caribbean* (includes Invertebrates)
Southwest Alaska?
Fish : Fish National Capital Region**
Heartland*
San Francisco Bay Area*
Pacific Island*, South Florida/Caribbean* (Marine/Estuarine)
Sonoran Desert?
North Coast and Cascades (Lake)?
Central Alaska?
Nutrients : Nutrients Pacific Island** (includes Marine/Estuarine)
National Capital Region**
Southeast Coast**(includes Marine/Estuarine)
Northern Coastal and Barrier* Loading (includes Marine/Estuarine)
South Florida/Caribbean* (includes Marine/Estuarine)
North Coast and Cascades?, Mediterranean Coast?, Northeast Temperate?
Toxic Contaminants : Toxic Contaminants Great Lakes*
Southeast Coast*
South Florida/Caribbean?
Southeast Alaska?
Sonoran Desert?
Mediterranean Coast?
Appalachian Highlands?
Information Exchange : Information Exchange Small Streams, Big Rivers, Lakes and Ponds, Wetlands, Nutrients, BMIs, Amphibians, etc.
Make a “listserv” or use NPS “SharePoint” to edit shared text.
Eva DiDonato (Southeast Coast) has Volunteered for Marine/Estuarine.
http://inpserosecn/marinewq/default.aspx
Dave Thoma (Northern Colorado Plateau) has Volunteered for Upland Freshwater.
http://inp2300fcsirma/water_quality_monitoring
Monitoring Program Outreach Opportunities : Monitoring Program Outreach Opportunities National NPS Inventory and Monitoring Program Annual Coordination Meeting
NWQMC National Monitoring Conference
May 18-22, 2008, Atlantic City, NJ
WRD hopes to sponsor a full conference session for NPS Vital Signs Networks.
WRD Aquatic Professional's Meeting
February 11-14, 2008, Fort Collins, CO
Vital Signs network presentations and breakout sessions.