Never mind, I figurered it out with the help of their excellant maps! I'm
signed on for the day!
BG
----- Original Message -----
From: "B.G. Granier" <bgkajun_at_worldnet.att.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- World Water Monitoring Day
> Jan,
>
> Do I really need lat and long coordinates or can I just name the location
> and name of the watersher and creek?
>
> BG
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS" <HOOVERJ_at_wes.army.mil>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 10:44 AM
> Subject: NANFA-- World Water Monitoring Day
>
>
> > NANFA members -
> >
> > I would like to encourage all of you, one last time, to consider
> > participating in a project that I feel has much to offer us individually
> and
> > as a group: World Water Monitoring Day.
> >
> > WWMD is just around the corner: 18 Oct 2003. Until then, volunteers
> around
> > the world are being encouraged to sample their local streams, lakes, and
> > wetlands (http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.org/)
> >
> > Objectives are to : 1)increase public awareness of local and global
water
> > issues (e.g., pollution, de-forestation, etc.); 2) provide a venue for
> > public outreach (e.g., sampling techniques, aquatic habitats); 3)
> establish
> > a global database for evaluating long-term trends in water quality
(e.g.,
> > warming, acidificiation, etc.).
> >
> > Participation is easy:
> > 1. Sign up as a participant and then register the site(s) you would
like
> to
> > sample
> > (http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.org/sitereg/sitereg.html)
> > 2. Go to your site(s) and measure water temperature, pH, dissolved
> oxygen,
> > and water clarity.
> > 3. Submit your data
> > (http://wwmdusdata.forumone.com/project/)
> >
> > This is the perfect opportunity to take a couple of your friends out
> > collecting - and its a great way to get young people interested in (and
> > personally involved with) the water bodies in their own backyard. Many
of
> > you are taking advantage of the autumnal weather to schedule a few last
> > field trips before winter sets in. Why not piggy-back fish-collecting
for
> > yourselves with data-acquisition for Planet Earth ?
> >
> > Martin Moore (MS), Tyler Strange (LA), and I did this last year when the
> > scope was "national"
> >
> http://www.nanfa.org/NANFAregions/miss/monitoring_day/monitoring_day.htm
> >
> >
> > Tyler and I repeated our sampling again last weekend when the scope went
> > "global"
> > http://www.nanfa.org/NANFAregions/miss/wwmd2003/index.html
> >
> > Three notes -
> >
> > 1. It may be too late to get the WWMD kits but you can improvise. If
you
> > know a biologist or environmental scientist, you may be able to borrow a
> > water quality probe or water quality kit. If you do not know someone
with
> > special equipment - just grab your aquarium thermometer and pH kit and
> make
> > yourself a Secchi disk. You'll have 3 of the 4 requested parameters and
> > partial data are better than no data.
> >
> > This is what a Secchi disc looks like and how it is used:
> > http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/fhp/lakes/selfhelp/secchiman4.htm
> > www.cfr.washington.edu/Research/fact_sheets/20-CSSDisc.pdf
> >
> > This is how you can make one:
> > http://psll.ca/general/reynolds_e.htm
> > http://www.torontozoo.com/adoptapond/curriculum/g1-field-make.html
> >
> > And this is how Secchi data are interpreted:
> > http://www.mlswa.org/secchi.htm
> >
> > 2. When collecting your data, be sure to also record air temperature,
> land
> > use, and whether water levels are high, typical, or low. Better yet,
use
> > one of the handy-dandy WWMD data sheets (available as a link at the site
> > registration page).
> >
> > 3. When entering your data - try not to make mistakes the first time.
I
> > tried to edit an error and wound up enterring a second set of data that
I
> > could not delete.
> >
> > Lastly - if you participate - please send an email to the list (or to me
> > personally). I will write something up for American Currents.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > - Jan Hoover
> > Waterways Experiment Station
> > Vicksburg, MS
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