Starting a Program
Monitoring Chapter of WI's Stragegy for Wildlife Species of Greatest Conservation Need
An overview of the current species and habitat monitoring efforts in Wisconsin that are
relevant to the Species of Greatest Conservation Need and the gaps in those efforts.
Considerations for Starting a Water Quality Monitoring Program in Your Community
A resource intended to help citizen groups, or local, county and state agency
staff organize a local citizen-based volunteer water quality monitoring program.
Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring National Facilitation Project
Cornell Lab of Ornithology Citizen Science Central
A clearinghouse for ideas, news, and resources in support of citizen science,
including a step-by-step approach to citizen science project development.
Broadening Participation in Biological Monitoring: Handbook for Scientists and Managers
This handbook and the companion materials are tools that were written
specifically for natural resource managers and scientists in the U.S., but they are broadly applicable
to many types of collaborative, multiparty, citizen, or volunteer projects and many types of resource monitoring.
Selecting Protocols
Audubon Society Amphibian Monitoring in Wisconsin
Identification of and methods for monitoring amphibians in Wisconsin
Stream Monitoring Fact Sheets
Methods of Wisconsin Water Action Volunteers' Citizen Stream Monitoring
Wisconsin Citizen Lake Monitoring Training Manual
Describes procedures used by Wisconsin's Self-help Lake Monitoring Network
Water Resources Monitoring Strategy for Wisconsin
(see Appendix A: Citizen Monitoring Proposal pp.142-164
[Draft])
Natural Resources Monitoring Partnership - Monitoring Protocols Library
Get easy access to monitoring protocols throughout the U.S. and Canada
Volunteer Monitor's Quality Assurance Project Plans
Procedures to take in a monitoring project that ensures the data collected
will meet project requirements.
Protocols to Inventory or Monitor Wildlife, Fish, or Rare Plants
Guidelines for developing inventory and monitoring (I&M) protocols for wildlife,
fish, and rare plants.
Multiple Species Inventory and Monitoring Technical Guide
Provides a scientifically credible approach for collecting and analyzing wildlife
information, and a framework for the development of broad scale wildlife monitoring programs
Inventory Methods of British Columbia's Ministry of Environment
Manuals and dataforms for the inventory of terrestrial ecosystems
Other Information
Guidelines for citizen access to Wisconsin properties
(from the Wisconsin Odonata Survey)
Identifying Sources of Citizen Monitoring Activity in your Area
A checklist of places to look when trying to find citizen-based
monitoring groups in your area.
