We Monitor Streams, and
 We Do It Really, Really Well.

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VOLUNTEER HANDBOOK

• PLEASE READ: Protocol changes since publication of 2008 Handbook
• Program Overview
• Field Procedures -- Table of Contents
• Know Before You Go:
• Safety
• Team Rhythm and Stream Etiquette
• Quality Assurance
• Compass Use
• Basic Quarterly Monitoring:
• Water Chemistry-General Guidelines
• Air Temperature
• Turbidity
• pH
• Multimeter-Temp, DO, Conductivity, Salinity
• Flow
• Photos
• Camera Use
• Fish and Wildlife Signs
• Noxious Weeds
• Biological Monitoring (Other than Fish, Wildlife, & Weeds):
• Benthic Macroinvertebrate Sampling
• Grab Sampling for Lab Analysis (Bacteria, Nitrates, etc)
• Physical Habitat Monitoring: Note: All physical habitat parameters other than Bank Stability became optional in 2005, pending further research; for details, see "Physical habitat sampling plan" section on the following page of Streamkeepers´ website: http://www.clallam.net/streamkeepers/html/program_planning.htm
• Bank Stability
• Gradient
• Establishing Cross Section Monuments
• Bankfull
• Cross Section Survey
• Large Woody Debris
• Erosion/Revetment Survey
• Pools Survey
• Pebble Count
• Canopy Closure (Single-Point)
• Canopy Type Percentages (Reach-Wide)
• Conifer Stem Count
• New Projects, Teams, and Sites:
• Sampling Plan Design
• New Site/Reach Establishment
• Sampling Site Sketch Map
• Reach Map
• Streamwalk -- Rapid Bio-Assessment Procedure
• Field Data Forms
• Limiting Factors
• How Our Data Are Used
• References