Webinar Series
The Council's webinar series is brought to you by the Collaboration and Outreach Workgroup to promote information exchange among the monitoring community.
Be sure to visit our YouTube channel where most of our webinars are presented with audio and video.
Webinars

November 7, 2019
Volunteer Monitoring: Volunteer Engagement Best Practices – Spotlight on Missouri Stream Team

September 5, 2019
Using the Biological Condition Gradient to Develop Protective Biological Thresholds for Diverse Stream Types in Minnesota

July 1, 2019
Volunteer Monitoring: Connecting Volunteer Data to the Water Quality Portal

June 12, 2019
Protecting Public Health with Open Recreational Water Quality Data: Challenges and Solutions

May 28, 2019
Sharing decades of monitoring experience: What your SOPs Don’t Tell You
April 16, 2019
Passive sampling devices for environmental monitoring: Tips for a successful study

April 3, 2019
Study Design: Developing a Monitoring Program that Delivers Results

November 28, 2018
Harmful Algal Blooms (HABS) Detection - Co-Hosted with Gulf of Mexico Alliance
Pre-Registration is Required

October 10, 2018
Volunteer Monitoring: Lake Monitoring
Pre-Registration is Required

September 6, 2018
Integrating Physical and Economic Data into Water Accounts for the United States

September 5, 2018
Volunteer Monitoring: Spotlight on NOAA Sea Grant
Coastal Monitoring Programs

July 25, 2018
Volunteer Monitoring at the National Monitoring Conference and Tips for Getting YOUR Conference Abstract Accepted

May 16, 2018
The Role of Environmental Monitoring and Data Management in Supporting Science to Inform Decision Making: Integrating Coastal and Ocean Monitoring Programs to Address Societal Needs

April 24, 2018
Waltz Across Texas: Continuous Monitoring in the Lone Star State

April 11, 2018
Coastal Acidification: Moving From A Global Problem to A Coastal Water-Quality Issue

February 28, 2018
Standardized Electrofishing Sampling, or “Where do I set the dials?”

February 15, 2018
Being There - Autonomous, In-Situ Detection of Biotoxins Associated with Harmful Algal Blooms in Marine and Freshwater Systems
February 7, 2018
Observing the Microscopic Living (and Non-Living) Ocean from Space

January 10, 2018
Continuous Water-Quality Monitor Deployment Techniques: Maximizing Data Quality and Minimizing Site Maintenance
November 29, 2017
Multivariate Statistical Analysis in Water Quality
- Announcement
- PowerPoint (Speaker Notes are included as comments)

May 3, 2017
Changing Pesticide Use: Challenges for Water-Quality Monitoring and Ecological Implications

Public Health Impacts of Nitrate and other Drinking Water Contaminants: Implications for Source Water Protection
- YouTube
- PowerPoint (Dr. Peter Weyer)
- PowerPoint (Ann Robinson)

Great Lakes Tributary Nutrient and Sediment Monitoring Program and Its Surrogate Regression Approach for Computing Continuous Loads

Exploring the Worlds of Citizen Science and Volunteer Monitoring
- YouTube
- Citizen Science (PowerPoint presentation)
- Volunteer Monitoring & Citizen Science (PowerPoint presentation)

Using the Right Tools to Develop Effective Science-Based Messages for Any Audience
- YouTube
- Blog - Q&A from Water Quality Webinar
- PowerPoint

Effective Science Communication with emphasis on visual science communication tools

Quality of Our Nation's Groundwater: Where and Why is it Vulnerable to Contamination
- PowerPoint (6/29/15)
- YouTube

Monitoring During Extreme Events (Floods, Droughts) (12/16/2014)

Continuous Monitoring for Nutrients: State of the Technology and State of the Science
- PowerPoint (9/24/2014)
- YouTube

Would a State or Regional Monitoring Partnership, Alliance and/or Council Serve Your Needs?
- PowerPoint (4/23/2013)

Water Quality Exchange: A Tool for Tribes, Volunteer Monitors and Others to Share WQ Data
- PowerPoint (3/13/2013)

Ecological Flows in the Shenandoah River Valley, Virginia
- PowerPoint presentation (3/17/2013)
- USGS list of ecological (or environmental) flow studies (as of Feb. 2013)

About Cyanobacteria
- About cyanobacteria science (webinar)
- Agenda Webinar comments from:
- USGS list of cyanobacteria studies (as of Sept. 2012)