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Nonpoint Source Outreach Toolbox – Released by U.S. EPA – A comprehensive set of Web-based resources designed to assist communities across the U.S. conduct locally effective watershed education and outreach activities. http://cfpub.epa.gov/npstbx/index.html

Secchi Dip-In – The Great American Secchi Dip-In is a demonstration of the potential of volunteer monitors to gather environmentally important information on our lakes, rivers and estuaries. http://www.secchidipin.org/

The Volunteer Monitor Newsletter – Old monitor newsletters are available on this website. http://water.epa.gov/type/rsl/monitoring/vm_index.cfm

The Water Librarian – Resources for librarians in water agencies and similar institutions. http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/waterlib.html

The Water Magazine – water discussion, innovation, policy, articles, ideas. http://www.watermagazine.com/

The Water Monitor (bimonthly newsletter) – This 12-page bimonthly newsletter summarizes water monitoring and related activities in the 10 EPA Regions, the States, and EPA Headquarters. http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/volunteer/vm_index.html

The World's Water – Information on the world's fresh water resource. http://www.worldwater.org/

Update on TCEQ use of citizen data for enforcement purposes – TCEQ provides the standards and protocols for collecting and submitting information. http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/compliance/complaints/index.html

US Water News – Welcome to US Water News Online - coverage includes water supply, water quality, policy and legislation, litigation and water rights, etc. http://www.uswaternews.com/homepage.html

Water Center – Site topics include arid lands hydrology, riparian ecosystems restoration, and glossaries of hydrologic cycle. http://ag.arizona.edu/AZWATER/main.html

Water Science for Schools: USGS water information – The US Geological Survey's (USGS) Water Science for Schools web site. http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/

Watershed Weekly – which features Videos that highlight the work of Local Watershed organizations, as well as a video on how to start a WS organization. http://www.greentreks.org/watershedstv/index.asp

What is water quality monitoring? – Did you ever stop to wonder how we get our information on the condition of our Nation's streams, lakes, estuaries, and coastal waters? water.epa.gov/type/wetlands/assessment/volmonitor.cfm

Other Volunteer Monitoring Organizations

Delaware Riverkeeper Network – is a nonprofit, membership organization that has worked since 1988 to strengthen citizen protection of the Delaware River and its tributary watersheds. http://www.delawareriverkeeper.org/

Texas Amphibian Watch – site provides information and materials for Amphibian Watch. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/amphibians

Texas Mussel Watch – information about fresh water mussels and mussel monitoring http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/education/tracker/mussels/

The National Directory of Volunteer Monitoring Programs http://water.epa.gov/type/watersheds/monitoring/dir.cfm

Volunteer Monitoring Groups On-Line – A listing of volunteer monitoring homepages, maintained by Kentucky Water Watch. yosemite.epa.gov/water/volmon.nsf/VST

Volunteer Wetland Monitoring – This booklet provides an introduction to why and how people monitor wetlands and includes a multi-page resource guide to handbooks and manuals that offer detailed information on wetland monitoring for the layperson. http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/monitor/volmonitor.html