Volunteer Stream Monitoring Program

Fairfax, Virginia

Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District

 
Watershed Data Analysis
This is the main Save Our Streams (SOS) page. It provides excellent overviews, descriptions, pictures, and keys. Lots of links to related resources.
Fairfax County Watershed Planning Project
This is the EPA's Volunteer Stream Monitoring site. You can download copies of The Volunteer Monitor, The National Newsletter of Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring. This page contains many excellent links to resources and related programs.
Fairfax County's Stream Protection Strategy. Learn more about what Fairfax County is doing to protect our streams.
The Watershed Game - interactive game about watersheds for all age levels
Interactive Macroinvertebrate Key and other excellent Watershed Activities for students and adults. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR NEW MONITORS
National Park Service Watershed Activities - Bridging the Watershed
Useful Websites for Urban Watersheds
The Land Use – Water Quality Link: Resources compiled by Molly Beitzel, GMU student
Articles related to streams and watersheds:
Volunteers help monitor health of area streams - Connection Times Newspaper by Kali Schumitz
Many Partners, Many Possibilites. Article about our program published in the Environmental Protection Agency's Volunteer Monitor Newsletter (pg. 14)
Volunteer Biological Monitoring: Can It Accurately Assess the Ecological Condition of Streams? Sarah R. Engel and J. Reese Voshell, Jr.. 2002. American Entomologist 48 (3): 164-177