Bridge Day

Friday, May 4

The National Water Quality Monitoring Council and River Rally 2012 coordinated an overlap day with mutually developed themes and presentations geared toward fostering improved collaboration between government agencies, tribes and nonprofit groups who employ monitoring as a method to achieve clean water.

Bridge Day Workshops

• Approaches to Sharing and Presenting Data
• Assessment Approaches for Habitat Protection and Restoration
• Burning Rivers: Moving Past Thirsty Energy
• Changing the Paradigm for Chesapeake Bay Restoration
• Creative Partnerships for Monitoring Restoration Projects
• Effective Public Communication of Water Quality Data
• Integrated Monitoring: How Can We Weave More Effective Webs to Better Capture and Share Information?
• Leveraging Partnerships to assist with National Aquatic Resource Surveys
• Monitoring and Predicting Cyanobacteria Blooms in Water Supplies
• Monitoring for Nutrient Impacts and Criteria
• Navigate the USGS Water Web Sites
• No Money, New Issues. How Do We Address Emerging Threats?
• Oregon’s Groundbreaking Rules to Reduce Toxics
• Overview of US EPA Policies Regarding Data Solicitation, Screening, and Interpretation for section 303(d)/305(b) Listing and Reporting
• Shale Gas Volunteer Monitoring
• Social Marketing for Cleaner Water
• Strengthening Monitoring Programs through Nonprofit / Government Collaboration
• Water Quality Monitoring for Enforcement