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Volunteer Monitoring Protocols

The documents listed below are the standardized protocols used to collect volunteer monitoring data in the San Francisco Bay Area. These protocols have undergone some modification over the past few years, however, those listed below were used in our pilot watershed effort on San Francisquito Creek. At a later date, we will include improved protocols which have been adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board for use throughout California.


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Volunteer Monitoring Protocols Documents in PDF format
Document Name Document Description
QA/QC This document describes the Quality Control and Quality Assurance procedures employed as a part of our volunteer monitoring program.
file size - 100k
Birds This protocol outlines procedures used to conduct quarterly bird surveys.
file size - 32k
Vegetation This protocol provides descriptions of methods used to assess tree and understory plant cover.
file size - 275k
Water Quality This set of protocols describes processes used assess basic physical and chemical parameters of streams.
file size - 142k
Fish Habitat
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This protocol, adapted from Calfiornia Department of Fish and Game methods, describes methods used to assess cold water fish habitat.
file size - 994k file size - 1,520k
Reptiles
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Amphibians
This protocol describes a standardized method for assessing reptile and amphibian populations in stream habitats.
file size - 38k
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