Assessing water quality rhanor

1. Allison Rhanor Soil and Water Conservation Society - 25 July 2016

2. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 East Alton, Illinois Partnership of:

3. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 Aquatic Terrestrial Education Human Communities Delivering a river message rooted in science through environmental education and public engagement.

4. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 Aquatic Terrestrial Education Human Communities Delivering a river message rooted in science through environmental education and public engagement.

5. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 Kids • Community Engagement • Field Trips • Stream Discovery • Water Festival College Students • Intern Programs Adults • Professional Development • RiverWatch • Conferences & Symposia

7. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016  10 weeks, paid • Orientation week • Intern Symposium  Variety of projects & mentors throughout the watershed Students develop research skills & gain experience communicating scientific information.

8. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016  10 weeks, paid • Orientation week • Intern Symposium  Variety of projects & mentors throughout the watershed Students develop research skills & gain experience communicating scientific information.

10. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 STREAM DISCOVERY RIVERWATCH  5th – 12th grade students  Educator led  Online data entry  Data collected: • Physical • Biological • Chemical  Family Field Days  Adult volunteers  Online database  Certification quizzes  Data collected: • Physical • Biological  Quarterly newsletter Water Quality Monitoring

11. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 STREAM DISCOVERY RIVERWATCH  5th – 12th grade students  Educator led  Online database  Data collected: • Physical • Biological • Chemical  Family Field Days  Adult volunteers  Online database  Certification quizzes  Data collected: • Physical • Biological  Quarterly newsletter Water Quality Monitoring

12. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 http://ilstreamdiscovery.fieldscope.org/

13. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 http://ilstreamdiscovery.fieldscope.org/

14. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 https://www.illinoisriverwatch.org/

15. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 https://www.illinoisriverwatch.org/

18. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 • Illinois Department of Natural Resources: 1995-2004 • Friends of the Fox River: 2005 • National Great Rivers Research and Education Center: 2006-Present

19. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 • Volunteers attend a 5 hour workshop • Register a site or adopt a pre-existing site • Monitor that site annually in May or June • Receive an annual report for their site

20. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 Number Monitored Year Streams Monitored Throughout History of RiverWatch Waterbodies Total Sites

21. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 Number Monitored Year Streams Monitored Throughout History of RiverWatch Waterbodies Total Sites

22. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Number Trained Year RiverWatch Training Since 2006 New Volunteers Open Lab Attendance

23. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 0 50 100 150 200 250 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Number Monitoring Year Participation in RiverWatch Since 2006 Citizen Scientists Untrained Volunteers Teams

24. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 % of Streams Monitored Year Stream Quality Throughout History of RiverWatch Excellent Good Fair Poor VeryPoor

27. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 • 91 stream sites • 73 waterbodies • Stream quality determined by: • Taxa richness • EPT taxa richness • MBI

28. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 • The Fox and Des Plaines Rivers watershed had the most monitored stream sites (29)

29. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 • No sites were monitored within the LaMoine or Little Wabash River watersheds

30. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 • “Excellent” water quality sites occurred only in the Rock, Fox and Des Plaines, and Kankakee River watersheds

31. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 • “Very Poor” water quality sites occurred in the Fox and Des Plaines, Sangamon, Kaskaskia, and Embarras River watersheds

32. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 • The Kankakee River watershed exhibited the best water quality, with 66% of sites monitored receiving “Good” or “Excellent” water quality scores

33. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 • The Kaskaskia River watershed exhibited the worst water quality with 54% of sites monitored receiving “Poor” or “Very Poor” water quality scores.

34. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 • Grant Creek in Will County received the highest water quality score Grant Creek

35. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 • The North Branch of the Chicago River in Cook County and Boneyard Creek in Champaign County received the lowest water quality scores NB Chicago Riv. Boneyard Cr.

36. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 • Water quality trends were analyzed using Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient for taxa richness, EPT taxa richness, and MBI • Overall, more sites exhibited strong improvements (11) than strong declines (6)

37. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 • A Sangamon River tributary in Champaign County, Hells Branch in Jo Davies County, and Waubansee Creek in Lake County are showing the strongest improvement Sangamon River trib. Waubansee Cr. Hells Branch

38. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016 • The Sangamon River in Campaign County and Hickory Creek in Will County show the strongest decline Sangamon River Hickory Creek

39. Soil andWater Conservation Society – 25 July 2016

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