Stream Monitoring Resources

MiCorps Stream Monitoring Datasheets

MiCorps Macroinvertebrate Datasheet - Order Level (PDF - 27 KB)

MiCorps Macroinvertebrate Datasheet - Family Level (PDF - 69 KB)

"New" MiCorps Stream Habitat Datasheet (2009) (PDF - 68 KB)

"Old" MiCorps Stream Habitat Datasheet (pre-2009) (PDF - 148 KB)

MiCorps Site Sketch Datasheet (PDF - 141 KB)

MiCorps Report Guidance and Samples

Sample Progress Report - Word (DOC - 218 KB) or Wordperfect (WPD - 206 KB)

Sample Financial Status Report (XLS - 214 KB)

Stream Grant Close-Out Guidance (PDF - 112 KB)

Sample Release of Claims Letter (Word - 27 KB)

MiCorps Training and Program Implementation

MiCorps Stream Monitoring Procedures (PDF - 234 KB)

Stream Macroinvertebrate Bibliography (PDF - 19 KB)

Stream Macroinvertebrate Collection Tips (PDF - 62 KB)

Stream Equipment List (PDF - 32 KB)

2009 Macroinvertebrate Stream Training (PDF - 2.7 MB)

Documents and Publications

MDEQ River Studies Timetable (PDF - 79 KB)

A Strategic Environmental Quality Monitoring Program for Michigan's Surface Waters (MDEQ Report, PDF - 269 KB)

The Use of Michigan Volunteer Monitoring Data - Benefits and Constraints, (MDEQ Report, PDF - 26KB)

The Design of a Biological Community Trend Monitoring Program for Michigan Wadeable Streams (MDEQ Draft Report, PDF - 991 KB)

Volunteer Stream Monitoring: A Methods Manual. EPA 841-B-97-003, November 1997. (Available in PDF - 4 Mb)

Links

MDEQ Volunteer Stream Monitoring Web Site

MDEQ Biosurveys - Includes information on Procedure 51

MDEQ Hydrologic Data Collection and Analysis

Michigan's Major Watersheds (PDF - 458 KB)

USGS Water Resources