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Virginia Save Our Streams volunteer monitors use a variety of water
quality monitoring methods depending upon their location within
Virginia and the question they want to answer. See the side bar
for links to these monitoring methods.
For all of our methods
we offer training and certification. Data collected by VA SOS
certified monitors is used by a variety of data users including the
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. At this time, we
do charge for our training and certification sessions.
Click this link for information about obtaining
training and certification (and for ideas on funding these
sessions).
As an outreach of the
Virginia Save Our Streams Chapter of the Izaak Walton League, Jay Gilliam
(master trainer) will be offering free
trainings once a month near his home in Rockbridge County.
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TYPES OF MONITORING |
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VA SOS Modified Method |
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General
information on stream water quality |
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Stream is
wadable and rocky bottomed (western Virginia) |
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You want to get
in the stream with a net to catch and identify organisms |
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VA SOS Muddy Bottom
Method |
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General
information on stream water quality |
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Stream is
wadable and muddy bottomed (central and eastern Virginia) |
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You want to get
in the stream with a net to catch and identify organisms |
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VA SOS
Physical Habitat Assessment |
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General
information on your watershed |
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Any type of
stream |
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You do not want
to get in the stream with a net to catch and identify
organisms |
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VA SOS
Physical Riffle Stability Index |
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Information on
sedimentation in your stream |
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Stream is
wadable and rocky bottomed |
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You want to get
into the stream |
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VA SOS
Quality Assurance |
Information about
how we make sure the data collected by our volunteer monitors is
the best it can be. |
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Information about
University Studies comparing the VA SOS Modified Method to methods
used by professional biologists |
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