California Water Quality Monitoring Council (SB 1070)
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- Master Calendar for the Monitoring Council and its Workgroups
2024
- December 20 - Virtual
- September 26 - Virtual
- June 27 - Virtual
- April 5 - Virtual
2023
- December 14 - Hybrid, In person location Southern California
- September 7 - Canceled
- June 1 - Virtual
- February 23 - Hybrid, In person location Sacramento
2022
- December 1 - Virtual
- September 1 - Sacramento and Zoom
- May 26 - Sacramento and Zoom
- February 24 - Virtual
2021
- November 10 - Virtual
- August 12 - Virtual
- May 6 - Virtual
- February 11 - Virtual
2020
- December 3 - Virtual
- September 24 - Virtual
- July 1 - Virtual
- March 19 - Virtual
- January 14 - Sacramento
2019
- December 5 - Sacramento
- September 5 - Sacramento
- June 6 - Costa Mesa
- Notice
- Agenda
- Action Items
- The Meeting Recording files were corrupted and are unavailable.
- Remote Sensing Presentation by Dr. Christine Lee
- The Data Spectrum Presentation by Glen Low
- The SMC's Stream Quality Index by Dr. Marcus Beck
- The CalMAIN Concept Presentation by Elizabeth Betancourt
- Ecological Performance Measures for California Timberland Ecosystems by Lorena Moreno
- The Healthy Watersheds Partnership Update by Ali Dunn
- The North Coast Regional Assessment Tool Presentation by Lance Le
- Newport Bay Shellfish Monitoring Pilot Study by Steve Weisberg
- Executive Order N-10-19
- Draft North Coast Regional Assessment Tool Workplan
- Draft North Coast Regional Assessment Tool Schedule
- March 7 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Action Items
- Meeting Recording
- Council and Member Expectations
- AB 1755 Progress Summary February 2019
- Item 5: Compendium of Monitoring Presentation
- AB 1492 Ecological Performance Measures
- Final Council Charter
- Data Management Workgroup
- 2019 Water Data Science Symposium
- Item 7: Source Water Protection Plan Presentation
2018
- November 29 - Sacramento
- September 5 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Revised Agenda
- Agenda
- Action Items
- Meeting Recording
- Draft Molecular Methods Workgroup Charter by Susanna Theroux
- Molecular Methods Workgroup Presentation by Susanna Theroux
- Draft Monitoring Groups Survey by Helen Fitanides
- Monitoring Council Response Letter to CASA
- The Nature Conservancy Freshwater Blueprint Presentation by Jeanette Howard
- A vision for more effective use of biological data in water resources management by Pete Ode
- May 30 - Costa Mesa
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes (Draft)
- Action Items
- Meeting Recording
- AB 1755 and Workgroup Summit update by Nick Martorano
- Monitoring Council comment letter RE: AB 1755 Progress Report
- Portal Subcommittee update by Kris Jones
- Top five areas where the Monitoring Council adds value for the State of California - summary by Nick Martorano
- CASA Comments on Top Five Document by Adam Link
- Strategy Subcommittee update by Karen Mogus
- SCCOOS Presentation by Dr. Clarissa Anderson
- Marine Protected Areas Presentation by Cyndi Dawson
- Southern California Bight Program Presentation by Karen McLaughlin
- Coordination with non-agency monitoring groups by Helen Fitanides
- Use of Molecular Methods presentation by Susie Theroux
- February 23 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Monitoring Council Support for the EcoAtlas Business Plan
- Monitoring Council Strategy and Membership - presentation by Taryn Ravazzini
- Monitoring Council Portals - presentation by Kris Jones
- State Stewardship of the National Hydrography Dataset - presentation by Jane Schafer-Kramer
- AB 1755: Updates - presentation by Chris McCready
- AB 1755: Opportunities for Collaboration- presentation by Kris Jones
- Progress Report for Implementing the Open and Transparent Water Data Act with Initial Draft Strategic Plan and Preliminary Protocols
- Review of the new California Estuaries Portal - presentation by Amy Osti
2017
- November 28 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Monitoring Council Support for an Environmental Flows Workgroup - presentation by Eric Stein
- Fact Sheet: Proposed Environmental Flows Workgroup
- Fact Sheet: Technical Overview of Environmental Flows Workgroup
- Strategizing the Monitoring Council's Future Direction - Presentation by Kris Jones
- EcoAtlas Business Plan - Presentation by Tony Hale
- Proposed final version of the EcoAtlas Business Plan (Executive Summary)
- Proposed final version of the EcoAtlas Business Plan (full text)
- August 18 - Costa Mesa
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Subcommittee Meeting Notes (July 14, 2017)
- EcoAtlas Toolset Business Plan (Executive Summary)
- EcoAtlas Business Plan – presentation by Tony Hale
- Monitoring Council Support for an Environmental Flows Workgroup – presentation by Eric Stein
- Lessons Learned from Use of the Monitoring Council’s Portals and MyWaterQuality.ca.gov – presentation by Greg Gearheart
- Planning the Monitoring Council’s Future – presentation by Kris Jones
- May 23 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Letter to Agency Secretaries recommending Ray Hiemstra to fill the vacant Public Member position on the Monitoring Council
- Update: Assembly Bill 1755, The Open and Transparent Water Data Act - presentation by Jon Marshack
- Connection to Regional Monitoring Data - presentation by Jon Marshack
- Drinking Water Web Page - presentation by Wendy Killou
- Priority Pesticides Mapping - presentation by Noelle Patterson
- Overview of a Tiered Framework for Establishing Environmental Flows for California Streams - presentation by Eric Stein
- Planning the Monitoring Council’s Future - presentation by Jon Marshack and Kris Jones
- February 28 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Open and Transparent Water Data Act (AB 1755) - presentation by Christina McCready, Department of Water Resources
- The Transition to Open Data: Where to go from here - presentation by Tony Hale of the San Francisco Estuary Institute
- Connection with Data Initiatives Outside the Monitoring Council and its Workgroups - presentation by Kris Jones
- EcoRestore Interagency Adaptive Management Integration Team (IAMIT) - presentation by Lauren Hastings
- Interagency Ecological Program Data Utilization Workgroup (DUWG) - presentation by Vanessa Tobias
- Data Driven Decisions - presentation by Val Connor
- 2016 Workgroup Accomplishments and 2017 Aspirations - presentation by Jon Marshack
- 2016 Monitoring Council Workgroup Annual Reports
- Inland Beaches Workgroup (Safe to Swim)
- Bioaccumulation Oversight Group (Safe to Eat Fish and Shellfish)
- Wetland Monitoring Workgroup
- Healthy Watersheds Partnership
- Estuary Monitoring Workgroup
- California Cyanobacterial and Harmful Algal Bloom Network
- Data Management Workgroup and Steering Committee
- Water Quality Monitoring Collaboration Network
- Is There a Need to Revisit Monitoring Council Membership? - presentation by Jon Marshack
2016
- December 13 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- SRWDP: Water Quality Portal Sacramento River Watershed - presentation by Holly Jorgensen and Amye Osti
- Assembly Bill 1755, the Open and Transparent Water Data Act - presentation by Jon Marshack
- Data Management Workgroup fact sheets
- Harmful Algal Blooms Deserve Greater Governmental Attention and Coordination – letter with attached issue paper from the Monitoring Council Co-Chairs to the Secretaries of CalEPA and the Natural Resources Agency
- Letter of support for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy’s proposal to the FY 2017 National Environmental Information Exchange Network grant program
- California Harmful Algal Blooms Portal - presentation by Jon Marshack
- Strategy to Optimize Resource Management of Storm Water - presentation by Noelle Patterson and Matthew Freese
- August 23 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Letter to Agency Secretaries nominating Karen Larsen and Bob Brownwood as new Monitoring Council Co-Chair and Member, respectively
- Data Management Workgroup (DMWG) Update - presented by Tony Hale of the San Francisco Estuary Institute
- Letter of invitation to join the Steering Committee for the Data Management Workgroup
- HABs complexity slide – inputs, impacts, agencies
- Marine Harmful Algal Bloom Programs - presentation by Meredith Howard of the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
- Harmful Algal Blooms and California Fisheries: Responding to the 2015-2016 Domoic Acid Event and Future Impacts – presentation by Tom Maloney of the California Ocean Science Trust
- Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in California and SWAMP's Statewide Strategy - presented by Beverly Anderson-Abbs of the State Water Board, Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program
- Providing Financial Assistance for Projects that Serve the Water Boards' Mission: Preserve, Enhance, and Restore California's Water Resources - presentation by Joe Karkoski of the State Water Board, Division of Financial Assistance
- North Coast CyanoHAB Risk Factors and Water Quality Management Strategies - presentation by Katharine Carter of the North Coast Regional Water Board
- Harmful Algal Blooms and Drinking Water - presentation by Stefan Cajina of the State Water Board, Division of Drinking Water, North Coastal Section
- Standards, Planning & Assessment Actions - presentation by Rik Rasmussen of the State Water Board, Division of Water Quality
- California CyanoHAB Network - presentation by Susan Corum of the Karuk Tribe and Zane Poulson of the State Water Board, Division of Water Quality
- California Harmful Algal Blooms Portal
- California Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms Assessment and Support Strategy
- CyanoHAB Voluntary Guidance for Recreational Water Uses
- June 1 - Costa Mesa
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Legislative Priorities Spring 2016 fact sheet
- Monitoring Council Background Information Regarding Strengthened Legislation
- Integrating Measures of Bioassessment, Toxicity, and Pesticides to Evaluate Watershed Health: Stream Pollution Trends Program (SPoT) - presentation by Bryn Phillips
- DPR Surface Water Monitoring Program - presentation by Robert Budd
- Putting Biology to Work: SWAMP’s Bioassessment Program - presentation by Pete Ode
- February 23 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in California and SWAMP's Statewide Strategy – presentation by Beverley Anderson-Abbs
- California Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms Assessment and Support Strategy
- California CyanoHAB Network, A Workgroup of the California Water Quality Monitoring Council – presentation by Zane Poulson, Sandy McNeel, and Regina Linville
- Cyanobacteria in California Recreational Water Bodies: Providing Voluntary Guidance about Harmful Algal Blooms, Their Monitoring, and Public Notification by the Blue Green Algae Work Group (July 2010 Draft)
- Proposed updates to the Voluntary Guidance
- Data Management Workgroup Update – presentation by Tony Hale
- Delta Stewardship Council's white paper Enhancing the Vision for Managing California's Environmental Information
- Data Management Workgroup meeting notes, January 5, 2016
- Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) Freshwater Inland Beaches – presentation by Carly Nilson
- CA Estuaries Portal – presentation by Val Connor
- Monitoring Council Strategic Planning – presentation by Jon Marshack
- Matrix of water body types and beneficial use themes
2015
- December 11 - CANCELED
- November 16 - Planning Subcommittee – Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Context and Background for Discussion - presentation by Jon Marshack
- Theme-Specific Workgroups and Portals Diagram
- August 27 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Update on the use of CEDEN for Developing California's Clean Water Act Section 303(d) List of Impaired Waters – presentation by Nick Martorano and Jarma Bennett
- Update on Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Implementation – presentation by Erik Ekdahl
- Proposed Changes to the California Estuary Portal – presentation by Kris Jones
- Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee – High-impact Science Actions – presentation by Rainer Hoenicke and Taryn Ravazzini
- DPIIC-Endorsed High-Impact Science Actions
- Where do we go from here? – presentation by Jon Marshack
- May 29 - Costa Mesa
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Phil Markle Recommendation Letter to Agency Secretaries
- National Water Quality Monitoring Council website
- 2014 Environmental Data Summit website
- Public review draft white paper, Enhancing the Vision for Managing California's Environmental Information
- National Water Quality Portal
- Water Quality Portal - presentation by Jim Kreft
- Increasing Efficiency and Effectiveness Through Collaboration: First Triennial Audit Report
- Water Quality Monitoring Council’s Comprehensive Strategy Supports California Water Action Plan Implementation – paper by Jon Marshack and Kris Jones
- Assessment Framework and Indicators for the Ecological Health of Habitats in Santa Monica Bay – presentation by Guangyu Wang
- My Water Quality Ocean Portal Roadmap
- Ocean Health Workgroup and Portal – presentation by Liz Whiteman
- Sacramento River Portal fact sheet
- A Water Quality Portal for the Sacramento River Watershed – presentation by Stephen McCord
- San Diego River Watershed Report Card – presentation by Brock Bernstein
- Healthy Streams Partnership webpage
- Healthy Streams Portal
- Healthy Streams Partnership Update – presentation by Lori Webber
- Proposition 1: the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014
- Natural Resources Bond Accountability
- Draft Guidelines for Proposition 1
- Draft Proposition 1 Program Development Schedule
- Proposition 1 Water Bond and Wetlands Status & Trends Program Example – presentations by Kris Jones and Chris Potter
- State Water Resources Control Board Proposition 1 Funding Summary – chart by Leslie Laudon
- February 23 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Increasing Efficiency and Effectiveness Through Collaboration: First Triennial Audit Report
- 2014 Environmental Data Summit website
- Habitat Restoration Project Tracking Update - presentation by Cristina Grosso and Kristal Davis-Fadtke
- EcoAtlas online
- CA Estuaries Portal & State of the Estuary Report 2015 - presentation by Hildie Spautz
- State of the San Francisco Bay 2011 Report
- Developing a Business Plan for the California Wetland Monitoring Workgroup - presentation by Tony Hale
- California Aquatic Resources Status and Trends Program: Mapping and Methodology
- Wetland Status and Trends Assessment Plan (Wetlands S&T)
- Are We Achieving No Net Loss? Tracking Wetland Status and Trends in California - presentation by Eric Stein
- Implementation of a Status and Trends Program to Evaluate Extent and Distribution of Aquatic Resources in California
- Stream Pollution Trends (SPoT) Program Review - presentation by Bryn Phillips
- Stream Pollution Trends reports, fact sheets, and informational maps and tables
- 2014 SWAMP Review - presentation by Lori Webber
- Review of the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP)
2014
- December 10 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Approved amendments to the Monitoring Council’s Governance document
- Letter to Agency Secretaries Recommending Karen Larsen to represent the Division of Drinking Water on the Monitoring Council
- DWR Organizational Changes– memorandum from Mark Cowin of the Department of Water Resources
- Harmful Algal Blooms and Cyanotoxins – presentation by Jon Marshack
- California Water Quality Monitoring Council: Toward an Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Framework – presentation by Rainer Hoenicke and Jon Marshack to the Delta Stewardship Council
- Recommendations for Water Quality Improvement Projects – presentation by Jon Marshack
- Delta Science Vision: Sustaining Data Integration Efforts while Taking Advantage of Constantly Evolving Technology – presentation by Rainer Hoenicke
- 2014 Environmental Data Summit website
- Data Visualization: EcoAtlas – presentation by Cristina Grosso
- EcoAtlas website
- San Joaquin River Water Quality – presentation by Amye Osti
- CURES Launches Website on San Joaquin River Monitoring Data – press release from the Coalition for Urban/Rural Environmental Stewardship
- San Joaquin River Portal website
- Increasing Efficiency and Effectiveness Through Collaboration – presentation by Jon Marshack
- Draft of the First Triennial Audit Report, showing changes made since the September 3 meeting
- Draft of the First Triennial Audit Report, clean copy
- Draft Cover Letter to Cal/EPA Secretary Rodriquez
- September 3 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Adopted Amendments to the Monitoring Council's Governance Document
- Increasing Efficiency and Effectiveness Through Collaboration: First Triennial Audit of Implementing A Comprehensive Monitoring Program Strategy for California - presentation by Jon Marshack
- Final Draft of the First Triennial Audit Report
- Draft Cover Letter to Cal/EPA Secretary Rodriquez
- A Central Coast Water Quality Report Card For Healthy Watersheds - presentation by Karen Worcester and Dave Paradies
- Amendments to Statewide Water Quality Control Plans to Control for Trash - presentation by Johanna Weston
- State of the Estuary Report 2015 - presentation by Judy Kelly
- Proposed Changes to the Look and Feel of the Estuary Portal - presentation by Stephanie Fong
- 2015 State of the Estuary Report fact sheet
- May 28 - Costa Mesa
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- The Quality Assurance/Quality Control Website at the State Water Resources Control Board - presentation by Renee Spears
- Amendments to the Monitoring Council's governance document
- Ocean Ecosystem Health Workgroup and Portal - presentation by Brock Bernstein
- My Water Quality Ocean Portal Roadmap
- Monitoring California's MPAs: Building a partnerships-based monitoring portfolio - presentation by Liz Whiteman
- Increasing Efficiency and Effectiveness through Collaboration: First Triennial Audit of Implementing A Comprehensive Monitoring Program Strategy for California - presentation by Jon Marshack
- Draft of the First Triennial Audit Report (Appendix III added 5/21/14; additional edits 5/23/14)
- An index of ecosystem status for Southern California shallow rock reefs - presentation by Julia Coates
- SWAMP Programmatic Review - presentation by Lori Webber
- February 19 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Summary of California Integrated Assessment of Watershed Health Report – presentation by Lori Webber
- Managing for Water Sustainability in an Uncertain Future – presentation by Fraser Shilling
- California Water Plan Sustainability Indicators Framework, Executive Summary
- Draft Outline of the First Triennial Audit Report
- Audit Outline Presentation – presentation by Jon Marshack
- Data Management Workgroup – presentation by David Harris
- Water Quality Monitoring Collaboration Network – presentation by Erick Burres
2013
- December 12 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- State Stewardship for NHD and NWI – summary by Kris Jones
- Comments on the Final Draft of the Delta Science Plan
- Monitoring Council letter to Ocean Protection Council on ASBS and MPA monitoring coordination
- Watershed Stewards Project
- Presentation by Carrie Lewis
- Video – via YouTube
- Handout
- Safe-to-Drink Portal Mockup – presentation by Mark Emmerson
- Water Board Groundwater Work Plan – presentation by Eric Oppenheimer
- Groundwater Work Plan: Related Groundwater Monitoring Programs – presentation by Janice Zinky
- Triennial Audit Reports of the Monitoring Council Workgroups
- Performance Measures and Rating Benchmarks
- Summary Table of Workgroup Audits
- Safe Drinking Water Workgroup
- Safe-to-Swim Workgroup
- Bioaccumulation Oversight Group
- California Wetland Monitoring Workgroup
- Healthy Streams Partnership
- California Estuary Monitoring Workgroup
- Ocean and Coastal Ecosystem Workgroup
- Water Quality Monitoring Collaboration Network
- Data Management Workgroup
- August 28 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Sustainability Indicators and Web-based Reporting for the California Water Plan … and Beyond – presentation by Fraser Shilling and Abdul Khan
- Update on the Delta Science Plan – presentation by Rainer Hoenicke
- Delta Science Plan - comment letter from Monitoring Council Coordinators
- May 29 - Costa Mesa
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- 'Safe to Drink' Web Portal Development Status – presentation by Mark Emmerson
- California Environmental Data Exchange Network Update – presentation by Steve Steinberg
- California Estuary Monitoring Workgroup’s Estuary Portal – presentation by Stephanie Fong
- 2012 Annual Progress Report to the Agency Secretaries
- CWQMC Regional Monitoring Series: Areas of Special Biological Significance – presentation by Ken Schiff
- EPA’s New Beach Water Quality Criteria – presentation by Stephen Weisberg
- March 7 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Letter on technology needs
- Letter on Mussel Watch monitoring coordination
- My Water Quality Wetlands Portal & EcoAtlas Release – presentation by Meredith Williams
- Letter of support from the Executive Officer of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy
- San Joaquin River Regional Monitoring Program – presentation by Parry Klassen
- Summary of BASMAA Monitoring: Regional Monitoring Coalition (RMC) – presentation by Armand Ruby
- California Healthy Watersheds Assessment: Status Update – presentation by Corey Godfrey
- Status Report: March 2013 – presentation by Jon Marshack
- 2012 Monitoring Council Workgroup Annual Reports
2012
- November 28 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Department of Pesticide Regulation Environmental Monitoring Branch – presentation by David Duncan
- ‘Safe to Drink’ Web Portal Development Status – presentation by Mark Emmerson, Beth Stern, and Susan Lauer
- Draft Charter for the Safe to Drink Workgroup
- i2i Water Phase II Report – presentation by Karl Longley
- Draft Memorandum: Optimizing Management and Use
- Sierra Streams Institute – presentation by John Norton
- Delta RMP – presentation by Meghan Sullivan
- 2012 Pulse of the Delta report
- Monitoring and Reporting Program, Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board – presentation by Susan Fregien
- Irrigated lands Regulatory Program Data Processing Chart – handout from Susan Fregien
- Has the Clean Water Act Been Successful?: A 40-Year Retrospective Analysis of the Southern California Coastal Ocean – presentation by Ken Schiff
- SCCWRP Technical Report – Forty Years after the Clean Water Act: A Retrospective Look at the Southern California Coastal Ocean
- August 29 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Healthy Watersheds Initiative – Indicator Thresholds
- Summary of Healthy Streams Project Meeting of August 24, 2012
- Department of Water Resources Financial Assistance Programs – presentation by Tracie Billington
- EcoAtlas and the California Aquatic Resources Inventory (CARI) – joint presentation by Eric Stein of the Wetland Monitoring Workgroup and Steve Steinberg of the Data Management Workgroup
- National Mussel Watch Monitoring of the California Coast: A collaborative effort between NOAA and California – presentation by Dominic Gregorio
- California Estuaries Monitoring Workgroup (CEMW) – presentation by Val Connor
- CEMW Web Toolbox – presentation by Amye Osti
- The Value of Regional Monitoring: Lessons Learned from the RMP – presentation by Meg Sedlak
- CCLEAN - Central Coast Long-term Environmental Assessment Network – presentation by Dane Hardin
- Regional Monitoring Program for the Sacramento River Watershed – presentation by Stephen McCord
- Klamath Basin Monitoring Program – presentation by Chantell Royer-Krider
- Central Coast Ambient Monitoring Program Web Site and Ag Waiver Cooperative Monitoring Program – presentation by Karen Worcester and Kirk Schmidt
- Central Coast Integrated Regional Monitoring Program – presentation by Dane Hardin
- May 30 - Costa Mesa
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Healthy Streams Portal Fact Sheet
- California Participation in the 8th National Monitoring Conference
- Letter from the Wetland Monitoring Workgroup - Recommendations on Wetland Data Management
- Biological Objectives for California Streams – presentation by Karen Larsen
- Developing the Technical Foundation for Statewide Biological Objectives - presentation by Ken Schiff
- Contaminants in Coastal Fish, 2009-2010 – presentation by Jay Davis
- Bioaccumulation Strategy – presentation by Jay Davis
- Summary of Draft Bioaccumulation Strategy
- Bight Program Overview and Stream Monitoring Program – presentation by Ken Schiff
- Southern California Bight 2008 Regional Marine Monitoring Program: Coastal Ecology Synthesis Report
- Fact Sheet: Assessing the Health of Southern California Streams
- San Gabriel River Regional Monitoring Program and Los Angeles River Watershed Monitoring Program – presentation by Nancy Steele and Kristy Morris
- Santa Clara River Watershed Map
- February 29 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- 2011 Annual Progress Report of the Water Quality Monitoring Council
- California Wetland Monitoring Workgroup 2011 Progress Report
- “Safe to Swim” Workgroup 2011 Progress Report
- Bioaccumulation Oversight Group 2011 Progress Report
- California Estuary Monitoring Workgroup 2011 Progress Report
- Update on the Data Management Workgroup – presentation by Steve Steinberg at the November 2011 Monitoring Council Meeting
- California Water Quality Monitoring Collaboration Network 2011 Progress Report
- Letter of support for the Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network
- Strawman Proposal for a San Joaquin River Regional Monitoring Program
- Healthy Watersheds Initiative, California Project
- Draft Summary of Proposed Indicators (Cadmus Group)
- Revised Project Schedule (Cadmus Group)
- Identifying Healthy Watersheds in California – presentation by Laura Blake and Corey Godfrey of Cadmus Group
- SF Bay Regional Monitoring Program website
- 2011 Pulse of the Estuary: Pollutant Effects on Aquatic Life
- Matrix of Monitoring Council Workgroups and Portals
2011
- November 30 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Stanford University, Water in the West Working Paper 2, “Measuring Performance of Water Systems in California”
- Annual Report of the California Wetland Monitoring Workgroup
- Update on the Data Management Workgroup – presentation by Steven Steinberg
- Update on the California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN) - presentation by Steven Steinberg
- Central Valley Monitoring Directory – presentation by Anne Littlejohn, Michael May, and Thomas Jabusch
- Central Valley Monitoring Directory Feasibility Report
- Central Valley Monitoring Directory brochure
- Improving Water Resource Management Decisions through the 1-2-3 Framework – presentation by Louisa Squires
- Stream Ecosystem Profile – Coyote Creek Watershed Report
- California Wetland Monitoring Workgroup letter of support
- USEPA Healthy Watersheds Initiative - California Project – presentation by Jon Marshack
- Healthy Watersheds Initiative, California Project Proposal
- Healthy Watersheds Initiative, Draft Technical Approach
- October 26 - Meeting Canceled
- August 24 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Ocean Protection Council, Draft Five-Year Strategic Action Plan for 2012-2017
- Rocky Intertidal Portal – presentation by Jayson Smith
- Water Board Determining, Measuring, and Documenting Project Effectiveness – presentation by Leslie Laudon
- Tracking Web Portal Usage – presentation by Jon Marshack
- June 15 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Letter recommending Leah Walker and John Norton as replacement Monitoring Council Members
- An Update on the Clean Water Team and Citizen Monitoring – presentation by Erick Burres
- An Update on CEDEN – presentation by Steven Steinberg
- USEPA Wetland Program Plans Memo (October 2, 2010)
- Water Boards / Department of Fish & Game Five-Year Wetland Conservation Program Plan
- Using Open Source GIS to Develop Interactive Maps for Our Qiantang River – presentation by Hao Xin
- Qiantang River Water Map website
- Briefing summary of outreach results for the Healthy Streams Partnership
- Healthy Streams Partnership Strategy - presentation by Dennis Bowker
- USEPA, Healthy Watersheds Initiative handout
- Highlights from SWAMP’s Perennial Streams Assessment (PSA): 2000-2007 – presentation by Pete Ode
- Summary of Toxicity in California Waters – presentation by Dan Markiewicz and Brian Anderson
- Healthy Streams Mockup Review – presentation by Meredith Williams
- Contaminants in Sport Fish from the California Coast, 2009 – presentation by Jay Davis
- Contaminants in Fish from the California Coast, 2009: Summary Report on Year One of a Two-Year Screening Study
- Safe to Eat Fish and Shellfish portal
- Letter to Delta Stewardship Council Regarding the Delta Plan
- April 27 - Meeting Canceled
- February 23 - Meeting Canceled
2010
- December 8, 2010 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Annual Progress Reports
- Beach Water Quality Workgroup and Central/Northern California Ocean and Bay Water Quality Monitoring Group & Safe to Swim Portal
- California Wetland Monitoring Workgroup (CWMW) & California Wetlands Portal
- Bioaccumulation Oversight Group (BOG) & Safe to Eat Fish and Shellfish Portal
- Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program & Safe to Drink, Groundwater Portal
- Healthy Streams Partnership & California Streams and Rivers Portal
- Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe) & Tide Pool Portal
- California Water Quality Monitoring Collaboration Network
- Monitoring Council Governance
- Recommended Comprehensive Monitoring Program Strategy - Final Draft
- October 13, 2010 - Costa Mesa
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Water Quality Assessment (303d/305b) – presentation by Shakoora Azimi-Gaylon
- Ecosystem Portal Options
- Aquatic Atlas – presentation by Meredith Williams
- Proposal to Develop a California Estuaries Portal
- Comprehensive Monitoring Program Strategy - 9/23/10 Draft
- August 11, 2010 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Central Valley Flood Protection Riparian Mapping: Opportunities for Collaboration - presentation by Eric Stein
- California Coastal Commission - summary by Jack Gregg
- Overview of Federal Programs - presentation by Dennis Bowker
- Imperial Valley Spatial Data Infrastructure Site - presentation by Dennis Bowker
- Monitoring Study Group - presentation by Pete Caffereta
- Monitoring Study Group - handout by Pete Caffereta
- Biogeographic Information and Observation System (BIOS) - presentation by Tom Lupo
- Interagency Ecological Program for the San Francisco Estuary - presentation by Anke Mueller-Solger
- Interagency Ecological Program Data Access - presentation by Rich Breuer
- Environmental Monitoring Program: D-1641 Compliance - presentation by Karen Gehrts
- Municipal Water Quality Investigations Program - presentation by Eric Oppenheimer
- State Water Project Operations & Maintenance Water Quality Data & Where To Find It - presentation by Cindy Garcia
- DWR Water Data Library - presentation by Bruce Agee and Greg Smith
- Water Planning Information Exchange - presentation by Greg Smith
- California's Marine Invasive Species Program - presentation by Maurya Falkner
- Bond Accountability Database - presentation by Dennis Bowker
- Ocean Protection Council - presentation by Dennis Bowker
- West Coast Governor’s Agreement On Ocean Health - summary by Dennis Bowker
- Water Quality Protection and Nonpoint Source Pollution Control In San Francisco Bay - report by San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
- Additional Natural Resources Agency Project Summaries
- Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project - handout
- June 9, 2010 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Wetland & Riparian Area Monitoring Program (WRAMP) Implementation Letter
- National Monitoring Conference Presentation
- Matrix of Waterbody Types and Beneficial Uses
- SWAMP Presentations
- SWAMP statewide monitoring factsheet
- SWAMP regional monitoring factsheet
- CEDEN factsheet
- Clean Water Team Factsheet
- Integrated Report Tools factsheet
- Updated SWAMP Strategy, Summary of Vision Statements, Goals and Objectives
- Comprehensive Monitoring Program Strategy , March 2010 draft
- SWAMP Assessment Framework annotated outline
- Healthy Streams Portal Mockup
- April 14, 2010 - Meeting canceled
- February 10, 2010 - Costa Mesa
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Safe-to-Drink Groundwater Portal Mockup Presentation
- California Wetlands Portal Demonstration Introduction
- Draft "Tenets of a State Wetland and Riparian Monitoring Program"
- Wetland Monitoring Strategy Presentation
- Draft Guidelines for Web Portal Development
- Workgroup Formation & Function Outline
- Draft Comprehensive Monitoring Program Strategy
- Draft Strategy Recommendations
2009
- December 7, 2009 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Mowbray Resignation Message
- 2009 Annual Progress Report - draft outline
- Internet Portal Development Guidelines
- Data Management and Integration Possibilities - Presentation by Peter Williams, IBM
- September 29, 2009 - Costa Mesa
- Notice
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Data Management Workgroup Proposal
- Concerns Regarding Safe-to-Eat Portal - Presentation by Bob Brodberg, OEHHA
- Draft Comprehensive Monitoring Program Strategy
- December 2008 Monitoring Council Report, Appendix 3, aquatic ecosystem health portion
- Southern California Kelp Forests - Presentation by Mike Curtis, MBC Applied Environmental Sciences
- Shallow Marine Reefs - Presentation by Colleen Wisniewski, Reef Check
- Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network - Presentation by Mary Elaine Helix, MARINe
- Benthic Invertebrates and Sediment Quality Objectives - Presentation by Steve Weisberg, SCCWRP
- SWAMP Healthy Streams Initiative - Presentation by Val Connor, State Water Board
- July 27, 2009 - Sacramento
- May 22, 2009 - Costa Mesa
- April 2, 2009 - Sacramento
- Notice
- Summary Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- March 15, 2009 National Water Quality Monitoring Council Meeting Draft Notes
- Relationship of SWAMP to Monitoring Council
- Relationship of SWAMP to Monitoring Council Presentation
- Bioaccumulation Oversight Group Update
- Bioaccumulation Oversight Group Presentation
- OEHHA Perspective Presentation
- Safe-to-Eat Web Portal Mockup Concept
- Safe-to-Eat Web Portal Mockup
- Wetlands Monitoring Workgroup Update
- Wetlands Monitoring Workgroup Presentation
- Wetlands Policy Development Presentation
- Beach Water Quality Workgroup Update
- GeoTracker GAMA Update
- Comprehensive Monitoring Program Outline
- SWAMP Comprehensive Monitoring and Assessment Strategy
- SWAMP Overview Presentation
- February 2, 2009 - Costa Mesa
- Notice
- Summary Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Theme Updates Presentation
- Bioaccumulation Oversight Group Description
- Monitoring Program Strategy Development Presentation
- SWAMP Overview Presentation
- SWAMP Comprehensive Monitoring and Assessment Strategy
- Enhancing Regional Monitoring Meeting Notes
- Regional Data Centers Presentation
- CEDEN Update Presentation
2008
- November 18, 2008 - Sacramento
- October 15, 2008 - Costa Mesa
- August 18, 2008 Meeting - Sacramento
- June 23, 2008 Meeting - Sacramento
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