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| IOWATER 10-Year Celebration Photo Contest. |
| March 3, 2010 |
| IOWATER is soliciting entries for a photo contest, which will be held in conjunction with its 10-year celebration. The winning entry will be featured in an upcoming IOWATER publication. Voting will take place at the IOWATER 10 Year Celebration on Saturday April 10, 2010. You need not be present at the IOWATER Celebration to enter or win. For rules and an entry form click here. |
| The IOWATER Fall/Winter 2009 Newsletter is now online! |
| January 7, 2010 |
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To view the newsletter on this website: hold your cursor over the Publications option on the menu bar and click on Newsletter. The Fall/Winter 2009 Newsletter is the on the top of the list. For fastest viewing of the newsletter download it to your computer by going to the provided link, then right click on the link to the newsletter PDF, select “save target as” and then save it to your computer. If you would like to be added to the IOWATER Newsletter mailing list and be notified by email when the new issue comes out, send an email to: . Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view the PDF file. To download a free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader visit: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/. |
| Project AWARE 2008 Riverse songs Arteries and Wild Ink released. |
| December 18, 2009 |
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Two new songs from Project AWARE 2008 Riverse are now available on the IOWATER website. Arteries and Wild Ink can be opened and listened to as mp3 files from the IOWATER Audio page. To view the lyrics for the 2 songs as well as the Project AWARE Riverse home page on the Iowa DNR website, click here. |
| New IOWATER Lakes, Bacteria, and Biological reports available on the IOWATER website. |
| December 15, 2009 |
| Three new water quality reports have been finished, released, and made available on the IOWATER website. The IOWATER Standing Waters Assessment (Lakes Report) (2000-08) can be found on the Status Reports page from this website's Publications menu option. The IOWATER Monitoring Indicator Bacteria Report (2009), and the IOWATER Biological Stream Assessment Report (2000-08) can also be found on the Status Reports page of this website. Click here to go directly to the Status Reports page, where you can open each report as a Word document (doc) or Adobe document (pdf). |
| Updated Resupply Policy for Current IOWATER Volunteers. |
| November 30, 2009 |
| IOWATER has updated its Resupply Policy to better meet the needs of active IOWATER volunteers. In addition, the new policy’s requirements align monitoring activities conducted by volunteers to the equipment supplied. This is to more effectively distribute materials to volunteers who are submitting data. In summary the policy states: “To receive additional IOWATER monitoring supplies, you must submit a minimum of three chemical/physical assessments within the past 12 months from the date of your request.” However, it is the policy of the IOWATER program to encourage volunteers to monitor. Therefore, the updated policy includes additional criteria that IOWATER staff will use to determine eligibility of resupply for volunteers who do not meet the above policy. To view the full updated policy download the resupply form on the IOWATER Equipment Resupply page (click here). |
| The "20th Anniversary Issue – Celebrating Volunteers and Innovation” Issue of The Volunteer Monitor Newsletter is now available online. |
| October 20, 2009 |
| The Volunteer Monitor newsletter facilitates the exchange of ideas, monitoring methods, and practical advice among volunteer environmental monitoring groups across the nation. The latest issue will include information on how to monitor, detect, and prevent aquatic invasive species. Click the link below to go directly to the PDF: http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/volunteer/newsletter/volmon20no2.pdf . For a list of the Internet-available issues, including back issues visit: http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/volunteer/issues.htm. For information on how to subscribe to this bi-annual newsletter for free visit: http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/volunteer/info.html. |
| The IOWATER Summer 2009 Newsletter is now online! |
| September 4, 2009 |
| To view the newsletter on this website: hold your cursor over the Publications option on the menu bar and click on Newsletter. The Summer 2009 Newsletter is the on the top of the list. For fastest viewing of the newsletter download it to your computer by going to the provided link, then right click on the link to the newsletter PDF, select “save target as” and then save it to your computer. | |
| If you would like to be added to the IOWATER Newsletter mailing list and be notified by email when the new issue comes out, send an email to: . Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view the PDF file. To download a free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader visit: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/. |
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| New Aquatic Macroinvertebrates website launched by the University of Iowa Hygienic Lab! |
| August 3, 2009 |
| The University of Iowa Hygienic Lab (UHL) Limnology Department recently launched a new website cataloging Iowa’s aquatic macroinvertebrates. The site includes photos and distribution maps of the aquatic macroinvertebrates found in Iowa. The vast majority are collected from rivers/streams during stream assessments conducted across the state by UHL and the Iowa DNR since 1994. The site can be accessed at: http://www.uhl.uiowa.edu/services/limnology/macroinvertebrates/index.xml |
| The "Aquatic Invasive Species” Issue of The Volunteer Monitor Newsletter is now available. |
| April 13, 2009 |
The Volunteer Monitor newsletter facilitates the exchange of ideas, monitoring methods, and practical advice among volunteer environmental monitoring groups across the nation. The latest issue will include information on how to monitor, detect, and prevent aquatic invasive species. To download the newsletter and/or back issues visit: http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/volunteer/issues.htm. |
| For information on how to subscribe to this bi-annual newsletter for free visit: http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/volunteer/info.html. |
| EPA Releases "Watershed Central" Web Site and A "Watershed Wiki". |
| March 24, 2009 |
| EPA recently posted a new Web site called "Watershed Central" to help watershed organizations and others find key information they need to implement watershed management projects. The primary purpose of the new Watershed Central Web site is to make it easy for organizations to find the information that they need to help protect and restore their water resources. Watershed Central helps users find environmental data, watershed models, nearby local organizations, guidance documents and other information depending on the task at hand. Watershed Central also contains links to watershed technical resources, funding sources, mapping applications and information specific to named watersheds. | |
| The site includes a “Watershed Central Wiki” for collaboration and information sharing. We encourage all watershed practitioners to use this new Watershed Wiki to share tools, scientific findings, expertise, and local approaches to watershed management. Watershed Central not only links to EPA Web resources, but also links to other valuable funding, guidance and tools on Web sites of state, tribal, and federal partners, universities, and nonprofit organizations. EPA’s new site is located at: http://www.epa.gov/watershedcentral. | |