Nonpoint Source (NPS) Pollution Control Program

RIPARIAN STATION HOW-TO MANUAL

(click on image to enlarge) "Green Valley Creek, Fairfield - A restoring area which is watered by a beaver pond"

The basic information needed to start a volunteer monitoring program or a riparian station in a California watershed. Developed by the Coyote Creek Riparian Station. Funded by the State Water Resources Control Board

• Riparian Station How-To Manual (1996)
  The entire document (1.68MB) - Individual sections available below:
  
  
  • Title Page & Table of Contents
  • Riparian Station Purpose & Role, including "Watershed Management & Planning"
  • Organization
  • Organizational Management
  • Field Work, including "Monitoring Design"
  • Data Reporting
  • Long Term Issues
    
    
• Related Resources
  • US EPA Guidelines for Quality Assurance
  • Funding for Creeks
  • A Monitor's Library (Suggested Bibliography)

( updated 7/18/07 )