Dataset

Upper St. Lawrence River Volunteer Monitoring

Dataset by River Institute

Dataset summary

About this dataset

The River Institute will conduct tests with education and community groups while at sites near any water body. An effort will be made to test water on the last sunday of every month at varying staff homes near water bodies and monthly testing in the last week of every month at the River Institute headquarters in Cornwall, ON.

Certification requirements

To be certified, members can attend in-person training sessions the River Institute hosts or view Water Rangers' "how to use equipment" training videos.

Intended audience
Our group or organization, Our community, Broad audience/everyone
Intended use
Benchmarking of water body or watershed health, Share and compare results across watersheds., Education and engagement of local communities, Use in resource prioritization and decision making