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Snapshot Day - Tahoe and Truckee River Watershed
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Organization NameTahoe-Truckee Clean Water team
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Project Website
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Organization Website
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PartnersNevada Division of Environmental Protection, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Truckee River Watershed Council, Incline Village General Improvement District, California Trout
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Contact NameN / A
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Contact EmailN / A
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Contact PhoneN / A
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Other Contact Information
Reno
Mary Kay Wagner
775-687-9454
mkwagner@ndep.nv.govTruckee
Andy Otto
530-550-8760 x 3
aotto@truckeeriverwc.orgNorth Lake Tahoe
Rebecca Sawyer
775-832-1284
rebecca_sawyer@ivgid.orgSouth Lake Tahoe
Kim Gorman
530-543-1501
kgorman@tahoercd.org -
Project Purpose (taken from project materials)
- To promote environmental education and stewardship
- To collect valuable water quality information about Lake Tahoe and its watershed
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Participant Activities
Volunteer monitoring teams will go out to various monitoring sites to perform a stream walk (visual assessment), collect field data, grab samples and take photos. Streams will be field tested for dissolved oxygen, conductivity, pH, and temperature. Water samples will be taken back to central meeting locations and measured for turbidity, nutrients and fecal coliform bacteria.
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Data Entry
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Unknown
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Other Participant Activities
Volunteer interested in volunteering to lead a group of citizens can visit the Team Leader page. This is great experience for school classes and career development. Each Team Leader will be in charge of collecting samples at 1 or 2 sites. They will lead a team of approximately 4 volunteers out to the site and show them proper sampling techniques.
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System Studied
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Water Quality
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Wetlands - Freshwater Streams and Marshes
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Geographic ScopeLocal
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RegionTulare
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LocationN / A
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Location - MapN / A
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Time Commitment
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Once a year
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Volunteer Qualifications
No previous experience needed.
All necessary equipment will be provided.
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Volunteer Training
Team leaders are required to attend a 2 hour hands on training that will go through the details of the monitoring techniques of Snapshot Day.
Team Leader Handbook and Snapshot Day step-by-step instructions are accessible on the website.
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Cost to ParticipantN / A
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How will the findings be used?
Data may be used for restoration projects, monitoring, and the collaborative effort to protect the watershed from further degradation.
Data from 12 years of monitoring is accessible through the project website - http://snapshotday.org/events/ - and hosted by the Tahoe Integrated Information Management System
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Other Information
Student volunteers are assigned to a sampling site near to their schools.
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PhotoN / A
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last update:9/26/12
If you work with this project and would like to add to or update the information below, please email cghdixon@ucdavis.edu.
If you know of a project not on our list, please go to the "tell us about a project" link on the left so we can list the project here. Thanks for your help!
This database is focused on projects in California focused on the environment. For opportunities outside California, as well as national projects that don't have a California-specific components, check http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citscitoolkit/projects.