Lake Michigan Monitoring Inventory Form

General Information

The questions below will provide us with important background on your organization and monitoring efforts and may eventually result in greater use of your monitoring results.

1) Please provide your primary contact information.
Name:
Mr. Ms. Mrs. Dr. First: Last:
Organization:

Address:

City: State: MI IL IN WI OTHER Zip Code: -
Phone: ( ) - Fax: ( ) -
E-mail:
Website:
Your watershed or region: Watershed Grand River Kalamazoo River Manistique River Menominee River Muskegon Lake White Lake St. Joseph River Grand Traverse Bay Grand Calumet River Waukegan Harbor Milwaukee Estuary Sheboygan River Lower Green Bay/Fox River Door County Other Unsure
(If "Other" was selected above, please specify: )

2) Who is the manager for the monitoring program?

3) Briefly describe the overall purpose or goal of the monitoring/information collection effort.

4) Approximately, when did the monitoring program begin? MONTH NA JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC / YEAR Pre 1970 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Monitoring Information

The following questions ask about specific details of your monitoring program. They will help us understand what is being done in your area to monitor the health of the ecosystem.

5) As specifically as possible, please describe the boundary of the location or geographic scope of your monitoring effort (e.g., named or numbered river reach, watershed, county or township boundary, latitude/longitude). Please include as much descriptive information as possible.

6) Medium being monitored: Select Water Land Air Soil Biota/Wildlife Other
(If "Other" was selected above, please specify: )

7) Please select the category that best fits the type of information being collected.

Chemical (e.g. pH, BOD, mercury, phosphorus, PCBs)
Microbiological (e.g. bacteria or other microbial organisms)
Fish or aquatic invertebrates
Other wildlife (e.g. turtles, beavers, deer, etc.)
Physical characteristics (e.g. hydrology, habitat, geology, soil, vegetation, forests, wetlands)
Land uses (e.g. urbanized, agricultural, residential, industrial, brownfields sites)
Other
(If "Other" was selected above, please specify: )

8) Do you collect data on any of the following?
PCBs Dieldrin Chlordane DDT Mercury Dioxins/Furans
Lead Cadmium Copper Zinc Chromium Arsenic
Cyanide Hexachlorobenzene Toxaphene PAHs Atrazine
Selenium None of the above

9) Please give a specific description of any other information being collected (i.e. list specific indicators measured).

10) How often is the information collected? Select Daily Weekly Monthly Semiannually Annually Other
(If "Other" was selected above, please specify: )

Program Information

We need some final information about your monitoring program so that we can assess the extent and needs for monitoring funding and training.

11) Please list the name or type of any standardized methodology used (e.g. EPA guidelines, standard methods texts, or kit procedures).

12) Please list any standardized quality assurance or quality control procedures that are followed.

13) Select the classification that best describes the individuals who collect monitoring data. Select Paid staff Volunteers Students Other
(If "Other" was selected above, please specify: )

14) How many staff or volunteers participate in the monitoring project, on average?

15) Was training provided to data gatherers? Select Yes No

16) If yes, who provided the training?

17) Where is the monitoring data reported and stored (e.g., which office or agency)?

18) Which format is used to store the data (i.e., which electronic format or software is used, or is it stored in a hard copy format)?

19) Is the data stored indefinitely? Select Yes No

20) If no, how long is the information stored? units hours days months years

21) How is the monitoring data ultimately used (e.g. in Remedial Action Plans, educational materials, research, watershed planning, regulatory compliance)?

22) (Optional) Please list the approximate annual budget for the monitoring effort.
$ .00

23) Is this funding ongoing and reliable? Select Yes No

24) Please list any other parameters that you would like to monitor or other areas that you feel need additional monitoring in your region.

25) Please provide us with any other relevant information that you think would give us a more complete understanding of your monitoring efforts. Feel free to fax or mail us any additional documentation that you think would be helpful.