Vision of the Monitoring Program

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The Coordination Group strives to develop and maintain a water quality monitoring program that:

· Identifies clear overall water quality monitoring goals and objectives, linked to resource management goals and functional hypotheses about how the River system works;

· Integrates individual monitoring efforts/activities into a coordinated program designed to meet the goals and objectives;

· Provides credible information on watershed health through use of common monitoring procedures and QA/QC protocols;

· Provides a framework that transforms monitoring data into information accessible by resource managers, scientists and the general public, as a basis for making informed decisions on managing resources within the Basin;

· Combines the ability to track long-term trends (both spatially and temporally) with the flexibility to respond to shorter-term “special study” needs; and

· Is a sustainable, long-term program with secure financial and political support.