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Publications

Field Sampling Protocols:

These manuals were created for VRAP volunteers as reference guides to the use of water quality monitoring meters provided by DES, proper calibration and sampling techniques, quality control assurance, as well as troubleshooting in the field.

• VRAP Water Quality Monitoring Field Sampling Protocols for Volunteer Monitors (“New Meters”): LaMotte 2020e Turbidity Meter, Oakton pH 11 Meter, YSI 85 Dissolved Oxygen/Temperature/Conductivity Meter
• VRAP Water Quality Monitoring Field Sampling Protocols for Volunteer Monitors (“Older Meters”): LaMotte 2020 Turbidity Meter, Orion 210 pH Meter, YSI 95 Dissolved Oxygen Meter, YSI 30 Conductivity Meter
• Troubleshooting Guide to VRAP Water Quality Meters

Interpreting Water Quality Parameters

These documents provide a description of the most commonly monitored water quality parameters, their importance to maintaining healthy aquatic ecosystems, and their relation to state surface water quality standards.

• Interpreting VRAP Water Quality Parameters
• A Quick Reference Guide to VRAP Water Quality Standards
• Water Sampling Conversion Chart for Temperature

Field Data Sheets:

• VRAP Field Data Sheet
• Blank Sampling Station Form

Monitoring Plan Forms:

• Individual Group Monitoring Plan Form

Annual Reports:

• 2008 VRAP Program Report & QAQC Audit
• 2007 VRAP Program Report & QA/QC Audit
• 2006 VRAP Program Report & QA/QC Audit
• VRAP Reports, Data & Maps

Newsletters:

• Streamlines (Newsletter of the Volunteer River Assessment Program)
• Meanderings (Newsletter of the Rivers Management & Protection Program)
• The Volunteer Monitor (The National Newsletter of Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring)

Field Guides & River Ecology

• A Field Guide to Common Riparian Plants of New Hampshire
  This full-color field guide was created for VRAP volunteers to assist in identifying common native and non-native aquatic and riparian plant species. Eighty plant species are described in the text, with additional live plant scans and habitat photos. The guide is organized into the following sections:
  • Cover, Acknowledgements and References
  • Introduction
  • Table of Contents
  • In the Water: Submerged Aquatic Plants
  • On the Water: Floating Aquatic Plants
  • On the Edge: Emergent Herbaceous Plants
  • Ferns
  • Woody Shrubs
  • Climbing Vines
  • The Canopy: Trees
  • Appendices
• Native Shoreland & Riparian Buffer Plantings for NH
• Recommended Field Guides
• Glossary of River Ecology Terms

Fact Sheets:

Rivers Management & Protection Program (RMPP)/Designated Rivers

• The Ashuelot River (Fact Sheet R&L-3)
• The Connecticut River (Fact Sheet R&L-4)
• The Contoocook and North Branch River (Fact Sheet R&L-5)
• The Exeter River (Fact Sheet R&L-6)
• The Lamprey River (Fact Sheet R&L-7)
• The Lower Merrimack River (Fact Sheet R&L-8)
• The Pemigewasset River (Fact Sheet R&L-9)
• The Piscataquog River (Fact Sheet R&L-10)
• The Saco River (Fact Sheet R&L-11)
• The Swift River (Fact Sheet R&L-12)
• The Upper Merrimack River (Fact Sheet R&L-13)
• The Cold River (Fact Sheet R&L-16)
• The Souhegan River (Fact Sheet R&L-17)
• The Isinglass River (Fact Sheet R&L-18)

Other DES Fact Sheets:

• Lake Biology
• Shoreland Protection Program
• Water Supply
• Watershed Management
• Wetlands Bureau

 

 

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