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Inventory & Monitoring Programs
This page is intended to provide a comprehensive list of the citizen monitoring programs and resources available to you. They are grouped according to topic for you to be best able to view them. If you know of any programs we missed, please let us know.

Amphibians
Birds
Exotics
Fish
Forestry
Groundwater
Invertebrates
Lakes
Mammals
Prairies
Rivers & Streams
Vegetation
Watersheds
Wetlands
Additional Links
Amphibians

Great Lakes Declining Amphibians Working Group
http://www.mpm.edu/collect/vertzo/herp/Daptf/daptf.html

Frogwatch USA
http://www.nwf.org/frogwatchUSA

Wisconsin Frog and Toad Survey
http://inventory.wiatri.net/FrogToadSurvey

Wisconsin Herpetological Atlas Project
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/fieldstation/herpetology/atlas/atlas.html

Wisconsin NatureMapping
http://www.wisnatmap.org

Birds back to top

Bird Nest Monitoring Program
http://www.wildlifehc.org/nestmonitoring
Wildlife habitat Council

Christmas Bird Count
http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc
Audubon Society

Cornell Lab of Ornithology
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/LabPrograms/citSci
Programs include:
Project FeederWatch
http://birds.cornell.edu/pfw
Great Backyard Bird Count
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc
Classroom FeederWatch
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/cfw
The Birdhouse Network
http://birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse
Birds in Forested Landscapes
http://birds.cornell.edu/bfl
Golden-winged Warbler Atlas Project
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/gowap
House Finch Disease Survey
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/hofi
Urban Bird Studies
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/urbanbirds
eBird
http://www.ebird.org/content
PigeonWatch
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/urbanbirds/ubs_PIWMainEN.html

Ferry Bluff Eagle Council
http://www.ferrybluffeaglecouncil.org

Horicon Grassland Bird Point Count Survey
http://midwest.fws.gov/Horicon
Horicon National Wildlife Refuge

Loonwatch Wisconsin Loon Population Survey
http://www.northland.edu/soei/loonwatch.asp
Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute of Northland College

Annual Midwest Crane Count
http://www.savingcranes.org
International Crane Foundation

Nicolet National Forest Bird Survey
http://www.uwgb.edu/birds/nnf
Wisconsin Society for Ornithology

North American Bird Banding Program
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

North American Breeding Bird Survey
http://www.mp2-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs

Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative
http://www.wisconsinbirds.org

Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas
http://www.uwgb.edu/birds/wbba
Wisconsin Society for Ornithology

Wisconsin Checklist Project
http://www.wisconsinbirds.org/WSOChecklist.htm

Wisconsin NatureMapping
http://www.wisnatmap.org

Exotics back to top

Purple Loosestrife Detectives
http://beavercreekreserve.org/BCR/Purple%20Loosestrife%20-%20CSC.htm
Beaver Creek Citizen Science Center

Wisconsin Exotic Plants and Animals
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/invasives/takeaction.htm
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Zebra Mussel Watch
http://seagrant.wisc.edu/zebramussels
UW Sea Grant Institute

Fish back to top

Fish Kill Network
http://www.iwla.org/fishkill
Izaak Walton League/CWN

Lake Watch Wisconsin
(262) 617-6343

Trout Unlimited Volunteers
http://www.tu.org/volunteers/become_a_volunteer.asp
Trout Unlimited

Forestry back to top

Forest Best Management Practices Monitoring
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/forestry/usesof/bmp/bmp.htm
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Wisconsin's Champion Trees
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/forestry/UF/champion
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Groundwater back to top

Farm*A*Syst
http://www.uwex.edu/farmasyst
University of Wisconsin - Extension

Groundwater Observation Network of Wisconsin
http://wi.water.usgs.gov/public/gw
United States Geological Survey

Home*A*Syst
http://www.uwex.edu/homeasyst
University of Wisconsin - Extension

University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Well Water Testing
http://www.uwsp.edu/water/portage/action/wtrtest.htm
Central Wisconsin Groundwater Center

Invertebrates back to top

Minnesota Worm Watch
http://www.nrri.umn.edu/worms
The Natural Resources Research Institute

North American Butterfly Association
http://www.naba.org

Wisconsin Dragonflies and Damselflies
http://inventory.wiatri.net/odonata

Lakes back to top

Adopt-A-Lake
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/uwexlakes
University of Wisconsin - Extension / Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Clean Boats, Clean Waters
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/uwexlakes
University of Wisconsin - Extension / Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Community Stewardship Program
http://www.inlandsea.org
Inland Sea Society

Great American Secchi Dip-in
http://dipin.kent.edu
Kent State University

Self Help Lake Monitoring
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/water/fhp/lakes/selfhelp
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Wisconsin Association of Lakes
http://www.wisconsinlakes.org

Mammals back to top

Wisconsin NatureMapping
http://www.wisnatmap.org

Wisconsin Volunteer Carnivore Tracking Program
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/er/mammals/volunteer
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Prairies back to top

Friends of Wisconsin State Parks
http://www.wistateparkfriends.org

Rivers and Streams back to top

Bad River Watershed Association
http://www.badriverwatershed.org

Citizen Based Stream Monitoring Pilot Project
http://watermonitoring.uwex.edu/level2/stream.html

Duncan Creek Watershed Project
http://www.chippewaenviroed.org/dchsmon.html
Duncan Creek Watershed

Friends of the Black River
http://www.friendsoftheblackriver.org

Lower Fox River Watershed Monitoring Program
http://www.uwgb.edu/watershed
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

River Alliance of Wisconsin
http://www.wisconsinrivers.org/cbsm

River Watch
http://www.riverwatch.org/howwecanhelp/index.cfm?doc_id=195
River Network

Save our Streams
http://www.iwla.org/sos
Izaak Walton League

Testing the Waters
http://www.riveredgenc.org (choose ‘Volunteers’)
Riveredge Nature Center

Trout Unlimited Volunteers
http://www.tu.org/volunteers/become_a_volunteer.asp
Trout Unlimited

Water Action Volunteers (WAV)
http://watermonitoring.uwex.edu/wav
University of Wisconsin - Extension / Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Wisconsin Rivers Educator Network
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/watersheds/WREN.htm
Center for Watershed Science and Education

Wisconsin's Citizen-Based Water Monitoring Network
http://watermonitoring.uwex.edu

Vegetation back to top

Horicon National Wildlife Refuge
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Horicon/volopp.html

Watersheds back to top

Adopt-A-Watershed
http://www.adopt-a-watershed.org

Clean Boats, Clean Waters
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/uwexlakes
University of Wisconsin - Extension / Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

The Globe Program
http://www.globe.gov/globe_flash.html

Global Rivers Environmental Education Network
http://www.green.org
Earthforce

Watershed Volunteer Water Monitoring Programs
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/etf
UWSP Center for Watershed Science and Education

Wetlands back to top

Wetland Bioassessments
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/bawwg/volmon.html

Wisconsin Wetlands Association
http://www.wiscwetlands.org

Additional Projects and Organizations back to top

Beaver Creek Reserve
http://www.beavercreekreserve.org

Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network
http://www.cocorahs.org/state.aspx?state=wi

Gathering Waters
http://www.gatheringwaters.org

Geography Action
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction
National Geographic Society

National Water Quality Monitoring Council
http://water.usgs.gov/wicp/acwi/monitoring
United States Geological Survey

The Nature Conservancy
http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/wisconsin

Pesticide Use Reporting and Reduction Project
http://www.wsn.org/pesticides
Citizens for a Better Environment / Wisconsin's Environmental Decade

Project WET
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/uwexlakes/wet
University of Wisconsin - Extension / Stevens Point

Sierra Club
http://wisconsin.sierraclub.org

US EPA Volunteer Monitoring
http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/vol.html
United States Environmental Protection Agency

Wisconsin Stewardship Network
http://www.wsn.org

Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
http://www.wiwf.org


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