Citizen Scientist Forms and Resources
Community Scientist Forms and Resources (Last updated 09.20.2023)
Community Scientist Trainings and Monitoring
Resources for future and current Texas Stream Team Community Scientists. Feel free to click on the collapsible sections below to explore the resources for each training.
Attention Core Community Scientists!
Texas Stream Team has officially released the Electronic Core Environmental Monitoring Form. If you monitor Standard Core or Probe Core, you can now ditch the paper and start entering your data electronically. We have a few resources for you to make this transition easier:
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Pre-Training
Training Request Form
Quality Assurance Project Plan - Updated 5/30/2023 -
Post-Training
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General Monitoring
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Standard Core Monitoring
ANNOUNCEMENT: All Core field guides and the monitoring form have been updated so that the units being recorded for the Core Transparency Tube method are in meters and not centimeters.
NEW! Electronic Core Environmental Monitoring Form - Updated 05/31/2023
Core Environmental Monitoring Form - Updated 03/22/2023
Standard Core Field Guide - Updated 03/30/2023
Standard Core Salinity Field Guide - Updated 03/30/2023
NEW! Standard Core Equipment Maintenance Guide
Standard Core Water Quality Monitoring Equipment
2023 Texas Stream Team Core Water Quality Community Scientist Manual - Updated 05/10/2023
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Probe Core Monitoring
ANNOUNCEMENT: All Core field guides and the monitoring form have been updated so that the units being recorded for the Core Transparency Tube method are in meters and not centimeters.
NEW! Electronic Core Environmental Monitoring Form - Updated 05/31/2023
Core Environmental Monitoring Form - Updated 03/22/2023
Probe Core Field Guide - Updated 05/10/2022
NEW! Probe Core Maintenance Guide - Updated 11/08/2021
Probe Core Water Quality Monitoring Equipment
2023 Texas Stream Team Core Water Quality Community Scientist Manual - Updated 05/10/2023 -
E. coli Bacteria Monitoring
E. coli Bacteria Environmental Monitoring Form - Updated 02/01/2023
E. coli Bacteria Field Guide - Updated 11/11/2021
E. coli Bacteria Monitoring Equipment
NEW! 2023 E.coli Bacteria Water Quality Community Scientist Manual - Updated 05/2023
E. coli Bacteria YouTube Protocol Video -
Advanced Monitoring
Advanced Environmental Monitoring Form - Updated 02/03/2023
NEW! Streamflow and Turbidity Field Guide - Updated 06/06/2023
NEW! Nitrates and Phosphate Field Guide - Updated 08/30/2022
Advanced Water Quality Monitoring Equipment
NEW! Texas Stream Team Advanced Water Quality Community Scientist Manual - Updated July 2023 -
Macroinvertebrate Bioassessment Monitoring
Macroinvertebrate Bioassessment Monitoring Equipment
Macroinvertebrate Bioassessment Citizen Scientist Manual (coming soon)
Macroinvertebrate Bioassessment Field Guide (coming soon) -
Riparian Evaluation Monitoring
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Additional Resources