Environmental Monitoring Collaborative

Purpose & Activities

In accordance with RIGL §46-31-9, the Environmental Monitoring Collaborative is responsible for "developing and implementing a strategy for an environmental monitoring program," to be developed in consultation with the[Coordination Team's Science] advisory committee." The environmental monitoring strategy" shall include baselines, protocols, guidelines, and quantifiable environmental indicators," including:

• Land cover or uses within the shoreline buffers;
• Water temperature, salinity, and pH;
• Concentrations of nitrogen, phosphorous, dissolved oxygen, and bacteria;
• Water flows and circulation;
• Species assemblages and relative abundances of finfish, shellfish, and benthic macro invertebrates; and
• Presence of aquatic nuisance species.

The Environmental Monitoring Collaborative is currently chaired by URI Coastal Institute Director Dr. Peter August, with Sue Kiernan of RI DEM and Tom Uva of the Narragansett Bay Commission serving as Vice-Chairs.

Members

Name	Organization
Peter August	URI Coastal Institute
Sue Kiernan	RIDEM
Thomas Uva	Narragansett Bay Commission
Jeff Willis	Coastal Resources Management Council
Chris Powell	RIDEM - Marine Fisheries
Ernest Julian	RI Department of Health
Linda Green	URI Watershed Watch
John King	URI Graduate School of Oceanography
John Stachelhaus	RI Geographic Information Service
Charles LaBash	URI Environmental Data Center
Margherita Pryor	EPA Region 1
Walter Galloway	EPA Atlantic Ecology Division
Donald Pryor	Brown University Center for Environmental Studies
Chip Young	URI Coastal Resources Center
Kenneth Raposa	NOAA Prudence Island Estuarine Research Reserve
David Gregg	RI Natural History Survey
Barry Costa-Pierce	RI Sea Grant College Program
Marci Cole	Save the Bay
Chris Deacutis	University of Rhode Island
Richard Ribb	University of Rhode Island
Kathleen Wainwright	The Nature Conservancy
Beth Johnson	The National Park Service

Meetings and Minutes

Please see the Meetings and Minutes section.

Information Archive

2004 Gov's Bay Commission Monitoring Panel Report
DEM Water Monitoring Strategy: 2005-2010
2004 WAPAC Streamflow Committee Final Report
Stream Gauge Priorities as of 2006
FY 2008 Coordination Team Monitoring Request Summary