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| Description | Resources and Activities |
| - Community water quality monitoring across the State. - Regional Coordinators can assist monitoring activities in many parts of the State and can work in conjunction with Our Patch/Catchment Care and the Urban Forest Biodiversity Program. [see below] |
SA Government EPA Waterwatch SA http://www.sa.waterwatch.org.au/ |
| - Our Patch/Catchment Care programs run by the metropolitan Catchment Water Management Boards assist students in learning about biodiversity issues and promote community involvement in biological monitoring. |
SA Catchment Water Management Boards http://www.catchments.net/ |
| - Website provides links to information on what biodiversity
is, and why we should value it. Provides resources, information and assistance in helping teachers and school groups in learning about biodiversity and taking action to address issues, including biological monitoring. |
South Australian Urban Forest Biodiversity Program http://www.urbanforest.on.net/main.htm |
| - Assessing habitat along a watercourse. | KESAB Patawalonga and Torrens Waterwatch http://www.cwmb.sa.gov.au/kwc/section1/2-08.htm |
| - State of the Environment reporting at State and Federal
levels. - Providing information on the state of all sectors of the Australian environment. |
State of the Environment Australia http://www.ea.gov.au/soe/index.html South Australia http://www.dehaa.sa.gov.au/sustainability/reporting.html NSW Government EPA State of the Environment Reporting http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/soe/soe2000/cw/cw_5.1.htm |
| - The state of health of the Mt Lofty catchment. - Aquatic ecosystems in the Mt Lofty Ranges. Looks at macroinvertebrates, vertebrates, fish and frogs. - Provides a clear summary of the issues. - The PDF download is worth the wait. |
SA Government EPA - Mt Lofty Ranges Watershed Protection
Office http://www.dehaa.sa.gov.au/epa/pdfs/fact3.pdf |
| - Monitoring frogs to get a picture of the health of
our riparian habitats. |
SA Government EPA http://www.dehaa.sa.gov.au/epa/frogcensus/ |
| - Coast and marine. - The quality of coastal waters, including metropolitan bathing waters and the Port River Estuary. |
SA Government Reporting http://www.dehaa.sa.gov.au/reporting/coast/index.html |
| - Monitoring Rivers Health Initiative in South Australia. - The biological assessment of our rivers and streams. |
SA Government EPA http://www.dehaa.sa.gov.au/epa/ water.html#Integrated_Programs |
| - State of the environment report 1998. - Inland waters, including summaries of water consumption, stream and river health, groundwater and wetlands. |
SA Government http://www.dehaa.sa.gov.au/sustainability/ reports/ser_summary/waters.html |
| - AUSRIVAS and Monitoring Rivers Health Initiative. | SA Government EPA http://www.dehaa.sa.gov.au/epa/ water.html#Integrated_Programs |
| - Snapshot of the Murray-Darling Basin
river condition. - A comprehensive document detailing all of the monitoring tools used. |
Murray-Darling Basin Commission http://www.mdbc.gov.au/whatson/snapshot-exec.html |
 
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