2007 FRESHWATER BIOASSESSMENT WORKSHOPS
The standardization of ecological assessments for use in California water quality management began with the development of the California Stream Bioassessment Procedure (CSBP) in 1993. Since then, the procedure has been calibrated with U.S. EPA procedures used throughout the west and has become the standard for the State Water Resources Control Board's Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP). These workshops have been offered throughout California by Jim Harrington using the instruction manual entitled 'Measuring the Health of California Streams and Rivers' (Harrington & Born, 2000) and the latest bioassessment protocols approved by SWAMP.

Harrington, the instructor, is a Staff Environmental Scientist for California Department of Fish and Game. He has been working on the development of bioassessment in California since 1993, is a member of several U.S. EPA workgroups on integrating biological assessment into water quality regulation and is a contributing author of the SETAC Pellston Workshop entitled 'Ecological Assessment of our Aquatic Resources: Application, Implementation, and Interpretation' (ISBN 1-88-611-56-2).

Workshops covering Part 1 - Sampling Design and Collections have been scheduled as follows:
April 24-26 in San Diego
May 2-4, 2007 in Sonoma
May 15-17 in Nevada City

For registration and further information please contact:
Jessie Olson, Sonoma Ecology Center
707-996-0712 x102 or jessie@sonomaecologycenter.org