. Building Illinois' biological memory : a framework for long-term ecosystem monitoring. Environmental monitoring. A CTAP botanist collects voucher specimens that will be added to the Illinois Natural History Survey's extensive herbarium collection. tf ^ w;^" |. I^IP g^^>'. Ecowatch Sites Potenlia] Secuoiu for Sampling (SUIewide mill: 1- 100) • ForestWalch • RiswWaich. For Citizen Scientist monitoring (RiverWatch and ForestWatch). 100 randomly selected sites are to be sampled throughout the state, as shown on the map above. Public Land SurNey sections were randomly ranked for sampling
. Building Illinois' biological memory : a framework for long-term ecosystem monitoring. Environmental monitoring. A CTAP botanist collects voucher specimens that will be added to the Illinois Natural History Survey's extensive herbarium collection. tf ^ w;^" |. I^IP g^^>'. Ecowatch Sites Potenlia] Secuoiu for Sampling (SUIewide mill: 1- 100) • ForestWalch • RiswWaich. For Citizen Scientist monitoring (RiverWatch and ForestWatch). 100 randomly selected sites are to be sampled throughout the state, as shown on the map above. Public Land SurNey sections were randomly ranked for sampling order. The Land Cover of Illinois, the Illinois Streams Information System, the Illinois Wetlands Inventory, and other databases were utilized to determine potential sampling sites w ithin the sections. Quality Assurance Producing reliable .scientific informa- tion is central to CTAP"s long-term monitoring program. Data quality is maintained through extensive quality assurance measures. Because some of the protocols developed for use with CTAP are being tested for the first time, on-going efforts to determine how well they measure ecosystem health are necessary. Most Citizen Scientists have no prior experience in the collection of scientific data. This makes training, review, and data verification especially important. Many quality assurance efforts focus on the validity of data collected from Citizen Scientist sites, which compose more than two-thirds of all CTAP II monitoring sites. While quality assurance is stressed throughout EcoWatch. it begins with the monitor- ing procedures themselves. Equipment, sampling methods, and indicators for all EcoWatch monitoring programs are developed, tested, and reviewed by professional scientists. In many cases. Citizen Scientist sampling protocols are identical to those used by CTAP research scientists: others are stream- lined versions of more complex 13. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that
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