Since 1999, The Small Watershed Grants (SWG) program, administered by the National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), has provided over $18 million to support 507
projects throughout the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The goal of this program is to
“protect and improve watersheds in the Chesapeake Bay basin, while building citizenbased resource stewardship.” In 2007, the SWG program is planning to fund, for the first time, small grants for project planning and design with the goal of designing appropriate monitoring programs to assess the environmental impacts of the SWG projects. The Chesapeake Bay Program’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) was asked by NFWF to assist with development of a set of recommendations to cost effectively conduct pre-and post-project monitoring of water quality impacts for its SWG program.
Recommendations for Establishing a Process to Improve Pre- and Post -Monitoring Programs for Small Watershed Grants Projects Funded by NFWF
| Author: | S. Mostaghimi, M.B. Adams, T.J. Grizzard, C. Hershner, D. Weller |
| Keywords: | small watershed; NFWF; cost effectiveness; monitoring programs; SWG |
| Publisher: | STAC |
| Type: | STAC Review Results |
| Volume: | STAC 07-004 |
| Year: | 2007 |