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The Nebraska Floodplain and Stormwater Managers Association (NeFSMA) is an active organization of over 100 members representing over 50 organizations. NeFSMA pursues multiple purposes including: 1.)promote public awareness of floodplain and stormwater management; 2.) promote the professional status of floodplain and stormwater management and secure all benefits resulting there from; 3.) promote cooperation and information exchange between individuals and entities concerned with floodplain and stormwater management; 4.) keep individuals concerned with floodplain and stormwater management well informed through educational and professional seminars and to provide a method for dissemination of information, both general and technical; 5.) inform and educate concerned individuals of pending floodplain or stormwater legislation, funding and other related management matters. Please browse our website to learn more about NeFSMA at www.nefsma.net. If you are interested in joining, either contact one of the board members or complete the membership form.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

2011 NeFSMA Conference - Bioassessment Workshop and Training

Bioassessment Workshops and Training, 
Donald Huggins and Debbie Baker, Central Plains Center for BioAssessment, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS


This session will address Stormwater Management and Water Quality, focusing on biological monitoring.  Attendees will learn about CPCB’s proposed workshops for MS4 personnel that will address why and how to monitor streams that are influenced by stormwater. 

The Central Plain Center for Bioassessment is the water quality and aquatic ecology unit of the Kansas Biological Survey which is a non-regulatory, research unit of the University of Kansas.  We have performed local and region-wide lake, stream, and wetland surveys throughout the central plains and associated areas for federal, state, and NGO organizations.  We also have educational programs for all age groups and for both citizens and scientists.  As such, we can provide stream bioassessment education and training for stormwater personnel in workshops located throughout Nebraska.  Our prior educational experiences with people from various backgrounds and monitoring experiences in the various stream types that can be found throughout Nebraska allow us to custom tailor our workshops to the region and need.  Workshops will address the need to monitor receiving streams, the science behind monitoring, how to monitor, and use of equipment as well as discussions on stream types and the special monitoring considerations that they might require.  We will also address study design issues such as sampling site placement including control site selection, and the number of sites and the sampling period that may be necessary to identify site differences (e.g. treatment differences, discharge effects).  Workshops will include a field component for participants to gain field experience in site selection, sample collection, and use of various field gear and equipment.  We will ask conference attendees what they would like to include and learn from such workshops and if they would like us to come to their area.


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