FEMC - Dataset - Early Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Volunteer Water Monitoring Programs in the United States and Canada

Dataset Overview

This survey was carried out in follow up to an April 2020 webinar to assess impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic had on volunteer water monitoring programs by early-summer 2020. The study sought to understand the extent to which best practices identified through the webinar had been implemented and to assess other types of outcomes and impacts that had resulted for volunteer water monitoring programs as a result of the pandemic.

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Data Collection Status

Data collection for this dataset has been completed

Start date

2020-04-01

End date

2020-07-30

Contents

107 records with 45 fields

Data Availability

Available for download

Data License

Preferred Citation

Stepenuck, Kristine F., Carr, Jill. 2022. Early Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Volunteer Water Monitoring Programs in the United States and Canada in Summer 2020: Survey Results. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/covid-19-volunteer-water-monitoring/dataset/early-influence-covid-19-pandemic-volunteer

Update Frequency

As needed

Maintenance Plan

There is no ongoing data collection. An update is possible, but not planned.

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5/26/20 12:53	100	338	True	5/26/20 12:53	email	EN	Yes	Yes	The spreadsheet of recommendations and other notes from the webinar were used as the baseline to then create specific guidelines for our organization to adapt and continue our field work throughout this spring and for the duration.	Program support staff	No Response	Estuarine,River or stream	No Response	No Response	Unlikely to implement	Unlikely to implement	Have implemented	Likely to implement	Likely to implement	Have implemented	Have implemented	Have implemented	Likely to implement	Likely to implement	Have implemented	Have implemented	Have implemented	No Response	No Response	Unknown / TBD	Unknown / TBD	No Response	No Response	No Response	Reduction in number of data observations,Loss in number of volunteers,Loss of staff or staff time	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	California, USA	No Response	No Response
5/26/20 13:26	100	132	True	5/26/20 13:26	email	EN	Yes	Yes	No Response	Program Coordinator/Director	No Response	Lake or pond,River or stream,Beach,Wetland,Groundwater	No Response	No Response	Definitely will not implement	Have implemented	Have implemented	Have implemented	Have implemented	Have implemented	Have implemented	Unlikely to implement	Definitely will not implement	Unlikely to implement	Unlikely to implement	Likely to implement	Have implemented	No Response	No Response	Yes	Yes	Need(ed) to create,Used/will use videos from another organization	No Response	No Response	Reduction in number of data observations,Economic loss to your volunteer monitoring program,Loss in number of volunteers,Loss of staff or staff time	No Response	<25% annual income	$10,001-$25,000	No Response	Wisconsin	No Response	No Response
5/26/20 13:34	100	352	True	5/26/20 13:34	email	EN	Yes	Yes	Suggestions for completing sampling while practising physical distancing and working alone protocols. I have shared webinar information and resources with my network of community based watershed groups.	Program Coordinator/Director	No Response	Marine,Estuarine,Lake or pond,River or stream,Wetland,Other type of environment, phenomenon, animal, etc. (i.e., something not related to water) (please describe)	FIsh sampling, macroinvertebrates, terresterial animals	No Response	Unlikely to implement	Have implemented	Have implemented	Likely to implement	Likely to implement	Likely to implement	Have implemented	Have implemented	No Response	No Response	Unlikely to implement	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	Yes	Yes	Need(ed) to create	No Response	No Response	Reduction in number of data observations,Economic loss to your volunteer monitoring program	No Response	<25% annual income	No Response	No Response	PEI Canada	No Response	Thanks for the follow-up!
5/26/20 13:36	100	386	True	5/26/20 13:36	email	EN	Yes	Yes	There is a generic template that will allow us to compile data in a shared format.	Program Coordinator/Director	No Response	Estuarine,Lake or pond,River or stream,Wetland,Groundwater	No Response	No Response	Definitely will not implement	Definitely will not implement	Have implemented	Likely to implement	Likely to implement	Likely to implement	Likely to implement	Definitely will not implement	Likely to implement	Likely to implement	Likely to implement	Likely to implement	Likely to implement	No Response	No Response	No	No	No Response	No Response	No Response	Other type of loss or negative outcome (please describe)	Increased mileage costs, work takes longer	No Response	No Response	None	PEI	None at the moment	No Response
5/26/20 13:40	100	979	True	5/26/20 13:40	email	EN	Yes	Yes	I learned about the methods that other states and programs are using in order to safely take data without spreading the virus, while still being efficient. I will plan to use that information to help our own team with sampling while staying safe!	Volunteer monitor	No Response	Marine,Estuarine,Lake or pond,River or stream,Beach,Wetland	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response	Massachusetts	What methods do the other programs have so far at getting to a place where parking lots are closed for data analysis?	I am a volunteer

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