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6/08/2017 | 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM | CITIZENS MONITOR LAKE LEVEL AND STREAMFLOW FOR RESEARCH, MANAGEMENT, AND POLICY | 301A

CITIZENS MONITOR LAKE LEVEL AND STREAMFLOW FOR RESEARCH, MANAGEMENT, AND POLICY

Managing water quantity is of growing concern due to climate change and groundwater withdrawals. The US Geological Survey collects most water quantity records, but monitors few primary streams and lakes. Meanwhile, high capacity wells dried up some streams and lakes, drought caused lake levels to recede, and heavy precipitation caused flooding and in an extreme case, one lake to break its banks. To satisfy the need for more water quantity data, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources started a water quantity citizen monitoring program. This talk will cover the details and challenges of citizen-based water quantity monitoring. It will end by describing how citizen water quantity data is being used for management, research, and policy. Citizens provide critical data to aid permitting decisions for high capacity wells. Long-term data show that water levels fluctuate synchronously on a 13 year cycle and that lake water clarity responds oppositely to drought in deep versus shallow lakes. Our ultimate goal is to create new water quantity policy based on the spatial coherence and drivers of water level fluctuations.

C34 Science and Policy
S17 Integrating Published Literature into the Science and Policy Arenas Influencing Our Freshwater Futures: Evidence-Based Methods to Fit the Purpose
S25 Do mesocosm experiments play a meaningful role in freshwater research x S28 Shared pathways: contributions of citizen science to our freshwater future

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Catherine Hein (), Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, catherine.hein@wisconsin.gov;