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Confluence: February 2002, Vol. 4, No. 2
Maintaining Your Group

Global Rivers Environmental Education Network
This website can help you make lasting improvements to your watershed by offering an online monitoring database and community action tool. It allows users to enter, analyze and share data as they work to improve their local water resources. The site is adaptable to virtually any water quality monitoring protocol and includes hundreds of free resources, including interactive maps that allow users to plot their monitoring site; data sheets; simple monitoring guides; and data analysis tools. The site also provides water quality monitoring organizations the ability to track and download data from their volunteers.
http://www.green.org

Rural Connections Online Forums
Rural Connections is a combination of printed materials and interactive resources designed to encourage and enable you to share your ideas and experience on featured topics. Rural Connections features remarks, research and case studies that focus on community-based strategies for capacity-building and development of rural communities, and for measurable improvement in supports, services, and quality of life for those who live and work within them. http://www.nrfc.org/rco/director.asp

"Getting in Step: A Guide to Effective Outreach in Your Neighborhood"
This is a great module for local organizations interested in developing a more effective outreach plan in their local community. Visit http://www.epa.gov/watertrain/gettinginstep/.

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