Monitoring Resources

For more than a decade, PNAMP has partnered with regional and national partners to resources to create a network of information and tools to support a variety of monitoring needs.

MonitoringResources.org provides an online, publicly accessible suite of information and tools, including maps and metadata describing existing monitoring projects; a library of standard monitoring methods, protocols, and data dictionaries; and guidelines and tools to help managers develop new monitoring programs and share existing ones. Resource managers, funding agencies, and policy makers can quickly look up existing and proposed monitoring projects so that they can better understand how well priorities are being met and assess where monitoring efforts might have gaps or redundancies. Users can see maps of sampling sites, compare protocols of different monitoring projects, and identify locations and sampling strategies for additional monitoring or to optimize existing monitoring. The tools guide and support study design and methods documentation from the earliest planning stages through implementation. Users can easily add information about their projects and programs and can share the information with partners.