THE GREAT LAKES MONITORING INVENTORY:

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THE GREAT LAKESMONITORING INVENTORY

• A Brief Update...

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OUTLINE

• Background
• Update
• Future Direction(s)

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BACKGROUND

• BEC

• Formed in late 1980s by EPA Environment
  Canada
• Current governing body for implementing GLWQA
• Established www.binational.net to improve
  on-line data quality dissemination
• 2001 identified need for binational, basin-wide
  inventory of monitoring programs
• raise awareness
• promote collaboration
• identify gaps

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BACKGROUND

• Great Lakes Monitoring Inventory

• Several recommendations presented to Senior
  Management at the 2002 BEC meeting
• Build on previous and on-going work of others
  
• Input fields should be consistent with existing
  metadata standards
• Mandatory that BEC agencies (and affiliated
  agencies) contribute
• On-line inventory input form accessible
  through binational.net
• BEC agency representatives sign off on their
  agencies' input to ensure completeness

• First step toward improved coordination of
  monitoring in the Great Lakes

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UPDATES

• Recent IT upgrade
• Redesigned database
• Minor bug fixes
• Added editing functionality
• Imported GLC, LEMN, NWRI records

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NEXT STEPS

• Minor enhancements
• Contact contributors for updates
• Enhance reporting
• Collaboration with IJC
• Phase II of BEC IM strategy
• Moving beyond program descriptions