{"id":2604,"date":"2024-11-25T20:56:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T20:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castco.wpenginepowered.com\/ht-faq\/new-faq-question-3\/"},"modified":"2024-11-26T14:15:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T14:15:21","slug":"new-faq-question-3","status":"publish","type":"ht_faq","link":"https:\/\/castco.org\/ht-faq\/new-faq-question-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does CaSTCo want citizen scientists to be involved in monitoring river health?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are already collecting monitoring data as an organisation or community group or want to start, the CaSTCo framework can help you to ensure your data and monitoring plan adhere to robust criteria and principles and can be used by others, leading to better information on our river catchments and better decisions being made. Please have a look at the resources in the Knowledge Base for guidance.<\/p>\n<p>If your organisation or project already abides by CaSTCo principles and you would like to share your story, you <a href=\"https:\/\/castco.org\/request\/\">can request to be added to our map<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a group interested in starting to undertake community monitoring we encourage you to find out what\u2019s already happening within your catchment of interest. CaSTCo is centred on collaboration and open sharing of data to improve access to information for all, and to do this it\u2019s important that activity is aligned to existing monitoring. 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