{"id":1527,"date":"2024-11-13T13:55:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T13:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castco.wpenginepowered.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=1527"},"modified":"2025-08-22T12:26:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:26:49","slug":"guides-and-tools","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/castco.org\/knowledge-base\/guides-and-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Guides and tools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here you will find existing practical guidance on a wide range of topics related to citizen science and freshwater monitoring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guides<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/engageenvironmentagency.uk.engagementhq.com\/citizen-science-participate\/widgets\/118252\/faqs#30682\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What, why, when, where? Citizen Science &#8211; Working Together framework<\/a> &#8211; Engage Environment Agency<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ukeof.org.uk\/our-work\/citizen-science\">Citizen Science Working Group Outputs<\/a>, UK Environmental Observation Framework (UKEOF)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catchmentbasedapproach.org\/learn\/citizen-science-volunteer-monitoring\/\">A user guide for citizen science monitoring<\/a>, CaBA, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.therrc.co.uk\/monitoring-guidance#:~:text=The%20Practical%20River%20Restoration%20Appraisal,of%20a%20river%20restoration%20project.\">PRAGMO guidance,<\/a> River Restoration Centre <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ceh.ac.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/sepa_choosingandusingcitizenscience_interactive_4web_final_amended-blue1.pdf\">Choosing and Using Citizen Science<\/a>, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-3-030-58278-4_19\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-030-58278-4\">The Science of Citizen Science | SpringerLink<\/a>, 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chesapeakemonitoringcoop.org\/resources\/publications\/\">Publications &#8211; Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative<\/a>, USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tools<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/engageenvironmentagency.uk.engagementhq.com\/hub-page\/water-hub\">The Environment Agency&#8217;s Water Hub<\/a>, Find out more about the Environment Agency&#8217;s work on water.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/innsmapper.org\/home\">INNS Mapper<\/a>, an app and web-based tool for the reporting of sightings, surveys and management of Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) in England, Wales and Scotland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/castco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Monitoring_Planner_Blank.xlsx\">Downloadable Monitoring Planner (XLS)<\/a>, a downloadable excel spreadsheet to help you plan out the focus, duration, methodology and data collection\/storage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here you will find existing practical guidance on a wide range of topics related to citizen science and freshwater monitoring. 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