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Axler, R. and M. Lonsdale. 2003 (In Press). EPA Coastlines Issue 13.1 (February 2003) (http://www.epa.gov/owow/estuaries/coastlines) . DuluthStreams: Community Partnerships For Understanding Water Quality and Stormwater Impacts at the Head of the Great Lakes (Note- this story also describes WOW and how it spawned, and is interconnected to 3 EPA-EMPACT community education projects based on real-time environmental data). Coastlines is the bi-monthly newsletter of the USEPA National Estuary Program. It features stories about estuary program efforts underway to protect our coasts and includes citizen volunteer programs, scientific research projects, K-12 educational programs and special events.

Munson, B., R. Huber, R. Axler, G. Host, C. Hagley, C. Moore and G. Merrick. 2003. Investigating water quality through the Internet. The Science Teacher (Jan 2003) 70(1): 44-49.

Axler, R. et al. 2003 (In prep). Lakes: Biological Processes and Lakes: Chemical Processes for Water Sciences encyclopedia to be published by the Gale Group as part of the Macmillan Science Library for Students series, targeting high school freshmen.

US EPA. 2000. Delivering time-relevant water quality information to your community: the Lake Access-Minneapolis Project. US EPA, EPA/625/R-00/012. 82 p.

Axler, R. 2000. Water on the Web: Integrating real-time data with educational curricula using the Internet, Students monitoring Minnesota rivers and lakes over the Internet. Minnesota Lakes Reporter 4(2): 1-8.

Axler, R.P., J. Barten, G.E. Host, B.H. Munson, C.A. Hagley, B. Liukkonen, and C. J. Owen. 2000. Water on the Web and Lake Access: some lessons from continuous lake monitoring. Focus 10,000 11:17-20.

Host, G.E., N.R. Will, R.P. Axler, C.J. Owen, and B.H. Munson. 2000. Interactive technologies for collecting and visualizing water quality data. Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 12:39-45.
Munson, B.H., G.E. Host, C.A. Hagley, and R.P. Axler. 2000. Water on the Web. ENC Focus 7:30-32.
Liukkonen, B. 2000. Water on the Web: Integrating Real-Time Data with Educational Curricula Through the Internet. Minngram, Univ. of Minnesota Water Resources Center.
Host, G. E., B. H. Munson, R. P. Axler, C. A. Hagley, G. Merrick, and C. J. Owen. 1999. Water on the Web: Students Monitoring Minnesota Rivers and Lakes over the Internet. Proceedings: AWRA Symposium on Water Resources and the World Wide Web, Seattle, WA. Dec 5-9, 1999.
Axler, R. P., B.Munson, C.Hagley, G.Host and C. Owen. Water on the Web -Integrating Real-Time Data with Educational Curricula via the Internet. EPA's "Non-point Source News", Nov/Dec 1999.
October, 1999. Published Water on the Web overview booklet.
October, 1999. Water on the Web CD developed for dissemination.

Host, G., R. Axler. 2003. Internet-based remote sensing and visualizations of water quality information: education applications for specialists and citizens. Frontiers in Assessment Methods for the Environment (FAME), August 10-13, 2003, Minneapolis, MN.

Hagley, C., R. Axler, G. Host, G. Merrick, B. Munson, and C. Richards. Water on the Web: Training Water Science Technicians with an Online, Data-rich Curriculum. Presented at the Society for Conservation Biology Annual Meeting, June 29, 2003, Duluth, MN.

Axler, R. & Meyer,N.
Followup to School Water Monitoring Project and
Duluth Streams Presentation. Washburn Middle School in Duluth, MN. May 29,
2003.

Munson, B. Training Water Science Technicians. Presentation to the
Advisory Board for the Center for Environmental Education in Duluth, MN.
April 30, 2003

Meyer, N. & Meyer, B. How Well Do You Know Your Watershed? Presentation at St Louis Riverwatch Congress in Cloquet, MN. March 25, 2003

Munson, B. Using "Live" Data to Teach about Water - Water on the Web
(WOW), Lake Access, and Duluth Streams for the Phi Delta Kappa chapter
meeting in Duluth, MN. February 13, 2003.

Munson, B. Water on the Web seminar for graduate students at University of
Minnesota-Duluth in Duluth, MN. January 27, 2003

Hagley, C.A. Infusing water quality curriculum with cutting edge technology. Presented at the 16th Annual Minnesota Earth Science Teachers Conference, held at the Science Museum of Minnesota, February 8, 2002.

Hagley, C.A. and B. Liukkonen. Tools for shoreland education. Dec 2-4, 2001, Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts Annual
Meeting, Bloomington, MN. 50 attendees.

Hagley, C.A. and B. Liukkonen. Shoreland Volunteer Training. Nov. 17,
2001, Little Falls, MN. 26 attendees
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Host, G. E., R. P. Axler, E. Ruzycki, and N. Will. Data Quality in Real Time: Lessons from Lake Access and Water on the Web. EPA EMPACT National Meeting 2001, Philadelphia, PA. August 2001.

Munson, B.
Water on the Web:Going beyond the Pond presented at the
National Marine Educators Association annual conference in Victoria, BC on
July 19, 2001.

Munson, B.
Presented summary of the Water on the Web project at the
National Science Teachers Association annual conference in St. Louis,
Missouri. March 22, 2001.

Munson, B.
Presented water quality training program as part of the
Minnesota/Wisconsin Science Teachers' Association annual conference in
Duluth, MN. March 15, 2001.
Hagley, C.A. Model Program Presentation: Water on the Web and the Lake Access Project. Invited Presentation. February 13, 2001. System Wide Monitoring Program (SWMP) Workshop. Sponsored by the National Estuarine Research Reservce Program. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
Hagley, C.A., R.P. Axler, G.E. Host, B.H. Munson, G.W. Merrick, J.M. Barten, and C.J. Owen. Using "Live" Data to Teach about Water - Water on the Web (WOW) and Lake Access. Invited Presentation for a Special Session entitled "Innovative Approaches for Linking Science and Society through Education (Science and Society)" Presented at the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography national meeting, Feb 12-16, 2001, Albuquerque, NM.
Axler, R., C. Hagley, G. Host, and B. Munson. Biology Department Seminar, Univ. MN-Duluth, November 2, 2000.
Axler, R., B. Munson, G. Host, C. Hagley, G. Merrick, C. Owen, B. Liukkonen, and J. Barten. Water on the Web and Lake Access: Students and Community Members. 2000.
Axler, R.P. Monitoring Minnesota Lakes over the Internet. 62nd Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, 2000, 3-6 December 2000, Minneapolis, MN.

Axler, R. and G. Host. Water on the Web. Seminar presented at the Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN, January 5, 1999.

Host, G. Axler, R. , B. Munson, and C. Hagley. Water on the web (WOW): Monitoring Minnesota's lakes on the Internet. Presented at TechFest, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN, March 19-20, 1999 and March 10, 2000.

Axler, R., B. Munson, C. Hagley, G. Host, G. Merrick , K. Montgomery, and C. Owen. Water on the web (WOW): Monitoring Minnesota's lakes on the Internet. Annual meeting of the North American Benthological Society (NABS), Duluth, MN. May 1999.

Axler, R., B. Munson, C. Hagley, G. Host, G. Merrick and C. Owen. Water on the Web (WOW): Monitoring Minnesota's Lakes on the Internet. Annual Meeting of the North American Lake Management Society, Reno, NV, Dec 1-5, 1999.

Host, G.E., R.P. Axler, J. Barten, C.A. Hagley, B. Liukkonen, B. Munson, C. J. Owen and G. Spiotta. The Lake Access EMPACT project: Advanced remote sampling and data visualization tools for delivering and interpreting real-time water quality information on urban lake systems EPA National Environmental Monitoring Technology Conference, Sept 19-20,2000 Boston, MA.

Hagley, C.A., R.P. Axler, G. Host, B.H. Munson, G. Merrick, C.J. Owen, B.L. Liukkonen, and J. Barten. Water On The Web and Lake Access: Students and Community Members Monitoring Minnesota Rivers And Lakes Over The Internet. Presented at Second National Extension Natural Resources Conference, sponsored by the USDA Cooperative Research, Education, and Extension Service – Natural Resources and Environment and the Association of Natural Resources Extension Professionals. May 16-18, 2000, Stateline, NV.

Owen, C.J.,R. Race, G. Host, R. Axler, B. Munson, C. Hagley. Low-Cost Profiling Systems for Marine and Freshwater Applications. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Office of Naval Research / Marine Technology Society sponsored Oceanographic Buoy Workshop 2000 seminar. May 9-11, 2000.

Ruzycki, E. and L. Anderson. Water on the Web: Students Monitoring Minnesota Lakes on the Internet . poster presentation at Minnesota Water 2000: A Watershed Year, Looking Back, Planning Ahead, April 25-26, 2000, Minneapolis, MN.

Hagley, C. Water on the Web: Students Monitoring Minnesota Lakes on the Internet. Invited speaker, Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting in Duluth, MN, May 11, 2000.

December 4, 2000 - "Water on the Web - a tool to enhance classroom work" presentation to teachers for Street to Streams Workshop, Roseville, MN. (Barb Liukkonen).
Liukkonen, B. Water on the Web. Oct. 5, 2000. Workshop in Dakota County, MN.
March 30, 2000 - WOW Lecture and Computer Lab presented to regional water resource professionals, teachers and lake associations in a continuing education workshop focused on New Technology and Techniques for Understanding Lakes, Itasca Community College, Grand Rapids, MN (Rich Axler and Cindy Hagley and Sue Hutchins).
March 29, 2000 – WOW introduced to rotating groups of highschool students and teachers as part of a full day St. Louis River RiverWatch Festival, Fond du Lac Community College, Cloquet, MN (Cindy Hagley.)
March 22, 2000 - "Water on the Web-Expanding your classroom horizon presentation at teacher workshop. (B. Liukkonen and C. Hagley).
March 17, 2000- Water on the Web (WOW): Integrating Real -Time Data into College Curricula Over the Internet; Partnership for Environmental Technology Education; Davenport, IA. (Glenn Merrick).
February 25, 2000 - Community and state university biology faculty development program at Lake Superior College, Duluth, MN. (Bruce Munson, Glenn Merrick).
January 11, 2000 - "Water on the Web - a tool for state agencies" presentation to Minnesota Interagency Lakes Coordinating Committee. (Barb Liukkonen).
December 8, 1999 - "WOW: a tool for watershed educators". Presenataion to WaterShed Partners. (Barb Liukkonen).
July 7-23, 1999 - WOW introduced to teachers as part of the COAST/Operation Pathfinder course taught through the Sea Grant program in Durham, NH. (Sharon Meeker).
June 19-July 2, 1999. WOW introduced to teachers as part of the COAST/Operation Pathfinder course taught through the Sea Grant program in Manteo, NC. (Lundie Spence).
June 17-July 1, 1999. WOW training provided to teachers as part of the COAST/Operation Pathfinder course taught through the Sea Grant program in Duluth, MN. (Bruce Munson).
June 13-29, 1999. WOW introduced to teachers as part of the COAST/Operation Pathfinder course taught through the Sea Grant program in Ocean Springs, MS. (Sharon Walker).
May 25, 1999. Teacher workshop featuring Water on the Web presented by faculty at Lake Superior Community College in Duluth, MN. (Glenn Merrick).
April 26 & 27, 1999. High School Teacher workshop on Water on the Web provided through the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, MN. (Jay Sandal).