Monitoring Methods Project

The Monitoring Methods Project is an effort to provide a web-based resource where monitoring practitioners can find a catalog of methods, protocols, and definitions for commonly used terminology. It is actually an effort to redevelop a tool created under a previous PNAMP project - Protocol Library/Protocol Manager. The redevelopment task is focusing on making the tool more comprehensive and easier to use. A first step was to combine the Protocol Library and a monitoring terminology glossary into a single site - which is now known as MonitoringMethods.org. In addition, a companion web-based Community Forum has been developed on the site to promote information exchange and collaboration between regional monitoring practitioners about methods and other topics of interest to this community. In addition, integration of the content in the tool with existing regional project tracking systems has been initiated. Additional integration will occur as we identify more systems and tools to connect with.

The tool fully functional and can be accessed here: www.monitoringmethods.org. Additional features have been identified and some are slated to be completed with our current budget, but many cannot be implemented without securing additional funding.