Project Overview
A survey (approved via low-risk exemption as STUDY00000950 by the University of Vermont, USA, Institutional Review Board, with anonymous analysis of data) to assess the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on volunteer monitoring programs was conducted over an 8-week period from late May to late July 2020. Responses to the survey were sought from two groups: (1) individuals who participated in the April webinar who self-identified as volunteer monitoring program coordinators/directors, staff, administrators, or volunteers; and (2) directors/coordinators of volunteer water monitoring programs included in a national directory available at http://volunteermonitoring.org whose programs were not represented in the April webinar.
Objectives
The survey assessed the impacts to volunteer monitoring programs broadly and identified the extent to which specific practices had been implemented. Broad level questions focused on understanding if there were expected negative impacts on the number of data observations, program funding, number of volunteers, or staff time in 2020. The survey also asked respondents to identify any possible benefits from the COVID-19 pandemic on their volunteer monitoring programs. Expected outcomes were that collectively, volunteer monitoring programs would have experienced a variety of stresses as a result of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dataset Availability
Downloadable: 1 dataset
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Status - Completed
Start date: 2020-04-01
End date: 2020-07-29
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