What is the role of citizen monitors in WEPP?
Most ephemeral ponds are small features, and it’s difficult to tell from an aerial photo how long a pond holds water. To insure maps are accurate, features that look like an ephemeral pond need to be verified on the ground. Citizen monitors help with this ‘groundtruthing’ effort by visiting potential ephemeral pond locations to confirm the presence of a pond, and to observe and record its physical and biological features.
