Ranger Liaison Resource Page
Below you'll find resources that will help your park prepare for upcoming BTW field studies, as well as links to past Ranger Liaison meeting notes and newsletters. If the information you're looking for isn't available, please let us know!
Classroom and Field Study Prep Materials
If you're looking for materials that will help you prepare for a field study, please visit the Teacher Resources page of our Website. There you'll find the following resources categorized by module:
- Classroom activities
- Powerpoint Presentations
- Lesson Plans
Module Revisions - DRAFTS
Don't Get Sedimental 
(17.6 MB)
Exotic Invaders (6 MB)
Talkin' Trash (8.5 MB)
Water Canaries (11 MB)
Watershed Watchdogs (7.8 MB) - NEW!
Water Water Everywhere (7.5 MB)
Talkin' Trash Cards (2.1 MB)
Trash Tag Board Game (5.3 MB)
Trash Tag Game Pieces (264 KB)
BTW Program Information and Chemical Testing Guidelines
Park Equipment Needs
(45 KB)BTW Field Study Scheduling Date and Place Guide
(21 KB)Field Study Drop-Off Locations
(24 KB)Guidelines for LaMotte Reagents
(33 KB)Watershed Watchdogs Testing Instructions
(761 KB)Note: Chemical reagents used with the Watershed Watchdogs modules do expire after a year or so. Please see the following document for details on how to assess whether your reagents are still usable.
Ranger Liaison Meeting Minutes
Ranger Liaison Meeting Minutes: 12-14-11 (129 KB)Ranger Liaison Meeting Minutes: 9-1-11
(129 KB)Ranger Liaison Meeting Minutes: 1-14-10
(73 KB)Ranger Liaison Meeting Minutes: 9-15-09
(67 KB)Ranger Liaison Meeting Minutes: 6-10-09
(106 KB)Ranger Liaison Meeting Minutes: 3-25-09
(33 KB)Ranger Liaison Meeting Minutes: 12-5-08
(46 KB)Ranger Liaison Meeting Minutes: 3-12-08
(76 KB)Ranger Liaison Meeting Minutes: 12-12-07
(75 KB)Ranger Liaison Meeting Minutes: 9-12-07
(71 KB)Ranger Liaison Meeting Minutes: 6-6-07
(44 KB)
Previous Issues of Park It! BTW's Ranger Liaison Newsletter
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Field Study Student Data Sheets
Each group of students must complete a student data sheet during their field study.
Alien Invaders (128 KB)Don't Get Sedimental
(52 KB)Talkin' Trash
(37 KB)Urban Pools
(104 KB)Water Canaries
(739 KB)Watershed Watchdogs
(363 KB)
Field Study Composite Data Sheets
These forms record the results from each student data sheet. Composite sheets must be completed and submitted to BTW. Please return student data sheets to the teacher after recording student results.
Alien Invaders (41 KB)Don't Get Sedimental
(37 KB)Talkin' Trash
(40 KB)Water Canaries
(50 KB)Watershed Watchdogs
(33 KB)
Bridging the Watershed Evaluations
BTW Evaluation Handbook Fall 2009 (138 KB)BTW Evaluation System Update 2009
(217 KB)
Additional Resources
Ranger Liaison Contact List (113 KB)BTW Overview for NPS
(7.3 MB)Being a Ranger with BTW
(528 KB)Ranger Handbook 2009
(2.8 MB)