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• • • 2.0 METHODS 2.1 Volunteer Recruitment Volunteer recruitment efforts were led by staff from Friends of the Mississippi River in partnership with Rice Creek Watershed District Staff. Recruitment of volunteers was conducted through news releases, list- serves, flyers, city and county publications, presentations, tabling at events and through communication with interested volunteers in existing local programs. A total of 30 SHEP volunteers were recruited for this program. Volunteers were divided into three teams. Each team was lead by a Team Leader. Team Leaders are an integral part of SHEP and were selected by project staff. Team Leaders received a small stipend and were responsible for managing monitoring activities and communication within his /her team. 2.2 Team Assignments SHEP volunteers were assigned to one of three teams. Team leaders, team members and monitoring location assignments are listed below. Team One: Monitoring Locations: Hardwood Creek & Clearwater Creek Site Names: Hardwood Creek Above, Hardwook Creek Below, Clearwater Creek Team Leader: Gary Averbeck Team Members: Amy Anderson, Linda Gruntner, Barb Hoernemann, Wayne LeBlanc, Tere O'Connell, Jason Papenfuss, Dana Raines, Rob Turner, Don Vegoe Team Two: Monitoring Location: Rice Creek Area Site Names: Rice Creek Above, Rice Creek Below, Rice Creek Irondale. Team Leader: Ralph Butkowski Team Members: Bob Bartlett, Jim Dorsey, Gary Ellis, Matt Hannah, Mari Ito, James Brozowski, Rod Venterea, Eileen Zierdt Team Three: Monitoring Location: Locke Lake Area Site Names: Locke Lake Above, Locke Lake Below, Rice Creek Park Team Leader: Katherine Majkrzak Team Members: Trisha Flaherty, May Hangartner, Ryan Hangartner, Jaime Haueter, Alex Haueter, Cathi Lyman - Onkka, Marilyn Radmer, Susan Young 2.3 Training Advanced volunteer training is essential to the success of SHEP. Volunteers participated in 1.5 days of training in the MPCA's macroinvertebrate sampling protocols. This