Each chapter of the Stream Health Monitoring and Assessment Kit (SHMAK) can be either downloaded to your computer.  Below is the table of contents with each chapter downloadable as a PDF or MS WORD file.

Contents 116kb

1. About the kit 185kb 67kb
   1. Introduction
   2. Overview of SHMAK
   3. Flow chart of steps in stream monitoring
2. Why monitor? 128kb 129kb
   1. Stream health - why worry? why monitor?
   2. Water - a fragile resource
3. An example of stream health monitoring procedures 309kb 439kb

Part II: Techniques for stream monitoring

4. Planning a stream monitoring programme 158kb 240kb
   1. Prepare a map
   2. Carry out a "quick assessment"
   3. Decide on number and type of monitoring sites
   4. Select monitoring sites
   5. Assign monitoring levels
   6. Select monitoring frequency
   7. Assess your time commitment
   8. Name and list sites
   9. Draw up a monitoring plan
   10. Reference sites
   11. Organising your data sheets
5. How to get started 5kb 37kb
   1. Health and safety
   2. Selecting sites
   3. Upstream/downstream sites
   4. Completing the site register
   5. Site marking
   6. Photo reference point
6. How to monitor your stream 153kb 59kb
   1. A. Recent flow conditions
   2. B. Recent farm conditions and activities
   3. C. Habitat quality
   4. D. Stream bed life (levels 1 and 2)
7. Assessing the health of your stream 413kb 107Mb
   1. Types of stream: coping with natural differences
   2. Check your data
   3. Assessment method
   4. Follow-up
   5. Comparing results from upstream/downstream sites
   6. Comparing results over time
   7. Interpreting SHMAK data: an example
   8. Messages to remember when working with SHMAK data
   9. Getting more help
8. Identifying causes of poor or changing stream health 169kb 114kb
   1. On-farm activities that can affect stream health
   2. Effects of land uses on stream health
   3. The stream banks are important
   4. Permanence of stream flows
9. Explanations of categories and scores 707kb 6.87Mb
   1. Recent flow conditions
   2. Habitat indicators of stream health
   3. Stream-bed life as indicators of stream health
   4. Natural catchment influences
   5. Broad-scale land-use effects
10. Farm practices and stream health 134kb 67Kb
    1. Stream pollution and stream damage
    2. Management practices: summary

Part III: Extra information

11. Checklist of equipment 81kb 37kb
    1. Contents of the kit
    2. Other items
12. Explanations of specialist terms 109kb 63kb
13. Useful contacts and further reading 142kb 96kb
    1. The authors
    2. NZ Landcare Trust
    3. Regional councils
    4. Water quality analyses
    5. Flow measurements
    6. District councils
    7. Fish and Game councils
    8. Some useful references
14. Monitoring forms for photocopying 387kb 863kb
15. Educational and training material 64kb 71kb
    1. Introduction
    2. Quick assessment
    3. Notes for facilitators and trainers
    4. Information sheets on stream health issues