Bioaccumulation Monitoring Program Training Series

The SWAMP Bioaccumulation Monitoring Program, in partnership with California Indian Environmental Alliance, will be offering a tribally-centered Bioaccumulation Monitoring Training Series in 2024.

The purpose of this training series is to support California Native American Tribes in developing programs in the areas of bioaccumulation monitoring, data analysis, and data use processes, and enable Tribes and other bioaccumulation monitoring groups to adopt those processes into their workflows and more easily partner with the Program and the Safe to Eat Workgroup.

The partnership between the Program and the California Indian Environmental Alliance in developing this training series is critical to ensure the training materials and content are tailored to broad and diverse audiences. Each training in the series will be recorded and the pertinent components of each recording and corresponding training materials will be published on the Program’s website so anyone can access and use them in the future.

On June 5, 2024, SWAMP and OEHHA staff gave a presentation on the Training Series to the CalEPA Tribal Advisory Committee. See presentation slides for more details.

• This training series is only open to California Tribal Environmental Departments (or equivalent Tribal programs) at this time.
• All courses will be held virtually over Zoom, and instruction will be recorded for posting online (Q&A will not be posted without the consent of attendees).
• All courses are free to attend.
• Each course will be less than 3 hours in length.
• Registration for each course will remain open until after the end of the course.
• Course announcements and updates will be shared via the California Water Board’s Tribal Matters and Safe to Eat Workgroup email lists.

Date and Time	Course Description	Supporting Documents
Jan. 30, 2024	Introduction to the Bioaccumulation Monitoring Program and Safe to Eat Workgroup This course is intended to act as a brief introduction to the SWAMP Bioaccumulation Monitoring Program and Safe to Eat Workgroup (STEW), as well as provide an overview of upcoming trainings and how to register.	Slides Recording
Feb. 20, 2024	Bioaccumulation monitoring study design & preparation This course will cover the basics of what is included in a bioaccumulation monitoring study design and the steps one should take to prepare, and things to consider before heading out into the field.	Slides Recording
Mar. 19, 2024	Bioaccumulation monitoring sample collection protocols & processing This course will cover the essential sample collection and processing protocols and things to consider while out in the field or while in the lab preparing samples for analysis.	Slides Recording
Sep. 17, 2024	Bioaccumulation monitoring data QAQC & Tribal data use in the California Integrated Report This course will cover essential quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) procedures to consider for bioaccumulation sampling and analysis, and how Tribal data are used in the California Integrated Report process.	Slides Recording
Mon. Dec 2, 2024 9 am – 12 pm PT	Bioaccumulation monitoring data analysis & interpretation This course will cover the essentials on how to pull bioaccumulation monitoring data from the California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN) database and the SWAMP Data Dashboard, as well as how to analyze and interpret it appropriately.	Registration Link
Tue. Dec 10, 2024 9 am – 12 pm PT	OEHHA fish consumption advisory development This course is intended to act as a brief introduction to how the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) develops fish consumption advisories.	Registration Link