Fw: MST guide

[Donald M Stoeckel <stoeckel@usgs.gov>]

Hi, Richard and/or other BeachNet administrator.

I was pleased to receive notice of the
document written by Dr. Bitton summarizing the field of  MST.  Thank
you for passing it as a reference resource to the BeachNet group.

You might be interested to know that
a similar, but more extensive, MST guide document is on the cusp of being
released by USEPA.  It was co-written by 18 authors representing USEPA,
USGS, NOAA, USDA, Environment Canada, State and Local organizations, and
several academic researchers.  I'll let you know when I hear that
document is ready for official distribution, perhaps within the next month.

At a glance, it does not appear that
the MST guide and Dr. Bitton's document are at all contradictory; rather,
the MST guide goes into greater depth since it represents the combined
knowledge of 18 experts in the field.

Best regards,

Don

---- Message from "Richard L Whitman" <rwhitman@usgs.gov> on Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:38:54 -0400 -----

To:	<beachnet@great-lakes.net>
Subject:	Fw: MST Review _Final

An excellent resource for those interested in microbial source tracking.
Thanks, Geeta.

Richard Whitman
Research Ecologist/Station Chief
Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station
219-926-8336 Ext. 424
1100 North Mineral Springs Road
Porter, IN 46304
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