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Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring - ALLARM

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Founded in 1986, by Dickinson Professor Candie Wilderman, ALLARM’s original mission was to study the effect of acid deposition on Pennsylvania waterways.

The Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring at Dickinson empowers volunteer monitors and community organizations that are interested in water quality monitoring to conduct research & engages students with meaningful opportunities. To that end, volunteer monitors have gathered data on a weekly basis at over 550 sites in 96% of Pennsylvania counties; their work represents over 16,000 person-hours invested. This information, widely recognized as the most comprehensive database on pH and alkalinity of Pennsylvania streams, is used by conservation organizations as well as local and state government for policy development. In 1996 ALLARM expanded its focus and began to work with locally based groups to develop watershed-based water quality monitoring programs. Our Technical Support Center works cooperatively with volunteer stream monitoring groups across Pennsylvania to identify the watershed issues specific to that community. We provide an integrated series of workshops that guides volunteers through the process of delineating the watershed, collecting existing sources of water quality data, as well as choosing sites and parameters to measure. In addition, we provide comprehensive training in field and laboratory methods for chemical, physical and biological assessment, study design, data interpretation, data utilization, and restoration/mitigation techniques. In 2009, we were contacted numerous times by Pennsylvania citizens who were interested in determining what role volunteers could play in response to natural gas drilling. The following semester, Science Director Candie Wilderman and Assistant Director Jinnie Monismith developed ALLARM's Shale-gas Monitoring Protocol. In the summer of 2010, ALLARM began traveling throughout Pennsylvania training volunteers how to monitor for flowback contamination in small streams.

11/03/2026

It’s finally starting to look like fall here in Carlisle🍂

Enjoy some of the gorgeous fall views from Letort Monitoring this morning!

10/27/2026

On Friday, we celebrated 40 years of ALLARM!

Over 70 volunteers, alumni, friends, and colleagues attended our celebration where we honored all of our volunteers for their continued dedication to this program.

Specifically, we were proud to present the Stream Team Volunteer of the Year Award to Don Horn, a stand-out member of our volunteer community. We also presented the Watershed Alliance of Adams County (WAAC) with the Monitoring Group of the Year Award, for their continued vigilance in protecting their local waterways.

Then, we were pleased to hear a few words from past ALLARMie, Maggie Rwakazina '05, about her time at Dickinson, and how ALLARM has shaped her path post-graduation.

We ended the evening by presenting our founder, Dr. Candie Wilderman, with a Lifetime Achievement Award for 40 years of excellence in her scientific and community engagement endeavors! Community-based science in Pennsylvania would not be what it is today without her efforts.

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend. Here's to the next 40 years!

10/24/2026

Last (but certainly not least), please enjoy these memories from the first half of the 2020's!

Thank you for coming along with us on this trip down memory lane. Here's to the next 40 years of memories we have yet to make!

10/15/2026

As we continue to celebrate our 40th anniversary throughout the month of October, come with us to revisit some of our favorite memories of the 2000's!

More memories will be delivered next week!

10/13/2026

This month, we're celebrating 40 years of ALLARM!

We've made some truly incredible memories over the past four decades and can't wait to see what's in store for us next! Until then, please join us for a walk down memory lane.

And stay tuned for more memories to come!

10/09/2026

Out on Britton 2026!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table to spend some time with us, learn more about ALLARM, and paint watercolor affirmation cards!

See you again next year!

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10/05/2026

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Our local streams and waterways are home to a diverse set of plants and animals such as waterfowl, fish, macroinvertebrates, submerged aquatic vegetation, and more. They rely on these aquatic ecosystems and provide us with important resources.

Thank you to all our volunteers and partners for helping to protect these habitats!

10/02/2026

Last night, the Cumberland County Stream Team training had an amazing turn out!

Thank you to everyone who showed up to become part of the Stream Team community!

Our staff, including two of our student watershed coordinators, had so much fun working with you to learn and understand the monitoring process.

09/30/2026

Join us for the Cumberland County Water Forum on Wednesday, October 21st!

Listen to industry experts discuss current trends and issues affecting water quality and quantity in Cumberland County, PA.

To register, click here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=ZDTlcIlzNkuixO8S_rdOxxr7qf5V2cNFiDu2EOUqxutUNU8zN0NXNFVQT09CNlg2SUkwTFRMR1BZNi4u&route=shorturl

Registration is required.

09/27/2026

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Today we celebrate the waterways of the world and their stewards. How can you get involved? Attend a stream clean up or a community riverside celebration!

Click the link in our bio to learn more about World Rivers Day.

Address

28 N College St; Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA
17013

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 4:30pm

Website

http://dickinson.edu/allarm

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