The 2025 National Monitoring Conference will focus on monitoring and research done in the Great Lakes, groundwater, streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, estuaries, and oceans that address (but are not limited to) the following general themes and topics:

• Monitoring for the Protection of Aquatic Resources
• Volunteer Monitoring and Community Collaborations
• Increasing Inclusivity and Accessibility
• Contaminants and Source Tracking 
• Open Data Life Cycle
• Measuring Success – Effectiveness Monitoring and Water Quality Trends
• Local (Green Bay Watershed) and Regional (Great Lakes and Midwest) Monitoring