Based on the contemporary environmental monitoring concepts, advanced express-methods for comprehensive environmental monitoring of the Sverdlovsk region have been elaborated. Data gathering methods have been unified, which ensures representativeness and comparability of data obtained over the ntire territory under observation; the methods provide feasibility of monitoring activities, ensure data accuracy, and suggest extended research capabilities in future. Basic requirements and conditions for the environmental monitoring have been determined: comprehensiveness of observations; time agenda; strict adherence to the proposed methods and documented observation results; and creating a host-based data bank for collecting data on the Sverdlovsk region natural environment.

Specific objects necessarily required for observations have been determined, and their choice justified; recommendations have been made for designing a full network of monitoring points on the territory of the Sverdlovsk region. A complex of standard methods has been defined for area sampling and record plots; standard observation methods and standardized reporting forms have been developed. The developed methods are intended for organizations engaged in nature-conservative activities and supervision of natural environment monitoring, including industrial organizations, and can also be useful for lecturers and students of higher education institutes.