Integrating Recent Findings to Explain Water Quality Change: Support for the Mid-Point Assessment and Beyond
December 12, 2017 - December 13, 2017Annapolis, MD
The Chesapeake Bay Program’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) will be hosting the above workshop on December 12-13, 2017. This workshop will provide the mechanism for a focused exchange among the scientists leading the efforts to explain water-quality change and the managers working to incorporate those explanations into management of the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort. Specific goals of the workshop are to:
- Discuss major findings from the recent and ongoing science efforts described above with an emphasis on combining related elements to reveal new insights into riverine and estuarine response to watershed changes.
- Identify overlap between these insights and the information needs of water quality managers to support development of the Phase III WIPs and ongoing adaptive management of the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort.
- Identify future research directions that would meet the most pressing science needs of water quality managers, with a focus on building on the insights discussed or filling gaps not addressed by them.
The workshop format will include:
- Summary presentations of major findings from recent research efforts to explain trends in riverine and estuarine water quality;
- Discussions to identify complementary findings for further integration and communication;
- Discussion of the implications for, and potential application to, development and execution of the Phase III WIPs
- Facilitated discussion on next steps to address the most pressing science needs to support future decision-making for Chesapeake Bay restoration.