CONGRESS ON CONTROL OF NONPOINT SOURCE WATER POLLUTION: OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES
September 18-21, 2002
Baltimore, Maryland
Sponsored by
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY USDA FOREST SERVICE
Hosted by
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE SCIENCES AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND - COLLEGE PARK
With support from
NATIONAL WATER-QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND NATIONAL MAPPING PROGRAMS
US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
USDA NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM
SEPTEMBER 18, 2002
12:00 pm-4:30 pm
Field Trip, Effects and Efforts on the Chesapeake Bay
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Registration and Reception
Welcome:
John S. Dickey, Jr.
Chair, RNRF 2002 Congress Program Committee
Director, Outreach and Research Support
American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC
David W. Moody
Chairman, RNRF Board of Directors
Former President, American Water Resources Association
Beaver Wood Associates, Alstead, NH
SEPTEMBER 19, 2002
Plenary Sessions:
8:00 am-8:30 am
Continental Breakfast (Exhibition Space Open)
8:30 am-9:15 am
Defining Nonpoint Source Water Pollution, its Extent and Effects
Timothy L. Miller, Chief, National Water Quality Assessment Program
U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
9:15 am-10:15 am
Discussion, Examples, Responses and Discussion
10:15 am-10:30 am
Break (Exhibition Space Open)
10:30 am-11:15 am
Panel Presentation: Current Federal and State Approaches to NPS: Legislative, Regulatory and Non-Regulatory
Dov Weitman, Chief, Nonpoint Source Control Branch
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
Jim McElfish, Senior Attorney and Director, Sustainable Use of Land Program
Environmental Law Institute, Washington, DC
11:15 am-12:15 pm
Discussion/Questions
Specific State Approaches to Control
12:30 pm-2:00 pm
Lunch Speaker:
Margaret A. Davidson, Director, National Ocean Service, and
Acting Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD
2:15 pm-2:45 pm
Case Study: Chesapeake Bay, Part I
Donald F. Boesch, President
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, MD
2:45 pm-3:15 pm
Discussion/Questions
3:15 pm-3:45 pm
Break (Exhibition Space Open)
3:45 pm-4:15 pm
Chesapeake Bay, Part II
Lauren Wenzel, Deputy Director, Education, Bay Policy and Growth Management Services
Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Annapolis, MD
4:15 pm-4:45 pm
Discussion/Questions
4:45 pm-5:30 pm
Discussion: Exploring the Options & Critical Choices in Controlling Nonpoint Source
Facilitator:
David W. Moody, Former President
American Water Resources Association
5:30 pm-5:50 pm
Review of Working Group Procedures and Practices
John S. Dickey, Jr., Chair
RNRF 2002 Congress Program Committee
6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Dinner Speaker:
Parris Glendening, Governor of Maryland
SEPTEMBER 20, 2002
8:30 am-9:00 am
Continental Breakfast (Exhibition Space Open)
9:00 am-9:30 am
Urban Development's Impact on Water Quality
Tom Schueler, Executive Director
Center for Watershed Protection, Ellicott City, MD
9:30 am-9:45 am
Discussion/Questions
Working Group Chairs:
Peter Black, Professor Emeritus of Water and Related Resources, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Gregory N. Brown, Dean, College of Natural Resources, Virginia Tech
Mark M. Bundy, Director, Education, Bay Policy and Growth Management Services, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Christopher Lant, Director, Environmental Resources and Policy Program, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Larry A. Nielsen, Dean, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University
C.P. Patrick Reid, Director, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona
Working Group Reporters:
Robert Bricker, University of Maryland
Leif Eriksen, University of Maryland
Richard Nottingham, University of Maryland
Andrew Ristvey, University of Maryland
Jennifer Salak, University of Maryland
Paul Shipley, University of Maryland
9:45 am-11:00 am
Working Group Session I
11:00 am-11:15 am
Break (Exhibition Space Open)
11:15 am-12:15 pm
Working Group Session II
12:30 am-2:00 pm
Lunch (Exhibition Space Open)
2:00 pm-3:15 pm
Working Group Session III
3:15 pm-3:30 pm
Break (Exhibition Space Open)
3:30 pm-4:45 pm
Working Group Session IV
5:15 pm-6:15 pm
Reception
SEPTEMBER 21, 2002
8:30 am-9:00 am
Continental Breakfast (Exhibition Space Open)
9:00 am-11:00 am
Comprehensive Review and Discussion
11:00 am Adjourn