WORKSHOP OVERVIEW

The 13th year of this workshop will once again bring together land managers and water quality specialists to share information on the effectiveness of best management practices in improving water quality, effective monitoring techniques, and statistical analysis of watershed data. The workshop will focus on the successes of Section 319 National Monitoring Program projects as well as other monitoring projects from throughout the United States.

SESSION TOPICS

• Improving States' NPS programs through project monitoring results and lessons learned
• Determining the effectiveness and enhancing States' nonpoint source management programs
• Detecting change in water quality from agricultural or urban BMP implementation
• Modeling applications for NPS pollution
• TMDLs
• Education and Outreach on NPS pollution control
• Riparian area and stream protection/restoration
• Monitoring Low Impact Development