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Summary for 2010 Trust Fund “Monitoring Strategy and Implementation Workshop”

Summary for 2010 Trust Fund “Monitoring Strategy and Implementation Workshop” Held Tuesday, August 24, 2010.

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Summary for 2010 Trust Fund “Monitoring Strategy and Implementation Workshop”

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  1. Summary for 2010 Trust Fund “Monitoring Strategy and Implementation Workshop” Held Tuesday, August 24, 2010

  2. The Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund was established in November, 2007 by Governor Martin O’Malley to provide a dedicated source of funding to accelerate Bay restoration by focusing financial resources on the most effective nonpoint source pollution control projects.

  3. Chesapeake & Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust FundLocal Implementation Grants • Original MD Legislation - $50 Million dollars/yr • Targeted to small watershed (30,000 acres • or less) • non-point source restoration activities • Maximum of 10% of funding available for monitoring

  4. 2010 TF Local Government Implementation Grant Recipients • Howard Co., Little Patuxent River • Queen Anne’s Co., Corsica River • Harford Co., Wheel Creek • Kent Co., Middle Chester River • Anne Arundel Co., Magothy River • Baltimore City • Talbot Co., Tred Avon

  5. Monitoring Workshop Goals and Objectives • Provide guidance on: • Monitoring design and implementation • Confirm essential parameters and reporting requirements • Establish communication channels • Identify areas of support

  6. Workshop Presentations • Nutrient Flux Monitoring for Stream Restoration – Palmer, UMCES • The Design of a Trust Fund Small Watershed Monitoring Network in Red Hill Branch, Howard Co. – Pieper, KCI • Suspended Sediment Monitoring, Transport and Load Computations – Smith, DNR • Biological and Habitat Assessments – Examples from Wheel Creek Watershed, Harford Co. – Becker, DNR • Information Dissemination: Documenting Progress – Dennison, UMCES

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