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Prior to the congress, delegates were asked to complete a survey to assess current issues related to the control of nonpoint source pollution. Survey results are available by clicking here. (Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to read this file. For a free copy, please click here.)

A congressional forum on the findings and recommendations was conducted in the House Science Committee Hearing Room on March 27, 2003.

AMEC, Albuquerque, NM
American Fisheries Society
American Geophysical Union
American Society of Agronomy
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Landscape Architects
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
American Water Resources Association
Association of American Geographers
Beaver Wood Associates, Alstead, NH
Binghamton University, SUNY
Coast Alliance
Center for Watershed Protection
Chesapeake Bay Commission
Earth Design Associates, Casanova, VA
Environmental Defense
Environmental Law Institute
Groundwater Foundation
H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
HNTB-Boston
Humboldt State University
Johns Hopkins University
Land & Water Consulting, Inc., Missoula, MT
Lower Platte South Natural Resources District, Lincoln, NE
Maryland Cooperative Extension
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Maryland Department of the Environment
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Advisory Board
Mississippi State University
National Association of Regional Councils
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Services Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service
National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
New York State Technology Enterprise Corporation
North American Association for Environmental Education
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
North Carolina State University
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Oregon Farm Bureau
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
St. Johns River Water Management District, FL
Society of American Foresters
Society for Applied Anthropology
Society for Range Management
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Society of Wood Science and Technology
Soil and Water Conservation Society
Southern Illinois University
Spring Island Trust/Low Country Institute, Spring Island, SC
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Troy State University
Universities Council on Water Resources
University of Arizona
University of Arkansas
University of California, Davis
University of Delaware
University of Illinois
University of Maryland
University of Minnesota
University of Wisconsin
University of Wyoming
USDA Agricultural Research Service
USDA Forest Service
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Geological Survey
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Tech
Water Resources Research Center, University of Maryland
Wildlife Society, The

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
 
 

8:00 am-8:30 am
Continental Breakfast (Exhibition Space Open)

8:30 am-9:15 am
Presentation: 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

Federal:
Dov Weitman, Chief, Nonpoint Source Control Branch
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC

State:
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

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 Maryand
Leif Eriksen, University of Maryand
Richard Nottingham, University of Maryand
Andrew Ristvey, University of Maryand
Jennifer Salak, University of Maryand
Paul Shipley, University of Maryand

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

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