Mississippi River Water Quality and Interstate Collaboration: Summary of a Workshop (2014)
Chapter: Front Matter
Mississippi River Water Quality
and Interstate Collaboration
SUMMARY OF A WORKSHOP
Committee on Mississippi River Water Quality Science
and Interstate Collaboration
Water Science and Technology Board
Division on Earth and Life Studies
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COMMITTEE ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER WATER QUALITY SCIENCE AND INTERSTATE COLLABORATION
DAVID A. DZOMBAK, Chair, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
JAMES B. GULLIFORD, Soil and Water Conservation Society, Ankeny, Iowa
DAVID J. MULLA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
DAVID M. SOBALLE, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, Mississippi
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JEFFREY JACOBS, Director, Water Science and Technology Board
MICHAEL J. STOEVER, Research Associate, Water Science and Technology Board
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Contents
Mississippi River Basin Water Quality and the Effects of Nutrients
The Science of Nutrients and Water Quality
2 WORKSHOP TOPICS AND PRESENTATIONS
USDA Healthy Watersheds Initiative
Mississippi River Water Quality Monitoring and Science: Federal and State Perspectives
State-Level Science and Monitoring of Nutrients and Water Quality
Mississippi River Interstate Collaboration and State-Level Monitoring and Assessment
Case Studies of Agriculture and Water Quality Monitoring Across the Mississippi River Basin
3 CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVING WATER QUALITY MONITORING
Importance of Action-Oriented Monitoring and Evaluation
Importance of Long-Term Monitoring, Consistent Methods, and Complementary Data
Tracking Changes in Land Management
Landowner Perceptions and Conservation Practices
Importance of Modeling in Monitoring Programs, and Development Needs
Interstate and Interagency Collaboration on Monitoring
