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Agriculture Workgroup Mid-Point Assessment Priorities

Agriculture Workgroup Mid-Point Assessment Priorities Water Quality Goal Implementation Team Meeting Fairfield, Pennsylvania October 22-23, 2012. Mark Dubin Agricultural Technical Coordinator University of Maryland Extension-College Park College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

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Agriculture Workgroup Mid-Point Assessment Priorities

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  1. Agriculture Workgroup Mid-Point Assessment Priorities Water Quality Goal Implementation Team Meeting Fairfield, Pennsylvania October 22-23, 2012

  2. Mark DubinAgricultural Technical Coordinator University of Maryland Extension-College ParkCollege of Agriculture and Natural Resources USDA-NIFA Mid-Atlantic Water Programmdubin06@umd.edu EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Officemdubin@chesapeakebay.net

  3. AgWG Mid-Point Priorities • Agriculture Workgroup (AgWG) comprised of representatives from federal, state and local agencies, agricultural and environmental non-governmental organizations, and academic institutions from across the watershed, nationally and internationally • One of the largest (if not the largest) organizations with the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership (approximately 150+ members)

  4. AgWG Mid-Point Priorities • Mid-Point Assessment priority comments received from six Bay jurisdictions, the Chesapeake Bay Commission, as well as agricultural and environmental NGO’s in September. • Priority comments organized into five main categories and finalized on October 11th during the AgWG monthly meeting.

  5. AgWG Mid-Point Priorities • Priority 1 • Modeling Baseline/Input Data Assumptions/Needs • Priority 2 • Scenario Builder and Chesapeake Bay Program Modeling Suite Transparency, Accuracy, and Confidence • Priority 3 • Establishment and Update of BMP Definitions and Efficiencies • Priority 4 • Model Data Processing • Priority 5 • Chesapeake Bay Program TMDL and WIP/Milestones Policy

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