Recipient Organization
Chesapeake Research Consortium, Inc.
645 Contees Wharf Road
Edgewater,MD 21037
Performing Department
(N/A)
Non Technical Summary
(N/A)
Animal Health Component
60%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
20%
Applied
60%
Developmental
20%
Goals / Objectives
Share recent scientific assessments of regional surface water quality impacts from ditches alongside low-volume, rural roads; review Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) accepted best management practices to mitigate impacts from roadside ditches and explore novel approaches to treating road runoff; outline additional policy and research and monitoring needs to enhance rural roadside ditch management; and establish a communications network for professionals; including decision-makers, practitioners, and scientists; engaged in building better ditch management across the Bay Watershed.
Project Methods
The workshop will convene a diverse group of approximately 100 policy-makers, scientists, and practitioners in October, 2014. A draft report will be ready for review by workshop participants in late November, 2014 (60 days post-workshop), with the final report to be completed by late December, 2014.