Ecosystem Based Management: The Chesapeake And Other Systems, March 22-25

On March 22-25 in Baltimore a special conference will be convened on Ecosystem Based Management: The Chesapeake And Other Systems.

 

The goal of the Conference is to increase communication between decision makers and the scientific community to promote better management of ecosystems like the Chesapeake Bay.

Attendees will discuss a variety of questions and issues at the Conference, including:

 

-- Decisions involving the Bay are often complex and require multi-disciplinary input made across agencies and departments addressing these complexities, how could this less traditional governance be expanded in future watershed decisions to insure that linkages recognizing air, land, and water issues include all relevant governmental departments?

 

-- Considering Bay-wide nutrient and sediment load allocations now in place or those likely in future TMDLs throughout the region, should local land use decisions in a county in a watershed be made following consultation and agreement with other counties or townships in that watershed?

 

-- How would the complexity understood by the scientific community for ecosystem response be incorporated in future governance in the region?

 

-- Does the understood complexity for ecosystem response foster development of readily transferable technology within the scientific community to assist EBM decisions?

 

-- Could decision-making processes at local-state levels be sufficiently understood to insure focused technology application for decisions?

 

For more information, visit the Conference webpage.