Friday, April 7, 2006 8:30am - 2:00pm
Nitrogen from the Air: How Important is This Source to Coastal Pollution on Cape Cod?
Cape & Islands Association of Realtors Conference Center
West Yarmouth, MA

A free workshop for: municipal officials, town planners, conservation commissioners, DPW representatives, federal and state agency staff, researchers, consultants and watershed protection groups.

As efforts to address nitrogen enrichment of coastal waters on Cape Cod continue to mount, this workshop will address the need for more focused attention on atmospheric deposition of nitrogen as an important source that should not be ignored.  Come and learn how this issue has been tackled in Chesapeake and Tampa Bays and potential applications to Cape Cod.

Expert presenters include:
Dr. Robert Howarth - Cornell University
Ms. Holly Greening - Tampa Bay Estuary Program
Ms. Margaret Kerchner - NOAA Air Resources Laboratory

Click here for the Brochure

Co-sponsors:
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Sea Grant Program

Presentations are available from this workshop...
Greening - Tampa Bay
Howarth - Coastal Nitrogen Pollution
Paerl - ADN 2005