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DESCRIPTION:August 9\, 2019 1:00pm to 5:00pm    \n    \n      \n\n\n    \n
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  LOCATION CHANGE\n\n\n\nThe Horn Point Laboratory invites you to join a ha
 lf-day technical meeting\, open to the public.  The meeting will review 6 
 years of data gathered to evaluate the impact of best management practices
  implemented by farmers to improve water quality.  The meeting will be hel
 d on Friday August 9\, 2019\, from 1-5 pm in the Litrenta Auditorium in th
 e Toll Science Center at Washington College. \n\n\n\nThe meeting agenda in
 cludes\; information on impediments to BMP implementation\, a farmer panel
  reflecting their perspective on BMPs and water quality\, and results of w
 ater quality monitoring on farms where BMPs are installed\, at intermediat
 e streams draining several farms\, and at the watershed outlets.\n\n\n\nTh
 e research project is called “People Land Water” to emphasize that people 
 living and working on the land contribute to the quality of the water leav
 ing the land. Horn Point Laboratory professor\, Tom Fisher\, and his resea
 rch team lead this project.  The project is funded by the National Science
  Foundation\, the United States Dept. of Agriculture\, the National Fish a
 nd Wildlife Foundation\, the Chesapeake Bay Trust\, and the Harry R. Hughe
 s Center for Agro-Ecology.  The goals of the research are: (1) to obtain t
 he cooperation of farmers to add BMPs to four small watersheds with long-t
 erm monitoring\, (2) to evaluate farmers’ attitudes towards BMPs and water
  quality\, (3) to examine the economic efficiency of BMPs\, and (4) to tes
 t the biogeochemical efficiency of BMPs to retain N\, P\, and soil on farm
 s and out of groundwater and streams.\n\n\n\nJim Lewis\, University of Mar
 yland Ag Extension agent shared this comment about the long-term study\, “
 It increases the confidence of farmers like me that the water quality data
  being collected by Tom Fisher’s research team is accurate because it is r
 ight at the site of our farms on the Choptank River. This is the kind of w
 ork on Best Management practice that the farm community wants to collabora
 te on.”\n\n\n\nThis meeting is an important element of the overall researc
 h project. The team will provide attendees with information they have gath
 ered on the people living and working on the land\, and the water quality 
 of these four heavily monitored agricultural watersheds. Project leader\, 
 Tom Fisher Professor at UMCES – HPL\, “My great hope is that we can figure
  out which Best Management Practices at least make sense and figure out ho
 w to properly compensate farmers to implement the ones that work best.”\n
 \n\n\nPeople Land Water Science Team: Tom Fisher\, Rebecca Fox\, Kalla Kva
 lnes\, Anne Gustafson\, Erika Koontz\, Jim Lewis\, Jon Winsten\n\n\n\nPlea
 se add this event to your calendar and join the discussion of this project
  and its results.\n\n\n\nFor more information\, contact Anne (410-221-8238
  or abgust@umces.edu).\n\n\n\nPlease register HERE for further instruction
 s on parking. \n\n\n\n 
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190809T130000
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SUMMARY:Do best management practices impact water quality?
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