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Science Symposium: Sources, Transport, and Fate of Nutrients in the Mississippi and Atchafalaya River Basins

Dates: November 7-9, 2006

Location: Minneapolis, MN

This symposium is the fourth in a series of symposiums sponsored by the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force. The symposia are part of the reassessment of the Action Plan for Reducing, Controlling, and Mitigating Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (Action Plan).

Short-term action item #11 from the Action Plan (p. 14) states that “By December 2005, and every five years thereafter, the Task Force will assess the nutrient load reductions achieved and the response of the hypoxic zone, water quality throughout the Basin, and economic and social effects. Based on this assessment, the Task Force will determine appropriate actions to continue to implement this strategy, or, if necessary, revise the strategy.”

This symposium will focus on recent scientific findings about the sources, transport, and fate of nutrients in the Mississippi and Atchafalaya River Basins. Key topics will be addressed at various scales from small watersheds to large rivers, including the effects of these processes on nutrient delivery to the Gulf of Mexico.

This symposium is sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service; the U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Geological Survey; and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water.

For more information, contact:

Janice R. Ward, Senior Hydrologist
US Geological Survey Denver Federal Center
jward@usgs.gov
303-236-1871 (office)

or

Katie Flahive
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Flahive.Katie@epa.gov
202-566-1206 (office)

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