Nutrient Trading and Implications on Mid-Atlantic Waters

March 22, 2007

Holiday Inn Frederick - Ft. Detrick
999 W. Patrick Street
Frederick, MD 21701

Background  |  Documents and Resources  |  Presentations

Sponsored By:

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Water Program and the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee are co-sponsoring this important workshop on nutrient trading.

Download the flyer and registration form.
Hotel Website: Holiday Inn Frederick - Ft. Detrick

Background:

While water quality credit trading can produce economic and water quality benefits, it may not be the best solution in every watershed.  Designing trading programs to achieve desired outcomes and ensuring that they accurately measure those outcomes is a key to successful implementation.  This workshop will introduce the audience to the theory of water quality credit trading, its goals, and the implications of putting trading into practice on Mid-Atlantic waters.  Presentations will also provide updates on efforts to develop trading programs in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and suggest the neccessary steps to make these programs successful.

Available Documents and Resources:

Download the agenda.

Speaker List

Primer on Water Quality Credit Trading in the Mid-Atlantic Region

Water Quality Credit Trading Symposium Page

Presentations:

Why Trading?  Why Now?
     Doug Lipton, University of Maryland

Key Economic Ideas for Water Quality Trading Programs
     Marc Ribaudo, USDA Economic Research Service

Assessing Outcomes of Water Quality Trading Programs
     Doug Parker, University of Maryland

Alternative Nonpoint Source Trading Partners
     Kurt Stephenson, Virginia Tech

WQT: Moving to Practice with Limited Science
     Jim Shortle, Penn State University

Trading Implications for Tributary Strategies
     Russ Perkinson, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

EPA Trading Policy
     Ginny Kibler, US Environmental Protection Agency

Market-based Conservation
    Carl Lucero, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Virginia and Pennsylvania Nutrient Trading Programs
     Jim Pease, Virginia Tech

Necessary Conditions for P/NP Nutrient Credit Trading
     Dennis King, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

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This material is based upon work supported by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Agreement No. 2002-51130-01522. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.