In recent years, state and federal agencies have developed Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for impaired waters throughout the Pacific Northwest. This conference will bring together regulators, researchers, educators and technical assistance providers to focus on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of TMDL implementation strategies. Date, Location and Registration: Date: October 29-30, 2003 Location: Skamania Lodge, Stenvenson, Washington Registration: http://www.swwrc.wsu.edu/conference2003 Conference Goals: The goals of this conference are to: Stimulate discussion and provide information that will help the Pacific Northwest move successfully toward TMDL implementation Encourage cooperative efforts between the research, regulatory, technical assistance and education communities Identify the critical research and information needs that will help lead us to successful TMDL implementation and watershed restoration Program: Forty-two oral presentations are organized into the following eight conference theme areas: Urban BMPs Rural BMPs Economic and Institutional Factors Addressing Political and Social Factors Implementation Monitoring Effectiveness Monitoring Roles for Local Input Educational Outreach and Technical Assistance In addition to the oral presentations several dozen posters on TMDL-related projects in the Pacific Northwest will be on display. Attendees will be provided with conference proceedings.

Pacific Northwest Regional Water Quality Coordination Project Partners Land Grant Universities Alaska Cooperative Extension Service Contact Fred Sorensen: 907-786-6311 http://www.uaf.edu/ces/water/index.html University Publications: http://www.alaska.edu/uaf/ces/publications/ Idaho University of Idaho Cooperative Extension System Contact Bob Mahler: 208-885-7025 http://www.uidaho.edu/wq/wqhome.html University Publications: http://info.ag.uidaho.edu/Catalog/catalog.html Oregon Oregon State University Extension Service Contact Mike Gamroth: 541-737-3316 http://extension.oregonstate.edu/ University Publications: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/ Washington Washington State University WSU Extension Contact Bob Simmons: 360-427-9670 ext. 690 http://wawater.wsu.edu/ University Publications: http://pubs.wsu.edu/ Northwest Indian College Contact Michael Cochrane: 360-392-4299 mcochrane@nwic.edu or http://www.nwic.edu/ Water Resource Research Institutes Water and Environmental Research Center (Alaska) http://www.uaf.edu/water/ Idaho Water Resources Research Institute http://www.boise.uidaho.edu/ Institute for Water and Watersheds (Oregon) http://water.oregonstate.edu/ State of Washington Water Research Center http://www.swwrc.wsu.edu/ Environmental Protection Agency EPA, Region 10 The Pacific Northwest http://www.epa.gov/r10earth/ Office of Research and Development, Corvallis Laboratory http://www.epa.gov/wed/ For more information contact Jan Seago at 206-553-0038 or seago.jan@epa.gov
	The Project Land Grant Universities, Water Research Institutes and EPA Region 10 have formed a partnership to provide research and education to communities about protecting or restoring the quality of water resources. This partnership is being supported in part by the USDA’s Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension System (CSREES). Our Goal and Approach The goal of this Project is to provide leadership for water resources research, education and outreach to help people, industry and governments to prevent and solve current and emerging water quality and quantity problems. The approach to achieving this goal is for the Partners to develop a coordinated regional water quality effort based on, and strengthening, individual state programs. Our Strengths The Project promotes regional collaboration by acknowledging existing programs and successful efforts; assessing program gaps; identifying potential issues for cross-agency and private sector collaboration; and developing a clearinghouse of expertise and programs. In addition, the Project establishes or enhances partnerships with federal, state and local environmental and water resource management agencies, such as by placing a University Liaison within the offices of EPA Region 10.
	"TMDL 101" -- Pre-Conference Workshop On Tuesday, October 28, 1-5 pm, there will be a pre-conference workshop on TMDLs. The focus of the workshop will be to build the groundwork for the TMDL conference by providing basic information in the form of a tutorial on TMDLs. This workshop will be perfect for those interested in learning the basics and needing a refresher on TMDLs prior to the conference. We will feature informational discussions as well as real world case studies. You can find out additional information about this workshop on the following website: http://www.swwrc.wsu.edu/conference2003/index.html
	National Water Quality Program Areas The four land grant universities in the Pacific Northwest have aligned our water resource extension and research efforts with eight themes of the USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension System. Animal Waste Management Drinking Water and Human Health Environmental Restoration Nutrient and Pesticide Management Pollution Assessment and Prevention Watershed Management Water Conservation and Agricultural Water Management Water Policy and Economics
	CSREES is the Cooperative States Research, Education and Extension Service, a sub-agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, and is the federal partner in this water quality program.

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