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| Title: | U.S. EPA Regional Science Training Workshop: Wetlands and the Evaluation of Ecosystem Services in a Watershed Context |
| Date: | |
| Location: | Hilton Salt Lake City Airport 5151 Wiley Post Way Salt Lake City, Utah 84116 Telephone: (801) 539-1515
See logistics link below on how to make sleeping room reservations. Sleeping room block closes on Friday, August 24, 2007. |
| Contact: | Patti
Tyler (
tyler.patti@epa.gov), (303) 312-6081 Jill Minter (minter.jill@epa.gov), (303) 312-6084 Joe Schubauer-Berigan (schubauer-berigan.joseph@epa.gov), (513) 569-7734 Richard Sumner (sumner.richard@epa.gov), (541) 754-4444 |
| Purpose: | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, will hold
a regional science training workshop on ecosystem services in the context
of watersheds. The workshop will bring EPA Office of Research and
Development (ORD) scientists, EPA regional staff, Utah state agency staff,
and their partners together to explore how the valuation of ecosystem
services can be applied to the protection and restoration of wetlands. During
the workshop, participants will review their understanding of the environmental
significance of wetland ecosystems, their functional attributes, the
factors that make them vulnerable, and the implementation of programs
created to sustain and restore the wetlands of the Great Salt Lake.
The first part of the workshop will focus on a technical review of nutrient issues from the newly formed Farmington Bay Nutrient Science Panel. Special emphasis will be placed on the consideration of market-based approaches for attaining environmental goals. The desired outcomes of the workshop are to: (1) develop an inventory of science needs for the evaluation of wetland ecosystem services; (2) draft an outline of the research plan necessary to support regional and state program needs; (3) develop an informal advisory committee for the Great Salt Lake Wetland Alternative Futures Project; (4) incorporate the workshop outcomes into EPA’s Ecological Research Program; and (5) provide technical input on Farmington Bay open water nutrient issues. This workshop is open to the public. |
| Registration: | View Registration  |
| Logistics: | View Logistics |
| Agenda: | View Agenda |
| Other Information: | View Background Information View Purpose Information |