October 31 – November 3, 2016
Omni Parker House
Boston, MA 02108
Representatives from regional, state, and tribal NPS programs worked together over the course of several months to plan the agenda for the 2016 Training Workshop, centered around the following session topics:
- Urban/suburban NPS issues
- Agricultural NPS pollution
- Best practices for development and implementation of watershed-based plans
- Healthy watersheds and protecting unimpaired waters
- NPS enforceable policies and programs
- Climate change planning and resiliency
- Improving program effectiveness for state/tribal 319 programs
- Bacteria impairments
- Innovative Tools
- Integration between the TMDL and 319 program, per the TMDL vision
- NPS 101 Breakout Session
- Coastal NPS Breakout Session
- Tribal Breakout Session
Target Audience:
- State and Territorial Nonpoint Source Program Managers
- Tribal Nonpoint Source Program Managers
- U.S. EPA Regional and Headquarters Nonpoint Source Program Coordinators
Map
Nearby Green Infrastructure and Green Spaces (Map & Site Descriptions)
In an effort to showcase just some of the green infrastructure and green spaces that the city of Boston has to offer, a custom-made map and accompanying site descriptions was compiled to assist attendees in exploring some nearby GI sites (sites #1-6); urban green spaces and historic parks, and some of the more innovative GI projects in Boston (sites #7-11).
Webinars
Throughout the 2016 National NPS Training Workshop, live Webinars were recorded and are now available for viewing:
Agenda
Presentation PDFs from the workshop are now available online for viewing, through this version of the agenda.
Monday, October 31 – Day 1
Welcome and Opening Remarks, Rooftop Ballroom
- Kristen McQuaide – NPS Coordinator, NEIWPCC
- John Sullivan – Chief Engineer, Boston Water and Sewer Commission
- Austin Blackmon – Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space, City of Boston
- Beth Card – Deputy Commissioner, Massachusetts Dept. of Environmental Protection
- Curt Spalding – Regional Administrator for U.S. EPA Region 1
National Nonpoint Source Program Update
- Lynda Hall – Chief, EPA’s NPS Control Branch, EPA Headquarters
General Session 1
Improving Program Effectiveness for State/Tribal 319 Programs
Tuesday, November 1 – Day 2
General Session 2
Innovative Tools and Methods to Better Understand and Address Pathogen Impairments
General Session 3
Agricultural NPS Pollution
General Session 4
Working in Paved Places – Shades of Green in a Gray Environment
General Session 5
Innovative Tools and Topics: Lightening round, Displays and Discussion
- Minnesota Buffer Initiative – Justin Watkins, MN Pollution Control Agency
- Stormwater and Watershed Nutrient Management With Opti-Tool, an Excel Based SUSTAIN Tool – Newton Tedder, EPA Region 1 & Mark Voorhees, EPA Region 1
- Working Remotely. Alternative Approaches for Hard to Reach Stream Work – Shawn Chato, Santa Clara Pueblo
- Have I Got a Story For You… Sharing Success with Story Maps – Fred Suffian, EPA Region 3
- Virginia’s Nonpoint Source Assessment (and Planning) Tool – Craig Lott, Virginia DEQ
- Sugar or Salt? Preferences for and Updates to the New GRTS – Adam Jorge, EPA Headquarters
- Adventures in water quality Analysis (Integrated Reports, Stream Cat and 319, Oh My!) – Ari Engelberg, EPA Headquarters
- Sharing and Discovering Water Quality Monitoring Data (The Water Quality Portal) – Dwane Young, EPA Headquarters
- Pulling the Plug: Using a River Flow Model to Manage Water Level on a Wild Rice Lake on The Fond du Lac Reservation – Kari Jacobson Hedin, Fond du Lac Reservation
Wednesday, November 2 – Day 3
General Session 6
Playing Together in the CWA Sandbox: Integration between the CWA 319 and CWA 303(d) Listing and TMDL Programs
General Session 7
Best Practices for Development and Implementation of Watershed-based Plans
General Session 8
NPS Enforceable Policies and Programs
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
NPS 101 Breakout Session
Coastal NPS Problem-Solving: Shining Examples from the National Estuary Program
Tribal Breakout Session
Thursday, November 3 – Day 4
General Session 9
Climate Change Planning and Resiliency
- EPA’s National Water Program: Responding to a Changing Climate – Jeff Peterson, EPA Headquarters
- USDA Climate Hubs: Promoting Resiliency in Agriculture and Forestry – David Hollinger, USDA Forest Service
- Facilitated Dialogue – Connecting Climate Change to State NPS Management Programs, facilitated by Barry Tonning
General Session 10
Healthy Watersheds and Protecting Unimpaired Waters