CENTER FOR NUTRIENT SOLUTIONSTEAM 7: ENGAGEMENT/EDUCATION/OUTREACH

May 2014 Update

Matt RoyerDirectorAgriculture and Environment Center

COMMUNITY PARTNERS COUNCIL:ENGAGE KEY STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT

• Held first meeting January 31, 2014 at Penn State Harrisburg• Gave overview of project, CPC role and expectations• Opportunity for questions, comments

COMMUNITY PARTNERS COUNCILName Title Organization

Kevin Sellner, Chair Director Chesapeake Research Consortium

Jennifer Reed Harry, Co-Chair Assistant Vice President Penn Ag Industries Association

Karl Brown Executive Director PA State Conservation Commission

Harry Campbell PA Director Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Daniel Dostie State Resource Conservationist USDA NRCS

Robert Ensor District Manager Howard County (MD) Soil Conservation District

Lamonte Garber Watershed Restoration Coordinator Stroud Water Research Center

Don McNutt District Manager Lancaster County (PA) Conservation District

Bill Neilson Natural Resources Director PA Farm Bureau

Marel Raub Pennsylvania Director Chesapeake Bay Commission

Kristen Saacke Blunk Principal and Founder Headwaters LLC

Joanne Throwe Director UMD Environmental Finance Center

Al Todd Executive Director Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay

Dana York President Green Earth Connection LLC

Andrew Zemba Director, Interstate Waters Office PA DEP

CPC MEETING 1/31/14:SUMMARY OF COMMENTS/QUESTIONS• Collaborating with Bay modelers? (Yes)• Considering urban influences too? (Yes, esp. Spring Creek)• How will you overcome complexity of the many layers and get teams to work

together at the right time? (Tough one! Job of Executive Mgt Team, purpose of All Hands Meetings—stressing integration throughout)

• Who develops the scenarios? (Research teams with CPC input)• How do you present them in usable, understandable format? (Team 5 with CPC

input)• Consideration of political realities, costs and barriers need to be included.• Conceptually, all the pieces are here for exciting, usable tool, just hope it is useful

to those working on the ground and not just academic exercise!

CPC NEXT STEPS:

• Summer meeting via Adobe Connect• September meeting as part of All Hands Meeting at SERC, Edgewater MD

PILOT WATERSHED ENGAGEMENT:• Conewago Creek

• Project Advisory Team meetings quarterly• Spring Creek

• Spring Creek Commission meeting presentation in March• Reinvention Fund grant to AEC to fund “Sustainable Watershed Program” and

fall watershed summit• Mahantango and Manokin

• Work with USDA ARS and UMES partners to visit watersheds, stakeholders

• Summer Watershed Field Trips