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WETLANDS AS BMPs AND THEIR USE IN TRADING OF NUTRIENT AND SEDIMENT REDUCTION CREDITS
Citation:
SCHUBAUER-BERIGAN, J. P., D. S. BROWN, D. S. BURDEN, T. J. CANFIELD, W. FRANZ, J. KRESSEL, MATTHEW T. HEBERLING, K. HURLD, C. R. LANE, M. A. MORRISON, M. MIKOTA, C. T. NIETCH, W. C. SIDLE, R. SUMMERS, AND H. THURSTON. WETLANDS AS BMPs AND THEIR USE IN TRADING OF NUTRIENT AND SEDIMENT REDUCTION CREDITS. Presented at BOSC Review, Cincinnati, OH, January 23 - 25, 2006.
Impact/Purpose:
To provide answers to how can classification schemes, modeling scenario analyses, landscape classificaiton and economic projections be applied to provide alternatives for meeting water quality goals at multiple scales. And to discuss the economic benefits of watershed management.
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WETLANDS AS BMPs AND THEIR USE IN TRADING OF NUTRIENT AND SEDIMENT REDUCTION CREDITS J. Schubauer-Berigan (NRMRL), D. Brown (NRMRL), D. Burden (NRMRL), T. Canfield (NRMRL), W. Franz (R5), J. Kressel (NRMRL), M. Heberling (NCEA), K. Hurld (OW), C. Lane (NERL), M. Morrison (NRMRL), M. Mikota (OW), C. Nietch (NRMRL), W. Sidle (NRMRL), R. Sumner (OW), and H. Thurston (NRMRL) Science Questions MYP Science Ouestions #2 - What BMP's, treatment systems and restoration technologies remain as uncertain options for watershed management? MYP Science Ouestion #3 - How can classification schemes, modeling scenario analyses, landscape classification, and economic projections be applied to provide alternatives for meeting water quality goals at multiple scales? What are the economic benefits of watershed management? Research Questions How do wetlands capture and attenuate watershed stressors? Can market forces or "trading" be used to influence or drive voluntary improvements and compiance? How can wetlands be effectively desgined, scaled and optimally utilized within watershed management programs? Research Human activities in watersheds can cause flooding and the release of pollutants can threaten life, damage property and degrade the ecological health of receiving waters. Wetlands have been highlighted for their potential to accumulate and transform nutrients. Strategically located restored wetlands coupled with the services provided by protected wetlands, could economically reduce impacts from excess loadings of nutrientsand sediments, while providing additional ecological values. This approach has been suggested as a means of reducing nitrogen loading to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River Basin. ORD in close collaboration with OW is conducting research that is focused on understanding how to effectively restore wetlands and how to design, deploy and manage constructed wetlands to mitigate water quality stressors. Impact and Outcomes Watershed managers can use the research results to design wetland restoration plan, including: BMP selection and implementation. This research will provide results that will inform OW policy decisions on water quality trading and to help to restore and protect aquatic ecosystems and associated ecosystem services.
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