Reminder - Please save the date for the MSRA Winter Meeting
Additional information about the event is included below.
The Maryland Stream Restoration Association will be holding the first quarterly meeting of the year on Thursday, February 8th, 2018.
The meeting will kick off with a review of what MSRA has planned for 2018. Then, MDE will offer a brief update on the draft MS4 permits. Finally, the main event - Dr. Andrew Muller and Capt. Diana Muller will present about the State of the Severn River!
The presentation will include the physical and biogeochemical processes that effect ecosystem health of small tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. Scale effects and the relative importance of creeks vs. the main Chesapeake Bay will also be discussed, as well as potential new tools to measure restoration effectiveness.
Andrew is an Associate Professor of Physical Oceanography at the Naval Academy, He has a B.S. in Earth Sciences from Adelphi University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Old Dominion. Andrew's specialty is in coastal dynamics.
Capt. Diana Muller is a chemist with over 25 years of laboratory and field experience related to the Chesapeake Bay. Diana is a certified teacher of Environmental resource management and is currently the Executive Director of a non-profit organization working to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay. As the former South Riverkeeper, she set up the most rigorous water quality monitoring program by a watershed group in Maryland, which led to the current Bay programs Citizen science water quality monitoring program.
The meeting will be held at:
Hellas Restaurant, 8498 VETERANS HIGHWAY MILLERSVILLE, MD 21108.
http://www.hellasrestaurantandlounge.com/
Event time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Event date: Thursday, February 8, 2018
Appetizers Will Be Provided, Cash Bar.
Member Cost = Free. Non-Member Cost = $15
