MSRA Webinar Series - Evaluating Stream Restoration Tradeoffs in Water Quality Across Watershed Scale feat. Dr. Sujay Kaushal
MSRA is excited to continue our series of webinars featuring leading industry researchers and partners, as we strive to offer opportunities for discussion and promote advancement of the stream restoration science. Visit our website and social media channels for upcoming webinars.
Continuing Education Credits will be offered for the MSRA Webinar Series!
We hope you will join us:
When: Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Where: GoToWebinar
Following your registration, and prior to the event, you will receive a webinar link from GoToWebinar on the morning of the webinar which will give you access to the webinar.
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EVENT DETAILS:
Cost: Free for members, $10 for non-members
Presentation Abstract:
Significant amounts of time, money, and effort have been devoted to restoring streams and rivers but our monitoring scales over time and space can influence whether we consider a project a success or failure. We will explore some best practices for monitoring to accurately identify potential water quality tradeoffs and co-benefits.
Specifically, we will investigate practical applications for evaluating restoration along watershed flowpaths including: (1) identifying target areas of improvement along drainage networks, (2) accurately accounting for tradeoffs in habitat, protection of infrastructure, and water quality along flowpaths, and (3) detecting how far downstream the effects of stream restoration and stormwater management can be propagated. Longitudinal studies of stream restoration at the watershed scale can help identify water quality improvements, tradeoffs, and co-benefits along flowpaths. Expectations for what a restoration project can accomplish in terms of water quality improvements can be calibrated to the project’s spatial scale and evolution over time. Longitudinal studies also offer unique opportunities for scientists to connect with restoration designers, practitioners, and local and state governments to better understand detailed changes in water quality from stream reach to watershed scales.
Presenter's Abstract:
Dr. Sujay Kaushal is a professor in the Department of Geology at the University of Maryland. He and his students, and collaborators have published 130 scientific papers on water quality, restoration, and environmental issues. He has taught over 2,000 students in classes about ecosystem restoration, water quality, and the environment over 20 years. He currently serves on the Maryland Governor's Scientific Advisory Panel, is a partner on Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments Salt Monitoring Project, and serves on the National Academies committee for reviewing approaches for managing pollutant loads in highway stormwater runoff.
