Summary of the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program's Watershed Coordination Workshop, June 5-6, 1986, Atlanta, Georgia

摘要

This report briefly summarizes the formal presentations highlighting the status of watershed research in the United States and outlines the results of the moderated discussion periods that followed. This discussions focused on important issues related to watershed research coordination, design and implementation of a watershed research program, priorities for watershed research, design of the proposed LTMP, and suggestions to improve watershed research programs as a whole. In general, participants concurred with NAPAP on the benefits to be derived from a coordinated watershed research program and on the conceptual design of the LTMP. However, key recommendations offered by the attendees were for the NAPAP to develop scientifically sound research programs of national or regional scope and to select an appropriate agency to administer the watershed research coordination program. Additionally, for both efforts, NAPAP and the program's designated agency must demonstrate the credibility of the research design, recruit a national network of research sites and dedicated researchers, and provide long-term funding. (ERA citation 12:030699)