Seminar: Agricultural Planning in the Chesapeake Bay

Agricultural Planning in the Chesapeake Bay

John Prizzi, MLWS ’17 alumnus

TMDL Coordinator at Fauquier County Soil and Water Conservation District, VA Friday, January 31, 2020 10:00 – 11:00 AM MCML 258 2357 Main Mall

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ABSTRACT: The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States.  More than 150 major rivers make their way to the Chesapeake Bay, carrying with them pollutants flushed in from the agricultural, suburban and urban lands of the constituent watersheds.  In the wake of declining keystone species, the expanding nutrient dead zone and population increase in and around the major cities within the watershed, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created a three-stage watershed implementation plan designed around reducing the issues faced by this estuary.     ABOUT THE SPEAKER: John Prizzi is an MLWS ‘17 alumnus and holds a BSc in Oceanography. His Major Project focused on the Nooksack River watershed in Whatcom County, Washington (read more). Currently, John is a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Coordinator at Fauquier County Soil and Water Conservation District, VA, where he works to target the non-point source pollutant problems seen in the Upper Goose Creek Watershed and educate citizens about the conditions of the local waterways. ALL ARE WELCOME!