The Mississippi River Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force is holding their Spring 2013 Public Meeting in Louisville, KY on April 18th, 2013.  The Task Force includes 5 federal agencies and 12 state agencies and was established in 1997 to “reduce and control hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.”  In 2008 the Task Force released “The Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan”.  Through the Action Plan, the Task Force plans specific implementation initiatives.

Kentucky Division of Water and the Soil and Water Conservation Society will host the meeting.  Items to be discussed at the meeting include:

  • The role of land grant schools in nutrient reduction;
  •  Implementation of the RESTORE Act;
  • Nutrient reduction strategies of Kentucky and other states; and
  • Water quality trading and its applicability to state nutrient reduction strategies.

Expected guests at the meeting include Nancy Stoner (EPA), Ann Mills and Ann Bartusca (USDA and NRCS), and the Iowa Secretary of Agriculture.

SMG will attend this meeting and will provide a summary of the meeting on this website.