Elkhorn Slough Water Quality Workshop

***Note Venue: Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Conference Room, 8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing***

Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve (ESNERR) invites the public to a half-day series of presentations about water quality of Elkhorn Slough. Scientific experts will present on water quality monitoring programs, long term trends, and impacts of water quality issues on the slough. Agricultural experts will present on opportunities and constraints for improving runoff. Slough managers will discuss their work to restore and improve water quality.

Topics include:

· Historical ecology of wetlands in the vicinity of Elkhorn Slough
· Land use patterns in the Elkhorn watershed
· Water quality monitoring and trends – ESNERR and MBARI data
· Eutrophication assessment of the estuary
· Ecological studies of negative effects of eutrophication
· Tidal wetland restoration - opportunities and constraints
· Opportunities and constraints for improving agricultural runoff

Speakers include:

Dave Feliz, ESNERR Manager, California Department of Fish and Wildlife,
Mark Silberstein, Executive Director Elkhorn Slough Foundation
Kerstin Wasson, Ph.D, Research Coordinator, ESNERR
Ken Johnson, Ph.D, Senior Scientist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Brent Hughes, Ph.D, David H. Smith Research Conservation Fellow, UCSC
John Haskins, Water Quality Scientists, ESNERR
Dale Huss, Production Manager, Ocean Mist Farms
Kirk Schmidt and Sarah Lopez, Preservation, Inc.
Andrea Woolfolk, Stewardship Coordinator, ESNERR
Monique Fountain, Tidal Wetland Program Director, ESNERR

This free workshop is open to the public. Seats are limited so we encourage you to register soon. Registration closes on May 26. To register, go to elkhornslough.org/calendar