Monitoring Workgroup Network Evaluation
The Hypoxia Task Force monitoring workgroup's objective was to evaluate funding needs to support existing and potential new monitoring in the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River basin, particularly to track loads and trends in large rivers to help states evaluate progress toward meeting nutrient reduction goals and to support adaptive management of nutrient reduction strategies. This charge was accomplished through monthly conference calls, with representation of state and federal members, and the development of the attached documents. These documents provide an evaluation of the funding needed to support a baseline nutrient monitoring network to quantify loads and trends from large rivers in HTF states.