Eighth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watershed (ICRW8)

The conference aims to bring together watershed scientists, stakeholders, and managers to share scientific advances and management strategies to sustain the country’s water resources, spanning streams, rivers, lakes, and estuaries. This year’s theme is “Adaptive watershed science and ecosystem management in a changing climate.” Presenters will include researchers from government, academic, nonprofit, and community organizations working to protect, restore, and manage water resources at local to national scales. Topic areas include:

• Adaptive management for climate change
• Cross-region collaboration in watershed research
• Integration of science and watershed decision making
• Long-term agroecosystem research
• Regional groundwater issues
• Remote sensing of watersheds and riparian systems
• Water quality and quantity
• Watershed ecology and ecosystem services
• Watershed modeling, management, planning, and regulation

In addition to presentations and pre-conference workshops, ICRW8 will also provide conference goers with field trips of local research sites and regional landscapes. These field trips are scheduled mid-week and are provided at no extra cost to participants.