2 submissions week Assignment 3 Game Reflections due Friday April 19th Group Presentations Friday April 26th Remaining course topics Valuing the Bay What is economic value Types of economic value economic values and bay policy BMAT I II What are the two salient characteristics of the Chesapeake Bay a The extent of the watershed and the shallowness of the bay Solutions we are trying to implement in the watershed are complicated by a number of factors a There are six states in the watershed with different interests and different cultures i Why do people in different states think differently ii People in Pennsylvania don t live on the bay III b Maryland is the worst at enforcing its laws Federal Agencies a They all have an individual culture b EPA c The Interior Department i Older agency than the EPA they have developed individual cultures within their units ii Fish and Wildlife services does not have a lot of communication An agency of free thinkers who are completely independent of others in the agency you need to go to the top of that organization IV The key is doing things on a consensus basis when you have six states and 26 federal agencies a The TMDL has every possibility of turning into be careful what you wish for b How long are the managers willing to wait c Managers want science and scientists want best available science d Managers want long term consensus and scientists want new and better information e Managers want the big picture for political support and scientists want no political intervention V Goals a Goals are very important b Restoration is going to first be able to seen in the shallow areas c Modeling i
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