United States
                     Environmental Protection
                     Agency
                                               Office of Research and
                                               Development
                                               Washington DC 20460
EPA/620/R-00/005V
   February, 2001
   vEPA    Coastal  Communications
QSXB9
                            EMAP symposium 2001 :
                  Coastal  Monitoring  Through Partnerships
Description
The EMAP Coastal Symposium 2001 is a four-day symposium, April 24-27, and is jointly sponsored by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Research and Development and the Council of State
Governments (CSS). The symposium will provide a forum to present and discuss the results of successful
programs and develop new partnerships among federal, state, tribal, and academic scientists and managers to
advance the science of monitoring and assessment of coastal resources. The U.S. EPA's National Coastal
Assessment (Coastal 2000) is a model of successful strategic partnerships with all 24 coastal states to survey
the condition of the Nation's coastal resources. By creating an integrated, comprehensive monitoring program to
assess ecological condition of coastal resources, Coastal 2000 encourages federal, tribal, and state partnerships
for planning, design, and aggregation of results but enables the states to conduct surveys independently.

Focus
The EMAP Symposium 2001 will provide a
venue to present and discuss:
  • Coastal 2000's scientific programs and
   how they are targeted to meet state
   and tribal needs.
  • Successful partnerships between
   federal, state, tribal, and academic
   organizations in coastal research and
   monitoring.
  • Examples of research and technology
   transfer that have led to more efficient, less expensive, and more scientifically rigorous monitoring and
   assessment.
  • How research can lead to a better understanding of the roles of monitoring, assessment, and research in
   identifying, diagnosing, and solving coastal problems.
  • How academic research supported by ORD's Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program has promoted the
   development of new ecological indicators for monitoring and assessing the condition of the coastal
   environment.
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