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                                                COASTAL
                                                DECISION - MAKERS
                                                TRAINING
















                                              A Summary Document of Workshops sponsored
                                          by the National Estuarine Research Reserve System
                                          and the Coastal Management Programs 1994-1996


                                              Funded by:
                                                National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
                                                Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management






                                                                          Coastal Decision-makers Training



                    Executive Summary

                     The growing number of people living in and using the coastal
                areas of the U.S. are having a tremendous impact on our coastal
                resources. We are very much in danger of "loving our coasts to
                death". Research and education are the long-term solutions which
                will enable us to make informed decisions regarding coastal
                management. It is critical that we disseminate information to
                people who are responsible for making decisions about our
                coastal resources.


                     The National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS),
                authorized through the Coastal Zone Management Act, is ad-
                dressing the challenge of educating coastal decision-makers. First
                modeled in Florida, a series of Coastal Decision-Makers Training
                Workshops have been implemented in I I NERRS sites around the
                country to provide decision-makers with accurate, up-to-date
                information, and insight into available, effective management
                options.

                     Between 1994 and 1996, NERRS sites working with their
                state coastal management programs, implemented 44 workshops
                that reached over 1000 managers, regulatory staff, planners, and
                public officials with technical information regarding coastal issues.
                Addressed were current and emerging local and national level
                issues including: non-point source pollution, wetlands permitting,
                shoreline protection, coastal restoration, and watershed manage-
                ment. The format of the train   ing included technical presenta-
                tions, discussions, and field training.

                     The benefits of the training were clearly identified by the
                participants. They listed both short and long-term actions they
                could implement based on the training. Some participants re-
                ceived professional recertification credits for,the training. Indirect
                benefits included local decision-makers becoming more familiar
                with activities, facilities, and services of the NERRS sites and
                Coastal Management Programs. Many of the participants cited
                the networking opportunities during the training as a significant
                benefit. In numerous cases, the training generated discussion and                          Written By:
                ideas that resulted in policy changes or the impetus to enact                            Ginger Hinchcliff
                                                                                                       Education Coordinator
                changes in practices to better coastal management.                                      Rookery Bay NERR
                                                                                                FL Department of Environmental Protection
                                                                                                          February, 1997







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                                          introduction                        influence the management of
                                                                              coastal resources".. While there
                                                 This,document summarizes     are many other efforts to educate
                                          'the results of the Coastal Decison-. decision-makers through these
                                          makers Training workshops that      programs, thig document
                                          were co-sponsored.by the National   specifically addresses the
                                          Estuarine Research Reserve          workshop series funded through
                                          (NERRS) sites and the State         section 308 of the Coastal Zone
                                          Coastal Zone Management             Management Act during these
                                          Programs during FY 95 and FY        two years.
                                          9.6. These two programs share a
                                          common goal: "To enhance
                                          informed decision-making on
                                          coastal issues by facilitating- the
                                          exchange of technical
                                          information (basic and applied
                                          sciences) to audiences*that have"
                                          the resources and ability to






                                                                               Coasta lDecision-makers Trairflng




            Training 2qNee.0qdqg                                Community-leaders,
                                                    resource users"Planners,
                   More than half of the
                                                    regulators, 'consultants, and
            280 million people living in the
                                                    :resource2qmanagers are making'
            U.S.qYqeside in coastal
                                                    decisions every day that afqfq6ct the
            communities which enco
                                        m0qpqaqsqs       balance.@ These difficult decisions'-
            less-than 10% oqfthe
                                                    are routinely rhadqe based on
            continental U.S.    The growing
                                                    incomplete knowledge of long-term..
            numbe  r of people living in and       impacts and limited funding.
            using the coqAstqaql'qAreas'qof the
                                                    'Clearly, basic research is needed to..
            qU.,S. are having a tremen8qdo- us         answer questions  Ias"to'hoqw qthe-
            impact.on our coastal, resources,
                                                    ecosystems and individual species
                                                    function, but acquiring scientific'
                    Demands for
                                                    data will never be fully. adequate- in
            infrastructure such as increased .                                                  ;  1 11  1p2p                                                   addrqes'sing'these issues.
            housing,qtransqportation, energy,
            and freshwater, are coupled with
                                                           Th echallenge lies in
            increasing community services of
                                                    educating decision-makers not only
            waste disposal And qsewage1p                                                   with the most accurate, 8q474qW-doqite.
            treatment. Growing populations,         inqf
                                                    n qormation available, bqut also
            also increase pressures oqn
                                                    offering them insight into available,
            agricultural lands and
                                                    'efqfq6ctive 'and affordable*
            recrqeqationalqfqiqdilities.,
                                                    management options.
            Collectively, these@pressures* are
            overwhelming theresource.      We
            are in,danger of "loving 0qour
            coastal areas to death".
                                                                                  6qar              anger
                                                                         We eind
                   In the past t6qwo decades,
            0qhaq@ re  beg-n to rqocogni zqe the                         0         ovqi8qng-our
             lue.q(economic, aesthetic,                                  coastal          areas       to
            ecologic, and recreational) of
            clean,- healthy coastal resources.
              I                                                 
            Coastal communities are going:
            to great e-qkplense'to restore
            coastal,resources in an attempt
            to recover their original values.,
            Howe0qv'6qerq@ as the population
            continuesq'to incre0qv6qiseq,q*the
            balancing.act gets more
            difficult.





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                                               Development of Training                      The Florida Coastal Man-
                                               Workshops: An emerging                  agement Program (FCMP) first
                                               model                                   participated in a Rookery Bay
                                                                                       NERR (RBNERR) training
                                                                                       workshop in 1993. Recognizing
                                                       In 1988, Rookery Bay
                                               NERR (RBNERR) impleme        nted       the'value of the training and the
                                                                                       inability of RBNERR to accom-
                                               its first Coastal Decision-Makers       modate everyone wanting to
                                                    Workshop, targeting
                                                    environmental professionals.       participate, FCMP partnered with
                                                                                       RBNERR to, establish coastal
                           a                        This workshop would later
                                                                                       decision-maker training statewide
                                                    serve as the national model.
                                                                                       including one at Apalachicola
                                                    The target audience included
                                                                                       NERR in the Florida panhandle'.
                                                    permitters, regulators,
                                                    planners and managers at the
                                                                                            The strength of the
                                                    federal, state, and,local levels.
                                                                                       NERRS system is that a project
                                                                                       successfully piloted at one site
                        Ag
                                                       The training workshop was
                                                                                       can easily serve as a model and
                                                    designed to provide technical
                                                                                       be implemented nationWide.
                                                    information on current
                                                                                       The training model waspr6sented
                                                    research findings and best         in 1993 to all the NERRS sites.
                                                    management practices. The          From response and interest
                                                    workshop was also designed         generated, Florida deve  .loped a
                                                    to encourage discussion
                                                                            . 5        packet of materials to assist other
                                                    presenting more than one           programs in the implementation
                                                    perspective with time allowed
                                                                                       the training workshops. (See
                                                    for questioning.
                                                                                       appendix.) Fundingbecame
                                                       Based on the success of the     available in FY 1995 for NERRS
                                                                                       sites to partner with their Coastal
                                                    first workshop, others were
                                               implemented as a series at              Zone Management Programs and,
                                                                                       conduct similar training work-
                                               RBNERR.on a bi-monthly basis.,
                                                                                       shops.
                                               Offered at no charge to the
                                               participant, the workshops drew
                                               agency personnel and private
                                               sector environmental professionals.











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                                                                                               Coastal Deci'sioh



               Nati2qoqrqf2qWide I2qm4qPle4qf4qtqi4qentaqtion
                                                                                 6q&qd due to:
                                                                Trai8qnin' is
                                                                       g.     q!2p1pq6
             -qOqfqfrq@inin6qgWoqiksho6qps.
                                                                  the lack qof professional
                                                                traqini4qf4qiqR a0qyqaqilablqeto agency,.
               Goat.                                            staff qAt Affordable costs-,
                                                   d"
                        To enhance- inqfq6qrme                       the s ecialized tqr'ining
                                                                                        a
                                                                       -qP
               decisiqon-makinqg,on coastal.                                                                         2qPqd6qf6qtqiCqiPqAq:nts                                                                   ired for specific habitats
                                                                requ
               issues bq@ facilitating the                       qAqnqd 1q0                                      Training partqicipaqn ts identified ,
                                                                      calisqs2quqosq;_and       ,         I.... :: '.  . I   1 1 .             -I    I-     I        I
               echqA2qh e qof technical                                                                        theqin's*elvqes as the following-
                        q9                                         -theq'g win body of
                                                                         ro       g
               irl.qformatqion4q0asic and applied                   knowledge about ho8qw
               sciences). to audiences that haqVe                                                                   Public Administrator.
                                                                coastal eqdosqysqtq6nis function,
             'the reqsour`ces@ and ability t                                                                        Land Planner
                                                 O'           and their. response to. human
               infl0qu                                                                                                   as
                     ence the mana4q&6qmqdntof.'                                                                        Co' ta Manager
                                                                impacts.
               coastal'resources-.                                                                                 Permitting Staff
                                                                                                                   Public Official
                                                                Workshop. Fq6r4qnqi.at
               TqAqiq@4qk Aqddie8qnces:                                         The format of qthe-.                       Regulatory Staff
                       'Depending upon thqe                                                                         Resource Agency
                                                                training Workshops included
               partic4qulanisqs4queqbeing addressed                   techn cal- qDfesentatqions q@qnd a, -                  B logist
               at the..qiriqfqiing-,,q@6rkshop'i*-'.            ield.qï¿½tuqdy component.          The'                Elected Official
                                                                4qf
                                                                                                                   Consultant .
               indiq@idqiqialqi6serve'sselectedtheirl-" 'A
                                                                tr ining qw
                                                                            as- offered at
               target: qaqUdiqences-baqï¿½ed* qon 2qWho                                                                     -Academic
                                                                cost -to the participant-, Most'
               has qt8q6qresour'ces qaqnd ability.to                  of    -workshops Were one-           .             Landscaper
                                                                  the
                                                                                                                   Boater
                      -chan@ e'     d        d
             -affect- . g , an', provi e                        qdayqeveritsi'althqough some
             -,solutions.' 6qMany'@of the"                                                                           -Lqand-Planner
                                                                reserves opted f8q6qr a- two-0qOaly
               wqbqfkqshq6pqï¿½1pqr eted                               -:qfo,                                              Natural Resource Mg6qmt.
                                                                  rmat.,,Ea'ch'workshop was-
               enqvqiro4qm0qnentalproqfessio'nals,-,
                                                                                                           i @ "'.Codq6-Enqfqorcqernqefit
                                                                designed to -encourage.
               such0qas qfegulatoqrqï¿½,q@'managersq;,,                  -discussion       owing eno          g             .-'-.Garden Club
                                                                              all             qu h.
               j)la0qnnqer.qï¿½,.designqqqis, and,-                   time for qpaqrtici                                   -.Private Sector-.
                                                                                  pants to
               Compliance personnel. Other'                                                                        Environ qm*8q6q1talist
                                                                coqilqï¿½idqeqrperqspqectives
                     s                                                                                             6qFishernqian
               w0q6rk,,hops targeted', resource                  presented
                                                                            [email protected]'to five
               seqrqs.q@ adi acent Iqdnd.qowners                    qsqp_                                                2qTorqester
                                                                  eakers. The:qdis'c'ussion
                                                                                                                       n
               loq6aIb4qusmes`qses*,eected                                                                              gineer
                              d                                 t.iiiqie'qaqlsqb-allo0qw-edthqe                             an4qds           r
                        s, an land manager
               official                            S'                                                                       cape A chitect
                                                                qaqrtqi2q6pa0qf0qits, to generate ideas
                                                                @qp
                                                                    _o      1     0
                                                                                  qAutio's to th'                              pa  , 4qMp
               such as, farmers and foresters..                       tenti                                            unici I E        loyqeqe
                                                                o0qn p        al qs        n            e
                                                                                                                   '2qQeologist
                                                                issues,and gain insightqiqnto,-
                        Audiences          re' elected
                                       6qNe -s
                                                                -which Agencies are
               becau'0q9eqihey-,a0qreq7the:2qpeoqpqh_ q,ho.                                  r
                                                                                          qic
                                                                responsible 4qf2q6q' spe2qpif
               ar4q& n8qiakin8qa daily84qdecisions that
                                                                -aspects of the   issue
                                  tat resources.
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                                                         Afternoonfield,                   Resource Issues
                                                 components of the workshops
                                                 provided opportunities to observe              The  Iissues addressed in these
                                                 how problems and issues are               workshops focused on the chal-
                                                 affecting local, coastal resources                                  I
                                                                                           lenges of managing our coastal
                                                 and the application of best               resources for the long-term
                                                 management practices.                     benefit of today's society and
                                                                                           -future generations. Due to the
                                                         Sites selected topics to be.      target audiences, the lectures and
                                                 addressed at workshops based on:          discussions were presented at a
                                                   a needs assess 'ment survey of the      high technical level. Topics
                                                 target audience-,                         addressed were often broadbased
                                                   current and emerging issues;            but tailored to specific local
                                                 *availability ofhighly qualified          issues at each site. Seepage 10
                                                 speakers; and                             for examples of issues addressed
                                                 *ability to demonstrate field,            through the training workshops.
                                                 implications.









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            Spqqnsqbqrship:
                                     -were co-,
                    The workshops
            sponsored -by'Stqdte Coastal,, -
                                                                             qW
            Zone'ManqAge6qmqe4qnt (CZM). -
            Programs and NERRS, sites.
                                                                                     01
            q8btlqi.oqf these programs are
            administered through the''
                                                       'q57
            .National Oceanic, and.
                                                         It
            Atmospheric Administration's
            (NO,q@4q@ Office of Ocean and -
                                                                               qK,
            Coastal Resource Mqanqa       e  nt.
                                     g me                                                 -'qj
                        -Programs are
            State C0q@,M'
                 rally responsible, for coastal -
            gdne
            resour  ep ann   g; policy -
                   C       in
            makiqfqig'permitting, and
            enforcement..


                    The N6qERRSsites2pfer
             resq6qtqirce-b@qased location and
            direct link withth e% research'
            2ppp1pqunqity.    Holdin'4qA
                                     qg
            Iyorkqsh p'at a NERRS site
                    0
               qVidqod participants the'
            pro
                                                 -Funding:
            Opp rtu
                o nity tqo 6qbservqd firsthand-
                                                          Durqiqnqg-FY-9q5 and 2qF6qy 96"
            how. an issue is impacting the,
                                                    t4q@ese workshops- were squqpqpo- rted bq@
            cqbq4sqiqal ecosystem    and'how
                                        qw           N6AA- qf@nqqqs grantq6d to @the satqd
            -managing agqencies4qmight                  I-2qM programs.    These  Ifunds were
                                                    CZ
            addres-s'the issue' q4dqeqaqs q!                 '                                
                                                    specifically allocated to support,
            generated at thqe
                               wo.r6qkshoqvqP
                                                    traininqa worksho s qat the NERRqS
                                                                    qp
            could,suqbseqque0qnil4qy be shared.
            statewide'through 2qCZM,
            pro8qgqr           na ion.
                  qai2qncoordi                              D4que, to the success,of tqh
                                                    initial workshops; additional
                                                    trainin            qh     qe-been hold'
                                                           workshops. av
                                                    tiliqzing'qfederqal, state' local6qan4qd
                                                    qU                        qc
                                                 'priqVate-qfundin TheNERRSs'iteqs'
                                                                 _g.
                                                    contrib2qut4qedq'6qin eting 0qfacil6qiti- 0qs
                                                                 e             es,
                                                    s 6qeak rs-
                                                        e    laboratory s ace,
                                                    64qP__                    P.
                                                    scienti40qfic,e6q428qqipment an44q&b4qoat
                                                    q-2qr0qa00qnsportati64qbn to g 40qn. ac
                                                    t                 ai     ce6qss to,
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                                                   Workshop Results                            activities. When asked how the
                                                                                               workshops could be improved,
                                                            Between 1994 and 1996,             participants most often indicated
                                                   eleven NERRS sites working                  more time fordiscussions or
                                                   with their coastal management               fieldwork would be beneficial.
                                                   program, implemented 44                     Participants also suggested that
                                                   workshops that reached over                 the worksh   .ops be held more often
                                                   1000 coastal decision-makers                and supervisors or public officials
                                                   with technical information                  participate. Ninety-nine Percent
                                                   regarding local and national                of the participants indicated that
                                                   issues.                                     they would attend future work-
                                                                                               shops if offered.
                                                         Sites implementing training                                     f the
                                                   workshops use a standard evalua                      The benefits o
                                                              tion form (see attach-           workshops were. clearly identi-
                                                              ment) so,,that 'results          fied by participants. When
                                                              could be compiled.               participants were asked what
                                                              Evaluations indicated that       action they would be able to
                                                              98% of the workshop              implement based on the informa-
                                                                                               tion acquired at the workshop,
                                                              participants found them
                                                              to meet or exceed their          the responses ranged from,
                                                              expectations. Comments           "better able to evaluate projects
                                                        41
                                                              included "really made            submitted for review" to, "inte-
                                                              attendees aware of spe-          grate information acquired at the
                                                                                                                     -range plan-
                                                              cies sensitive to their          workshop into long
                                                                                               ning efforts." At some work-
                                                              decisions" and "well
                                                                                               s
                                                              organized, included a             hops, participants, received
                                                              distinct segment dealing         professional recertification credits
                                                              with the socio-econornic        'for the training. Indirect benefits.
                                                              aspects of the problem as        of workshops included local
                                                                                                        -makers becoming famil-
                                                                                               decision
                                                              well as the technical
                                                              aspects of soil/watek            iar with the activities and services
                                                                                               of the NERRS site and the
                                                              degradation".
                                                                                               Coastal Program, Many of the
                                                                     Each workshop's           participants cited networking
                                                              format included two or           opportunities as an indirect.
                                                              more acti                        benefit of the workshops.       Com-
                                                                        vity components
                                                              such as lecture and field        ments such as "interacting with
                                                              study. When questioned,          other agency personnel, was very
                                                   participants enjoyed the group              helpful in learning what their roles
                                                   discussions, technical presenta-            in estuarine protection are" .
                                                   tions, and the field study activities,      suggested the, potential for future
                                                   often citing the"good balance" of           partnerships.


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                     In California, -pq4rtici--
                                                       com    letqe the. 9-weekreserve,
                                                            0qP
            pants were queried with regards'
                                                       -training course and became an.
            tqa what kinds of 'information -and
                                                       Elkhorn Slough 4qNERR volunteer. -
            resources -the      miqght'findbenefi-
                                qy

                                qs
            -ciaqtin, their jqob . Responses,
            includqed0qwatershqe8qd maps.- access
                          4qf4qi
            to research indqings, examples,--       -
                          ),'qof
              n      ing
            (i writ'            success- stories,
            access tqo NERR's library,,and.'
            the coqfqi8qf8qinuation''qof the Work-                           Titles 0qof Tqrainqlqrqjg Workshops
                   S.
     "I     shop',''
                                                                    Watershed Issues
                                                                    Land Acquisition
                                                                    4qBioenginqeering, for Shqorq6qlinePrqoteqctiqon
            -Success, Stories
                                                                    Coastal. Ecosystem Conservation
                        -numerous cases, t, e. -
                                                   qh
                                                                    Sol. Erosion Prqocessqes@
            q*qr0qMhq6ps generated discus.;
                                                                    qMudflat Resource Management
            sion- and ideas that.r                 in.              Shoreline Protection
                                       4qoulted
            Polity changes or impet8qm to                             :,0qP oqtection of Shell4qfiq'
                                                                      r                     sh Areas
            enact:changes -in practices to'                      'Non point S       e Pollution.
                                                                         7         qOUrC
            "'bet                  nagement.
               4q4qe8qr@'coaqiqiaql-8qm a                                   Water Quality'
            Ex
                amplesiqfqiqdlude,
                                                                    Aqlqtqemative
                                                                                  Wqastewat" Treatment.::
                                                                                             er
                                                                    Ecologic
                                                                              alLandscqdqDin
                                T
                                he -South.
            Slo   g2qh.                                               4qTublic,&-pn`vqate Pro             qiqg   S.
                     2qN0qt6qR0qR           shop in-                                                p0qe0qf0qtq@-R' ht
                                w1p1pp                               Ni
                                                                      -qtrogen Loading of Coastal Embay
                                                                                                               mqentqs
            Oregon oqn Lower Columbian,
                                                                    Equqtqrophiqcation of Co
                   @9           al
            B       o -6qCo                                              urqidwater & Hydrology
                                                                                             qastal E6qmbay mients
              iore i n          ast Ecos
                                         ystem
                                                                    Griqo
                  ervqdtion'taqrgeted coast          I
            Cons
                                                   a
                                                                                  re
                                                                    Coastal Sho Iiqhe6qEro'sion
            Plarinersa0qnd managers.
                                                                    Wetql ds2qPe '0qain
                                                                         an       rmi     g
            contributed to the qevolutioqn.6q9f a
                                                                    Marshes
            working group@ es gn
                                d" i 'ed to.,
                                                                    Sea Turd
                                                                               es.
            qdqqYeqlqo4qp a coqordinat d strategy,-.
                                   e
                                                                                          0
                                                                    0qE.xotic.Plant Contr 'I
            that will address:information
                                            on'...
                                                                    Managing Fqorests'to Pro'tect.0qWat       r Qu   li
            gaps- on priori iz                                                                             e      a,ity.
                                qfqi iiqi2qkhabitqat'
                                                   _:-              Mitigation Bankingq; Pros & Cons
            ac'
              qNuqis     n qof         rqotected"
                                qu6qn6qp
                                                                    StqOr0qmqwater Management
            estuarine, areas.,.
                                                                    Coi tqdqI Rest'
                                                                       as     I        0      6 logy
                                                                                   orati' n Ed
                                                                    FunctionalW2q6t0qla00qnds Assqiessnqi2qentq,
                                q-88qtou76q@32q@q'P8qfan-q:                                  Techn
                                                                    Mapping           4qglogy as 6q&Ma6qn0qagementq'To8qol
            0qni                  on er, a0qf
                     6qm6qmqi0qs0qsqi
                     0                 t6qorpartqiqc0qiq-
                                                                    Best Management Practices-
            Patin -in o0qne of     e Elkhorn
                                th
                  q'0qg,
            Slough 60qNERR training work
                                20qf20qtqliaq,q--went-on to q.
            shops inq@CaJ48q60q6


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                                                                                                                 A local Hispanic
                                                                       An international
                                                      watershed workshop held for               .farmer who served as a panel
                                                                                                speaker at theElkhorn Slough
                                                      government officials and planners
                                                                                                NERR's erosion control train-
                                                      at Tijuana River NERR in
                                                      California established working            ing workshop in Calif6mia has
                                                      relationships which.will help,            continued to assist with subse-
                                                                                                quent workshops and outreach
                                                      facilitate an upcomingbi-national
                                                      water quality monitoring project.         to other farmers through joint
                                                                                                projects with,the Natural
                                                                                                Resources Conservation Set-
                                          4,                                                    vice, the local Resource Con-
                                                                                                servation District and the
                                 o,  n
                                                            5,                                  Reserve.
                                                            Z,

                                                                                                                Apalachicola
                                                                                                NERR worked with the Florida
                                                                                                state agency responsible for
                                            07 -                                                health services t' offer-septic
                                                                                                                  0
                                                                                                tank contractors six hours of
                                                                                                continuing education credits
                                                                                                required to maintain their,
                                                                                                license by-participating in the
                                                                                                Reserve's non-point source
                                                                                                pollution workshop.
                                                                                      md                        Based on    a
                                                                      After a workshop          workshop atWeeks Bay
                                                                                                NERR, the State of Alabama
                                                      at Rookery Bay NERR where
                                                      agency staff discussed the status         and U.S. Corp of Engineers
                                                                                                developed andadopted criteria
                                                      of SW Florida's emergency oi
                                                      spill response, hundreds of 'Miles        for the construction of p 1'ers in
                                                      of previously excluded mangrove           We .eks Bay
                                                      shoreline were included in the
                                                      response plan.                                            A workshop at
                                                                                                Wells NERR in Maine on
                                                                      Following a work-         shoreline surveys as a tool for
                                                      shop at Waquoit Bay N                     protecting shellfish areas
                                                                               ERR in
                                                      Massachusetts for policy makers,          provided the stimulus for
                                                                                      sly       opening coastalwaters for
                                                      mathematical models p're'viou
                                                      d
                                                         e loped to estimate the contri-
                                                       ev                                       clamming for the first time in-
                                                      bution of diff6rent sources of            10 years.
                                                      nitrogen to coastal waters   were
                                                      re-evaluated.







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           TIhe Nat Ii6qonal Estuarine            -:hands-on field experiences.  The.
                                                 -close connection between research
           Research Reserve System
                                                 and education-.-ensure's thqe'
                                                 dissemination oftimely information.'
                   In .1 972,qthe Coastal
           Zone. Management Act (Section
           315) authorized the creation (if
           the National Estuarine Research
           Reserve S8qysterqh (NERRS) to 
           protect r   e    qt
                   qe0qpqren ative estuaries
           for the purpose of providing
           opportunities, for long-term
           estuarine research. and education.
           Thesqe',qï¿½ites,* representative of
           their biogeographical regions',
           serve as outdoor laboratories for                        Reserves implem'e0qn2qf2qing workshops'
           scientists and students.                                 include:
           Information, generated by:
           research and applied through                             P6qaqc ific Coast
           resource management practices.
                                                                    Tijuana River NERR
           is disseminated viqae'qd8qucation
                                                                    Elkhorn Sough 6qNERR
           programs to ensure inqfoqfnqied
                                                                    South Slough NERR
           deciqsion-making concerning
           coastalareas.                                            Padilla Bay NERR

                  The.qchal8qknge of
                                                                    Atlantic Coast
           educating coastal decision--@                            North Inlet /'Wi6qnyah.Ba0qy NERR
           makers is being addressed b'y,'
                                                                    North Carolina NERR
           the 2qN2qkRRS.    With 21 resource-
                                                                    Waquoit4qBay4qNERR
           based sites spanning the coastal
           U.S., the 6qNERRS                n                         Wells NERR
                             program is i
           the position of initiating and
           facilitating training that tea ches                      Gulf Coast
           decision-makeing about both                                6qRooke      Bay NER6qR'..
                                                                            qr6qy
           theoretical and applied coastal'.
                                                                    'A                  0qy
                                                                      pal0qachicola,113a    NERR     
           management issues. The
                                                                    Weeks Bay NERq-R
           facilities and the estuarine
           qlo'c6qatio n of the NER36qRS sites
           allow for both classroom and,








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                          NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE SYSTEM

                                Padilla Bay, WA                        St Lawrence River, NY
                                                                  Woman Creek, OH
                                                                                            Wells, ME
                         South Slough, OR                                                   Great Bay, NH
                                                                                           Waquoit Bay, MA
                                                 ............
                                                                                          N
                                                                                              a
                                                                                            arr gansett Bay, R
                        San Francisco                                                      udson River, NY
                                                                           ... .. ......   ullica River, NJ
                        Elkhorn Slough,
                                                                                         Delaware
                                                                          10.           Chesapeake Bay, MD
                             Tijuana-River, C                                           Chesapeake Bay,'VA
                                                                                       North Carolina'
                                                                                      North Inlet/Winyah 6ay_,SC
                                                              . . . . . . . . . .
                                                                                     ACE Basin,,SC
                                                                                     Sapelo Island, GA -
                                                            Grand Bay, MS           Guana Tolomato Matanzas, FL
                                                               Weeks Bay, AL   Rookery Bay, FL
                                                                       Apalachicola Bay, FL      Jobos Bay, PR
                         Southcentral, AK
                                                             0 Designated Sites
                                                             * Proposed Sites






                                                                                   The NERRS education goal as
                                                    The mission of NERRS as
                                                                                   stated in this document is to:
                                             defined in the 1995 Strategic Plan    Design and implement a
                                             is:                                   comprehensive program of
                                             A federal, state and community        education and interpretation
                                             partnership of protected areas        based on solid scientific
                                             promoting informed
                                                                                   principles tostrengthen
                                             management of the nation's            the understanding
                                             estuarine and coastal habitats
                                                                                   appreciation, and stewardship
                                             through scientific understanding      of estuaries, coastal habitats,
                                             linked with public education.         and associated Watersheds.







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           Bibliography
           Covennqg'the Coasts:     A, Req@orter's
                                                 Guide to Coastal & Marine
           Resources   National Safety Council, -EPA, and Coastal America,
           1994.


           Cotqiqs6q&vinqtqz the Nation's Coasts and Estuaries /A Strategic Plan for
           thqe.NationqdqlEstua0qkinq& Research Reserve, System:. A State& Federal
           PartnershiD Jan 1.995  Department of Commerce

           National Estuarine Research Rqeqgerve,Sqysteni Education:     A Field
                                         qn
           Perspective  Aug.   1994   Flo iqda Department   of Environmental.
           Protection & NOAA

           National Estuarine  Research   Reserve   System:    Handbook    for
           Educators  May 1,996, NOAA





                                                                                                @Y
                                                                                             -q4











               A document, of the Florida.Depq@qrtment of Environmental
           Protection pursuant to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin,
           istrati6qon A,0q@ari4qd-4qNo. N8qA57.q00qZ0570qT Financial support. for this
          d             6qprqbvid              -u
           ocu6qment was          ed by a grant  ndeqt the Federal, Coastal Zone
           Management Act, administered,by the 40qOffi8qQe of Ocean and
           CqoastalResour-ce Management, National Oceanic and At 64qmo
           qsphericq.Admiqr0qiis2qiration, Silver Spring', MD.
               Copies 6qof this document 8qa0qre available from the, Rookery Pay
           National Estuarineq,Research Reserve, 3 00 Tower Road, Naples
           FL 34113.
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                                        Appendix



                                               Checklist for Training Workshops

                                               Sam  le Agenda for Workshops.
                                                   p

                                               Sample Evaluation for Training Workshops-,
































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          Checklist for Coastal Decision-makers- Training

                 Calendar' for workshops, identify tqfqie,fol1owing for each
                 workshop
                         Topics 8qOss2queqs
                         Speakers,
                         Dates                                                            aqining
                         Target audience and desired mailing list .
                                                                                     Workshop,
          Eql     6qbqrqi0qf0qt'ag6qenda
                                                                                     'Preparation
          EqT     Attend to physical arrangements.
                         Reserve room and field study area                                                  _qj
                         Check capacityqpf room and field study area.
                                                 might need
                         Materials the participants
                         -Audiovisual equipment.and its-placement inroom
                         Refreshments
                         Information on location, directions, parking, restrooms,'-
                         -local resturants
                         Signs or.qhotices to be6qposte2qdin facility
                         Arrangement of tables and chairs
          Eql     Final agenda

                 Send out announcement of training workshop

          Eql     Facilitate meeting
                         Sqig'n-iqn sheet & name tags-
                         Introduce speakers
                         Encourage discussion
                         Summarize
                         Distribute andqcollect evaluation forms
                         Announce up-co2qming traqinifi  opportunities.
                                                    _g


          E2ql     compile evaluations.
          2qE8qlq:    -q,40qUpdateq'spe6qakersq.q-6qlist





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                                                          Coastal Decision-makers Training Workshop
                                                                         Topic

                                           Sponsors:             NERRS & CZM program

                                                                         Agenda
                                                                 Date & Meeting Location



                                           Opening               Welcome & Introductions
                                           9:00 A.M.             Facilitator


                                           Presentations         Topi  c
                                           9:15 A.M.             Speaker
                                                                 Program speaker represents

                                           10:00 A.M.            Topic
                                                                 Speaker
                                                                 Program speaker represents

                                           Break                 Refreshments provided by   .....
                                           10:45 A.M.


                                           Presentation          Topic
                                           11:00 A.M.            Speaker
                                                                 Program speaker represents

                                           Lunch                 On your own
                                           12:00 Noon
            Sample
            Workshop                       Field Study           Topic
                                           1:00. P.M.            Speaker
            Agenda                                               Program,spea  Iker represents
                                           2:00 P.M.             Topic
                                                                 Speaker
                                                                 Program speaker represents

                                           Adjourn               Evaluations & Future Workshops
                                           3:00 P.M.







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                                                   v ve
            cq9astaqtreources to professionals iqn 'o.1   8qd-in enviqronmental6qplqaqlqmi4qng;
            regulqiition,4qand management. @ In order: to imple0qm en'teffectiv'e workshops,
                                     qou
            we need tqo hear'qfqfqbm y'       Please qtqake@ a few moments to answer, the

            
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                                                                                                   8qExam'p4qf4ql.e'
                                                                          0qCo   sta
               Administrator             Enforcement Officer,                 a' I Manager
               Con                       Land    anner                    Researcher
                    sulta0qnt.,
                 ield Biologist           Permittin  0qDffiice2qr-,           Public, Official
                                                   .9
               Other
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            -Ijid the training                         ,q?   6qYq0
                              meet you ex    ectations.         s     No, Please Comment.                   I       d'
                                                                                                   Eva ua on'


            What activities did yqo6qu feel were-8qmosit efqkq&2q&i`qve and/or least effective
                        training?
            during the


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            I)p you have suggestions,    or improving the efqfq6cti'  e e   ofqthq& progr      ?


                                                                            ?
                                                               A s training.
            Wha"t'qaction's can'2qyoq@implement-basedqbn tod
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            qW               products   based on the traininqg@,. would- assist yqou in
              haqt.qt4qypeqsoqf
            impql6qeme'ritinqg actions?



            What0qto i      rid speakers would you rqe2q&0q6mend for ftqit52qurqdq,t8qraini6qf6qig?
                     p qcs a
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            To be added to. the tq@ainqiingq, mailing list please- 4qattachq,c'a6q@44qd 8qor list:.-.-
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