Maryland Water Monitoring Council Data to Decisions Workshop

On October 8th, Alexandra Fries helped facilitate the Data to Decisions Workshop put on by the Community Science Committee, part of the Maryland Water Monitoring Council. Overall, the workshop was designed to create dialog among community science groups, state, federal, and non-governmental organizations to learn about how data is used in decision-making processes throughout Maryland. The goals of this workshop were to 1) review current monitoring and where/how data are being stored, 2) share data use victories, 3) discuss data uses and locations of data, and 4) discuss future goals and barriers. Partners from the Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative facilitated and attended the meeting as well. Overall, rich discussions were had and follow-up with a summary of workshop results will occur over the next few months.