NARS National 2023
2023 NARS National Conference
April 24-28th, 2023
CTIC is cordinating the National Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS) National Workshop under a Cooperative Agreement with EPA’s NARS program.
NARS is a collaborative program between EPA, states and tribes designed to assess the quality of the nation's coastal waters, lakes and reservoirs, rivers and streams, and wetlands using a statistical survey design. The workshop will cover topics relevant to all four waterbody types and the NARS program generally.
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For the NARS workshop being held in conjunction with the National Monitoring Conference in Virginia Beach, we are planning to have a get-together on Monday evening (~5 -8 PM ET) and workshop sessions Wednesday afternoon (12:30 – 2:00 PM) and Friday morning (8:00 AM- Noon).
The agenda will cover items such as:
- programmatic resiliency amid resource challenges and staff turn-over
- how/what changes should be considered for NARS in the future (indicators, analyses, tools, etc.)
- how to facilitate new NARS partnerships
- new approaches for communicating findings
- training on tools related to design/population estimates etc.