<div dir="ltr"><h2 style="margin:10px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:24px;font-family:proxima-nova,sans-serif;line-height:28.7999992370605px;letter-spacing:0.01em"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.savebuzzardsbay.org/ProtectBay/EngageTheCommunity/TrainingDecisionMakers">Solutions to Nitrogen Pollution: Solving the Cranberry Puzzle</a></span><img alt="Decision Makers Workshop" class="_imageborder" height="350" src="https://savebuzzardsbay.org/image/decisionmakers-main.jpg" width="675" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"></h2><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 18px;border:0px;line-height:1.8em;letter-spacing:0.01em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Most of the Bay’s nitrogen pollution comes from wastewater, including septic systems and wastewater treatment plants. Other land sources include lawns, farm fields, and stormwater runoff. But there’s another piece of the nitrogen pollution puzzle that’s been harder to pinpoint: cranberry bogs.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 18px;border:0px;line-height:1.8em;letter-spacing:0.01em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Now, new research is beginning to help scientists, cranberry growers, and decision makers better understand the amount of nitrogen flowing in and out of cranberry bogs.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 18px;border:0px;line-height:1.8em;letter-spacing:0.01em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">This workshop will share new and ongoing research by scientists and cranberry growers to better understand the potential impact of cranberry bogs on local water quality and discuss emerging ideas about bog management techniques that might reduce or eliminate those impacts.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 18px;border:0px;line-height:1.8em;letter-spacing:0.01em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:0.129999995231628px;line-height:23.3999996185303px">Registration is requested for this workshop. To sign up, contact </span><a href="mailto:hancock@savebuzzardsbay.org?subject=Decision%20Makers%20Workshop" style="color:rgb(57,114,165);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:0.129999995231628px;line-height:23.3999996185303px;outline:none">Rob Hancock</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:0.129999995231628px;line-height:23.3999996185303px"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:0.129999995231628px;line-height:23.3999996185303px">at (508) 999-6363 ext. 222.</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></p></div>