Academy

Our Academy is the living laboratory where the stories (Alliance) and locally-relevant data (Platform) are combined and applied to specific challenge – where actions to reduce nitrogen pollution will be catalyzed.  The Tampa Bay Estuary Program has track record of successfully improving water quality by social norming between stakeholders with a nitrogen load to the bay, created a forum for sharing, exposed them to data related to nitrogen sources, and let them self-determine an approach to managing the nutrient load. The academy is basically replicating the Nitrogen Management Consortium for a broader stakeholder group, creating a similar forum/access to data for them to identify and pursue actions that reduce nitrogen pollution.