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February 15, 2006, Dr. Ronald Bingner (Watershed Physical Processes Research Unit, Oxford, MS) made an invited presentation at the Agricultural Water Quality Modeling Workshop held at the NRCS Ohio State Office in Columbus, OH. The meeting had 20 invited participants representing state and federal researchers. Dr. Bingner’s presentation entitled “Modeling Overview of AGNPS” dealt with the development of USDA watershed management tools and applications to Mississippi River Valley agricultural drainage management systems. This workshop resulted in the formulation of a task force among USACE, USEPA, NRCS, ARS, and Ohio state agencies to work on the integration of watershed technology developed among the multi-agencies.
February 12-15, 2006, Dr. Andrew Simon (Watershed Physical Processes Research Unit, Oxford, MS) traveled to El Reno, OK to give an invited seminar and to conduct reconnaissance-level investigations on the role of channel processes as a sediment source in the Fort Cobb and Little Washita CEAP watersheds. Dr. Simon’s seminar was on the methodologies and preliminary results to determine the “Relative Magnitudes and Sources of Sediment in CEAP-Benchmark Watersheds”. Preliminary findings indicating that unstable channel systems are an important source of sediment in these watersheds were discussed during meetings with Drs. Jean Steiner and Pat Starks.
October 25-26, 2005, Roger A. Kuhnle (Channel and Watershed Processes Research Unit, Oxford, MS) participated as the ARS representative in a meeting of the Technical Committee of the Federal Interagency Sedimentation Project (FISP) in Vicksburg, MS. The FISP TC has members from the US Geological Survey, US Bureau of Reclamation, US Bureau of Land Management, US Forest Service, US Army Corps of Engineers, and US Environmental Protection Agency. Important issues regarding standard sampler design and use were considered and planning for the upcoming Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference was reviewed. The FISP is recognized as the world leader in technology related to the collection of sediment samples in streams and rivers.
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