Volunteer Monitoring Workshop
Chair: Ms. Linda Green, University of Rhode Island

Water Quality Coordinators Meeting
Chair: Dr. Art Gold, University of Rhode Island

NEMO Project Coordinators Meeting
Chair: Mr. David Dickson, University of Connecticut

NRI Grant Awardees Meeting
Chair: Dr. Nancy Cavallaro, USDA-CSREES

Pollution Assessment and Prevention Theme Team
Chair: Ms. Elaine Andrews, University of Wisconsin

Regional Meetings

Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4 & 6
Region 5
Region 7
Region 8
Region 9
Region 10

Committee for Shared Leadership

Liaison Meeting

1994 Land Grant Institution Water Quality Coordinators Meeting

Registration and Poster Area Opens

Opening General Session
Moderator: Dr. Art Gold, University of Rhode Island

Perspectives from USDA-CSREES
Dr. Mike O'Neill, National Program Leader, Water Quality, USDA-CSREES
Dr. Anna Palmisano, Deputy Administrator, Competitive Programs USDA-CSREES

Collaboration Opportunities for 1862,1890, and 1994 Institutions
Dr. Cass Gardner, Florida A&M University
Mr. Virgil Dupuis, Salish Kootenai College, Montana
Dr. Mike Smolen, Oklahoma State University

Improving Our Approach to Water Education
Dr. William Hallman, Associate Professor, Rutgers University

Session A1
Agricultural Best Management Practices:
Animal Waste Management
Moderator: Roy Jeffery, University of Connecticut

10:20am Development of Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning Core Training Curriculum, Lara Moody, Iowa State University

10:40am Manure, Animal Health and Water Quality for Agricultural Professionals, Robert E. Graves, The Pennsylvania State University

11:00am Developing Phosphorus Budgets for Cropland in the Mid-Atlantic Region, Kathleen Arrington, The Pennsylvania State University

11:20am Using Nutrient Budgets to Assess Manure Market Opportunities, Doug Parker, University of Maryland

11:40am Evaluating Systems for Cycling Manure Nutrients through Turfgrass, Donald Vietor, Texas A&M University

12:00pm Initiation of BMPs Leads to Reduction in Coliform Bacteria and Nutrient Loss from Agricultural Land in the Finger Lakes of New York State, Joseph Makarewicz, SUNY Brockport

Session R1
Rural Environmental Protection:
Drinking Water Protection
Moderator: Fred Sorensen, University of Alaska

10:20am Drinking Water Assessment at Underserved Farms: A Preliminary Result, Asmare Atalay, Virginia State University

10:40am Master Well Owner Network: A Volunteer Network to Educate Pennsylvania Well Owners, Stephanie Clemens, The Pennsylvania State University

11:00am Drinking Water Scams, James E. Hairston, Auburn University

11:20am Dog Fecal Loading Patterns in Watershed Influencing Raw Drinking Water Quality, Mark Walker, University of Nevada

11:40am Protecting Family Drinking Water in Rural Alaska - Transport and Survival of Fecal Indicator Organisms, Daniel White, University of Alaska-Fairbanks

12:00pm Groundwater Protection Solutions: Self-Assessment Tool for Rural Residents to Evaluate and Improve Drinking Water Well Condition, Tina Pagan, University of Georgia

Session W1
Watershed Assessment & Restoration:
Water Quality Assessment
Moderator: Tom Simpson, University of Maryland

10:20am Watershed Assessment & Restoration Opportunities, Stuart Lehman, US EPA

11:00am Data Mining for Water Quality Protection: Empowering Water Resources Practitioners, Rangaswamy Rajagopal, University of Iowa

11:20am Water Quality in the Wheeler Lake Basin of Northern Alabama, Teferi D. Tsegaye, Alabama A&M University

11:40am Water Quality on California Rangeland Watersheds, Randy A. Dahlgren, University of California

12:00pm Using Survey Data Warehoused on the Water Needs Assessment Website, Robert L. Mahler, University of Idaho

Poster Session
Lunch buffet available for purchase at conference

Session A2
Agricultural Best Management Practices:
Best Management Practices for Water Quality
Moderator: Sorrel Brown, Iowa State University

1:30pm Monitoring Water Quality in Midwestern Headwater Streams, Andy Ward, The Ohio State University

1:50pm Development of Field Scale Methodology to Identify Runoff Source Areas in a Pasture Dominated Watershed, Indrajeet Chaubey, University of Arkansas

2:10pm Protecting Water Quality in the Hood River Basin of Oregon with Best Management Practices for Orchard Pest Management, Jeff Jenkins, Oregon State University

2:30pm Improving Water Quality and Enhancing Hydrologic Stability of the Minnesota River through Agroforestry and Other Perennial Cropping Systems, Kenneth Brooks, University of Minnesota

2:50pm Accelerating Riparian Buffer Adoption to Enhance Water Quality and Farm Income, David P. Shelton, University of Nebraska

3:10pm Break

3:30pm Riparian Buffers: Differences in Effectiveness, Deanna Osmond, North Carolina State University

3:50pm Treating Silage Leachate with Vegetative Filter Areas, Larry Geohring, Cornell University

4:10pm Drainage Water Management Impacts on Watershed Nitrate Load, Soil Quality, and Farm Profitability, Jane Frankenberger, Purdue University

4:30pm Reducing Adverse Water Quality Impacts from Irrigation of Alfalfa, Blaine Hanson, University of California-Davis

4:50pm Improved Irrigation Efficiency and Reduced Surface Water Contamination Using Intermittent Plus Multiple-Inlet Irrigation in Rice Production, Joseph Massey, Mississippi State University

Session R2
Rural Environmental Protection:
Education Programs for Rural Communities
Moderator: Gail Glick Andrews, Oregon State University

1:30pm Protecting Southeast Regional Groundwater Resources: An Educational Video on Private Drinking Water Wells, Paul Vendrell, University of Georgia

1:50pm Bay-Wise Landscape Management: An Environmental Education Program for Maryland Homeowners, Wanda MacLachlan, Maryland Cooperative Extension

2:10pm Community Based Restoration Initiatives, Eve Brantley, Auburn University

2:30pm Water Quality Monitoring Education: OSU Extension's Multi-Tiered Approach, Beth Lambert, Oregon State University Extension Service

2:50pm EPA Environmental Justice Program and Extension Partnership, Lisa Ann McKinley, Extension (CSREES)/EPA Liaison and Constance Alexander, US EPA

3:10pm Break

3:30pm Educating the Masses Via Web Pages, Thomas H. Miller, University of Maryland Cooperative Extension

3:50pm Successes and Challenges of Volunteer Monitoring, Linda Green, National Facilitation of CSREES Volunteer Monitoring

4:10pm Volunteer Stream Monitoring and Local Participation in Natural Resource Issues, Kristine Stepenuck, University of Wisconsin

4:30pm Service Learning in the Undergraduate Horticulture Curriculum Enhances Environmental Education and Outreach, Gregory Eaton, Virginia Tech

4:50pm 4-H Water Camp, Ashley Osborne, University of Kentucky

Session W2
Watershed Assessment & Restoration:
Pathogens & TMDLs
Moderator: Bob Simmons, Washington State University

1:30pm Identifying Host-Specific Markers of Fecal Pollution Using Mixed-Genome Microarrays, Douglas Call, Washington State University

1:50pm Utilizing QPCR and Hydrological Loading Information to Assess Fecal Contamination Loads in Different Land Use Areas, Nancy M. White, Coastal Studies Institute, University of North Carolina

2:10pm Development of Taqman QPCR Assays for Identification and Quantitative Analysis of Host Sources of Fecal Pollution in Watersheds, Jennifer Weston, UCSF Biomolecular Resource Center

2:30pm Applicability of PCR-DGGE of the uidA Gene to Assess Structural Differences in Natural Water and Sediment E. coli Populations, Von Sigler, University of Toledo

2:50pm Development of DNA Sequencing Assays to Identify and Differentiate Host Sources of Fecal Pollution, Kathryn Ivanetich, UCSF Biomolecular Resource Center

3:10pm Break

3:30pm Building the Capacity of Volunteer Monitoring for E. coli in the Upper Midwest, Eric O'Brien, Iowa Department of Natural Resources

3:50pm Watershed Monitoring and TMDL Modeling Techniques to Assess Bacterial Loading in Estuarine Environments Applied to Improve Shellfish Resource Management Programs, David Kenny, UNC Coastal Studies Institute

4:10pm A Kansas Bacterial TMDL: Monitoring and Management, Philip Barnes, Kansas State University

4:30pm Water Quality Trading in Georgia: Addressing Two Potential Impediments to Success, Nanette Nelson, University of Georgia

4:50pm The Center for TMDL and Wateshed Studies at Virginia Tech: Activities and Accomplishments, Brian Benham, Virginia Tech

Heartland Regional Coordination Project
Chair: Ms. Susan Brown, Iowa State University

CSREES Grant Writing Workshop
Dr. Mike O'Neill, USDA-CSREES
Ms. Lisa Duriancik, USDA-CSREES

Working with Agricultural EMS Workshop
Chair: Dr. Mark Risse, University of Georgia

Using Livestock and Poultry Environmental Management Environmental Management Systems (EMS) have been used by businesses and industries throughout the world to reduce environmental impacts and improve market standing. The adoption of EMS's in the agricultural sector has progressed in some countries and could provide significant benefits to U.S. agriculture. While the EMS process closely resembles the NRCS Conservation planning process, it allows additional benefits in terms of farm ownership and risk and liability reduction. This workshop is designed to introduce participants to the concepts behind EMS's and to share results from a recent national effort that pilot tested EMS implementation on livestock and poultry farms in ten states. (See http://www.uwex.edu/AgEMS/livestock/ for more information on this project.) Workshop participants will learn what EMS's are and how they relate to other environmental efforts. They will receive a guidebook (See http://ems.unl.edu/guidebook.htm ) and training to assist producers with developing and implementing EMS's on livestock farms, and discuss the benefits of various implementation strategies. Participatory exercises will be used to demonstrate the process of EMS development on a sample farm. Participants should leave with a greater understanding of what an EMS is and how they may work to solve agricultural issues.

Session A3
Agricultural Best Management Practices:
Nutrient Management
Moderator: Reagan Waskom, Colorado State University

8:00am Implementation of the Phosphorus Index in Virginia, Mary Leigh Wolfe, Virginia Tech

8:20am Role of the Extension Soil Testing Program in the Development of Best Management Practices: A Florida Case Study, Rao Mylavarapu, University of Florida

8:40am Quantifying Phosphorus Losses from Agricultural Fields, John Norman, University of Wisconsin

9:00am Improving Nutrient Management: Responses from the Fertilizer Industry, Robert Mikkelsen, Potash and Phosphate Institute

9:20am N- vs. P-based Manure Application: Nutrient Dynamics in Soil, Water, and Crops, Zhengxia Dou, University of Pennsylvania

9:40am Effect of Winter Dairy Slurry Application on Nitrogen and Phosphorus Transport in Runoff on a Transitional-Organic, Grazing Based Dairy, Joseph Harrison, Washington State University

Session R3
Rural Environmental Protection:
Environmental Sustainability
Moderator: Michael Cochrane, Northwest Indian College

8:00am Applications of Changing Land Use Monitoring and Modeling, John Hayes, Clemson University

8:20am Environmental Sustainability Project: Introducing Sustainability to the Ag-Water Quality Program, J. M. Jemison, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

8:40am A Multidisciplinary Approach to Watershed Water Quality Education, Sanjay Shukla, University of Florida

9:00am URI's Healthy Landscapes Program: Protecting Water Quality in Rural Landscapes, Alyson McCann, University of Rhode Island

9:20am Water Quality Monitoring in Rural Mississippi, Edmund Merem, Jackson State University

9:40am Training Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control Professionals, Calvin Sawyer, Clemson University

Session W3
Watershed Assessment & Restoration:
Watershed Modeling
Moderator: Dave Hansen, University of Delaware

8:00am Development of Predictive Geospatial Soil Nitrate-Nitrogen Models in the Santa Fe River Watershed, Sabine Grunwald, University of Florida

8:20am Assessing Riparian Composition and Function in a Small Watershed in Hanalei, Hawaii, Carl Evensen, University of Hawaii

8:40am Satellite Derived Impervious Surface Areas as an Indicator of Water Quality Impacts in a Semi-arid Environment, Nancy Mesner, Utah State University

9:00am Automated Calibration of Watershed Models, David Radcliffe, University of Georgia

9:20am Interactive Spatially Dynamic Framework for Sustainable Watershed Phosphorus Management, Donald W. Meals, Associates in Rural Development, Inc.

9:40am An Internet-based Decision Support System for Rangeland Watershed Management, D. Phillip Guertin, University of Arizona

Session A4
Agricultural Best Management Practices:
Education Programs for Agriculture
Moderator: Brian Benham, Virginia Tech

10:20am The iSNAP Project: A Regional Approach to Agricultural Professional Education, Mary Staben, Oregon State University

10:40am Addressing Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Through the Master Farmer Program, Carrie Castille Mendoza, LSU Ag Center

11:00am Nutrient Management Education Empowers Arkansas Farmers, Michele Steele, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service

11:20am Alternative Organophosphate Dormant Spray Treatment Timing as a BMP for Orchard Crops, Frank Zalom, University of California-Davis

11:40pm Is Precision Farming a Nutrient Best Management Practice? David Clay, South Dakota State University

12:00pm Application of Pesticide Assessment Tools to IPM on US F&WS Lands, Bruce Seelig, North Dakota State University

Session R4
Rural Environmental Protection:
Environmental Restoration
Moderator: Sharon Collman, Region 10 Liaison

10:20am Bioengineering and Riparian Buffers: Building Tribal Capacity to Improve Water Quality in Kansas, Charles Barden, Kansas State University, Potawatomi Tribe

10:40am Influence of Stream Valley Geomorphology on Large Wood in Second-growth and Old-growth Northern Hardwood-Conifer Ecosystems of Upper Michigan, P. Charles Goebel, The Ohio State University

11:00am Association of Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and Other Fish with Large Wood Jams in Pools of a River in Northern Hardwood-Conifer Old-growth Forest, Arthur Morris, Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University

11:20am 4-H Wildlife Stewards - Helping to Restore Our Watersheds One School at a Time, Maureen Hosty, Oregon State University Extension 4-H

11:40am Economics of Stream Restoration, Alan Collins, West Virginia University

12:00pm Economic Analysis of River Restoration, Fred J. Hitzhusen, The Ohio State University

Session W4
Watershed Assessment & Restoration:
Watershed Education
Moderator: Joe Bonnell, Ohio State University

10:20am The Role of Volunteer Monitoring in Meeting Watershed Assessment and Restoration Goals, Elizabeth Herron, National Facilitation of CSREES Volunteer Monitoring

10:40am Effective Community Engagement in Water Resources Planning, Robert Simmons, Washington State University Extension

11:00am The Watershed Science Symposium: An Alternative to a Science Fair, Frank A. Burris, Oregon State University Extension Service

11:20am Rainstorming! Assisting Coastal Communities in Reducing Runoff, Improving Water Quality, and Meeting Water Quality Standards, Derek Godwin, Oregon State University Extension Service

11:40am Interactive Internet Experiences with Watershed Concepts: Targeting Youth, Elementary and Middle School Educators, Deepa Mani, University of Missouri Extension

12:00pm Of Lawsuits and Research Projects: Working through the Pain, Marty Matlock, University of Arkansas

Luncheon
Moderator: Dr. Art Gold, University of Rhode Island

Water Resource Challenges for Research, Extension, and Education
Dr. Jim Dobrowolski, Washington State University
Dr. Mike O'Neill, USDA-CSREES

Concurrent Symposia

Water Quality Effectiveness of Conservation Best Management Practices
Chair: Dr. Deanna Osmond, NC State University

For over two decades, agricultural best management practice (BMP) effectiveness has been researched at the watershed scale. This symposium is a retrospective of some long-term monitoring programs that have tracked BMP effectiveness. Lessons learned from these programs will be presented. In addition, case studies from historic and on-going watershed projects will be presented. The symposium brings together university and ARS researchers.

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Best Education Practices for Water Quality
Chair: Ms. Elaine Andrews, University of Wisconsin

This session builds on recommendations developed by water outreach educators from around the United States who attended a June 2004 Symposium held at the University of Wisconsin. The Symposium, "Best Education Practices (BEPs) for Water Outreach Professionals: Defining BEPs, Refining New Resources and Recommending Future Actions," was convened as part of the CSREES Water Outreach National Facilitation project to evaluate resources and to discuss case studies and research about application of Best Education Practices to water education.

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5:00pm

4:30pm-
5:30pm

CEAP Proposal Question & Answer
Ms. Mary Ann Rozum, USDA-CSREES
Ms. Lisa Duriancik, USDA-CSREES

Conservation Effects Assessment Program Workshop
Chair: Mary Ann Rozum, USDA-CSREES

Who Should Attend: Those interested in collaborating with existing projects or those considering an application to the competitive CEAP grant program.

The primary intention of this session is to allow currently funded Project Directors and associated personnel to learn from each other regarding approaches to watershed assessment and data analysis for CEAP and to facilitate coordination and communication among projects.

-Overviews of the 24 currently funded USDA-CEAP

-Watershed approaches for determining environmental effects, data management, modeling methods, economic analysis, and plans for outreach