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USDA-CSREES

National Water Conference

February 3-7, 2008
John Ascuaga's Nugget Hotel Resort

Sunday, February 3	Room	Activity
9:00am - 5:00pm	Fremont	Region 9 Program Team Chair: Kitt Farrell-Poe, University of Arizona
1:00pm		Registration Opens
2:00pm - 5:00pm	Tahoe	Region 8 Meeting Chair: Reagan Waskom, Colorado State University
7:00pm - 9:00pm	Fremont	Liaisons Meeting Chair: Christine French, University of California-Riverside

Monday, February 4
7:30am - 8:30am	Fremont	Committee for Shared Leadership, Liaisons, and National Facilitation Projects Chair: Reagan Waskom, CSU
8:00am		Registration Opens
8:30am - 10:00am	Genoa	1890 Land Grant Institutions Co-Chairs: Sam Dennis, Tennessee State University & Cass Gardner, Florida A&M University
8:30am - 10:00am	Donner	1994 Land Grant Institutions Chair: Virgil Dupuis, Salesh Kootenai College, Montana
9:00am - 12:00pm	Tahoe Bonanza C Bonanza B Bonanza A Ponderosa A	Topical Meetings (Open to All Attendees) These meetings are chaired by leaders of National Facilitation Projects funded by the USDA-CSREES 406 grant program to facilitate collaborative research, extension, and education to address high-priority national water issues. The meetings are open to all attendees who want to learn more about these projects and participate in future efforts. NEMO, Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials Chair: David Dickson, University of Connecticut This meeting will run 9am-10am. Cyanobacteria and Water Quality Chair: Ron Turco, Purdue University Speakers: Ken Hudnell, US EPA, and Jennifer Graham, US Geological Survey This symposium will provide a comprehensive evaluation of the role water managers play in controlling cyanobacteria. The panel will cover the ecology and the factors that may lead to a Cyanobacteria bloom. Careful planning and management practices will help to limit the repetition of blooms and the goal of this series of talks is to provide information to allow this to occur. For more information, see this website: www.epi-net.org eXtension Launch for Livestock and Poultry Environmental (LPE) Learning Center Co-Chairs: Rick Koelsch, University of Nebraska; Jill Heemstra, University of Nebraska; Joe Harrison, Washington State University; Mark Risse, University of Georgia This session will provide a brief tour of the LPE Learning Center website and allow participants to test and critique the proposed product. The presentation will also connect participants to the nine issue team leaders for an introduction to the products they have produced and their needs for expertise and additional web pages in the future. The nine leaders will join the group using the same distance learning technology used for webcasts and share their respective goals and needs. Finally, the role of the webcast in extension education will be discussed using a sample webcast by 3 national experts on the topic of pharmaceuticals associated with animal manures and water quality. They will share their perspectives on the potential environmental risks, fate and transport of these contaminants, and management practices to minimize risks. Using this example, we will discuss strengths, challenges, and future roles of webcast education. Visit the eXtension website: http://about.extension.org Performance-based Incentives for Agricultural Pollution Control Chair: Jonathan Winsten, University of Vermont Water Outreach: Changing Public Behavior - Increasing Citizen Involvement Through Use of Target Audience Information Co-Chairs: Elaine Andrews and Kate Reilly, Univ. of Wisconsin Extension Environmental Resources Center A new USDA Cooperative Extension project, Changing Public Behavior, focuses on preparing water resource professionals to apply education and social science research in new and creative ways to encourage the public to adopt environmentally friendly habits. If the goals of outreach are to 1) effectively change public behavior in ways conducive to the better management of water resources, and 2) provide communities with the skills required to manage water resources themselves for the long term and/or know where and how to seek help in doing so -- then it follows that outreach educators need to develop a familiarity with the individuals and communities with which they work. In this session we will introduce project resources and invite discussion for how to most effectively collect and apply information about audiences when developing an outreach or education initiative.
10:00am - 12:00pm	Ponderosa B	Water Coordinators Leadership Seminar: Making Collaboration Work (1862, 1890, and 1994 Institutions Invited) Chair: Robin Shepard, University of Wisconsin Facilitator: Steve Smutko, North Carolina State University As a Water Quality Coordinator, you are likely working in a decision arena that involves an increasing number of people and organizations competing for ever scarcer resources. Since the 1990's, 'collaboration' has been touted as a new method of organizational behavior and a leadership style that brings about lasting results and win/win solutions to complex problems. But what is collaboration, really? Isn't the collaborative process a pain in the neck? Collaboration can work for you if you understand why, when, and how to engage others in joint decision making. In this session you will learn the factors that affect successful collaboration and how to shape those factors to improve collaborative success. You will also be introduced to some basic approaches to collaborative decision making that can improve your ability to interact with peers, negotiate better deals, and avoid needless conflict.
12:00pm - 1:00pm		Lunch on your own
1:00pm - 10:00pm	Pavilion CDE	Poster and Exhibit Set Up
1:00pm - 5:00pm	Tahoe	Symposium D1: Using Social Indicators for NPS Planning and Evaluation Co-Chairs: Ken Genskow, University of Wisconsin; Linda Prokopy, Purdue University; and Rebecca Power, University of Wisconsin Getting people to change behaviors that impact water quality is crucial to the long-term success of our nation’s efforts to reduce nonpoint source (NPS) pollution. NPS projects can help bring about these changes by delivering appropriate combinations of technical, financial, and educational assistance to people making land management decisions. Social indicators provide information about the social context, capacity, awareness, attitudes, and behaviors of individuals, households, organizations, and communities. This interactive workshop will provide an overview of social indicators for NPS projects and describe how indicators are being used for planning and evaluation. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to determine how social indicators might be applied to their own NPS projects.
1:00pm - 5:00pm	Pavilion B	Symposium D2: Agricultural Water Conservation Chair: Troy Bauder, Colorado State University Speakers: Neil Hansen, CSU; Brent Esplin, USBR (Montana); Jim Bauder, Montana State University; Bill Golden, Kansas State University; John Eckhart, Imperial Irrigation District (California) This symposium will address a variety of issues at the center of agricultural water conservation. It will begin by providing an overview of water use in the U.S. and will conclude by identifying new research and outreach opportunities for agricultural water conservation. Selected speakers will discuss issues concerning the agronomic, cropping system, irrigation, and water delivery approaches for agricultural water conservation. Additionally, the symposium will address agricultural water conservation impacts on in-stream flows, review producer responses to water conservation initiatives, and identify economic incentives for agricultural water conservation. During the course of the afternoon, economic and policy opportunities / challenges surrounding agricultural water conservation will be addressed. Throughout the symposium, speakers will provide opinions concerning the current and future role of Cooperative Extension and University research in ag water conservation and discuss strategies for implementing conservation activities through potential funding, partnering, and leveraging opportunities.
1:00pm - 5:00pm	Ponderosa A	Symposium D3: Coordinated Management of Water Quality Protection and Food Safety Practices in Cool Season Vegetable Production Co-Chairs: Mary Bianchi, Christine French, University of California-Riverside and Kay Mercer, Southern SLO and SB Counties Ag Watershed Coalition Speakers: Hank Giclas, Western Growers Assn.; Devon Zagory, Rob Atwill, Trevor Suslow, and Ken Tate, University of California-Davis; and David Crohn, University of California-Riverside Efforts to exclude human pathogens such as E. coli O157:H7 from farms growing irrigated lettuce and leafy vegetables on California's Central Coast are conflicting with traditionally accepted strategies to protect surface water quality. Co-managing food safety and water quality requires reliable information on the impact of crop management and water quality practices on pathogen transport and survival. In the face of uncertainty many produce buyers have adopted private standards, delivered through suppliers of third party certification services in addition to recently intensified industry guidelines. This session seeks to facilitate national discussion of these emerging issues.
1:00pm - 5:00pm	Fremont	*Symposium D4: E. coli* Monitoring in Streams Using Bacteria Test Kits: A Training Workshop** Co-Chairs: Lois Wolfson, Michigan State University; Jerry Iles, Ohio State University Extension; Barbara Liukkonen, University of Minnesota; Kristine Stepenuck, University of Wisconsin-Extension and Wisconsin DNR Contamination of surface water by fecal matter threatens public health and is a common public health concern. While monitoring is important to ensure safe recreational opportunities, reduced state budgets and shortages of state agency personnel make regular monitoring difficult. In 2004, volunteer monitoring programs in six upper Midwestern states initiated a three year CSREES funded project to evaluate five test methods and kits for monitoring E. coli bacteria that are suitable for home use. A comprehensive training program was developed. This half day workshop will provide participants with this refined training to use in their own states. Hands-on training will be provided using Coliscan Easygel and 3M Petrifilm methods. Each participant will also receive a copy of the Citizens Monitoring Bacteria manual.
1:00pm - 5:00pm	Bonanza A	Symposium D5: Balancing Agriculture, Water Use, Human Resources, and Energy Production for a Sustainable Future: Issues and Opportunities Chair: David Clay, South Dakota State University Speakers: Barbara Carney, National Energy Technology Laboratory; Robin Shepard, University of Wisconsin; Harold Bergman, University of Wyoming Ruckelshaus Institute; and Tom Simpson, University of Maryland Throughout the US numerous energy self sufficiency projects have been proposed and some are being implemented. For example, 1) corn grain-based ethanol plants have been constructed in many rural communities, 2) methane and coal bed methane production continues to increase in west; and 3) pilot plants based on the cellulose conversion of wheat and corn residues into ethanol are being planned for Kansas and Iowa. Soil, water, and crop professionals must address the potential impact of these activities on rural communities, soil and water sustainability, and the potential reallocations of water resources. The purpose of this symposium is to provide an interactive forum where issues and opportunities associated with natural resource management and energy production are discussed.
1:00pm - 6:00pm	Bonanza B	NRI Grant Awardees Meeting Chair: Mary Ann Rozum, USDA-CSREES The NRI water and watersheds meeting will review funded grants and promote discussion among projects. Abstracts of funded projects are available on the web at www.usawaterquality.org.
5:00pm - 7:00pm	Pavilion CDE	Welcome Reception
7:00pm - 9:00pm	Ponderosa A	Region 1 Meeting Chair: Art Gold, University of Rhode Island
7:00pm - 9:00pm	Bonanza C	Region 2 Meeting Chair: Chris Obropta, Rutgers University
7:00pm - 9:00pm	Bonanza A	Region 3 Meeting Chair: Doug Parker, University of Maryland
7:00pm - 9:00pm	Ponderosa B	Regions 4 and 6 Meeting Chair: Teferi Tsegaye, Alabama A&M University
7:00pm - 9:00pm	Fremont	Region 5 Meeting Chair: Robin Shepard, University of Wisconsin
7:00pm - 9:00pm	Donner	Region 7 Heartland Meeting Chair: Gerald Miller, Iowa State University
7:00pm - 9:00pm	Genoa	Region 8 Meeting Chair: Reagan Waskom, Colorado State University
7:00pm - 9:00pm	Tahoe	Region 10 Meeting Chair: Bob Mahler, University of Idaho

Tuesday, February 5
7:00am - 8:00am	Poolside Terrace	Committee for Shared Leadership
8:00am - 10:00am	Rose B	General Session Moderator: Reagan Waskom, Colorado State University Welcome Perspectives from the CSREES-Land Grant University Partnership Colien Hefferan, USDA-CSREES Administrator Mary Ann Rozum, National Program Leader, USDA-CSREES Mike O'Neill, National Program Leader, Water Quality, USDA-CSREES Global Hydrology: Lessons from the US Northeast Corridor Charles Vörösmarty, Professor, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire www.eos.sr.unh.edu/Faculty/Vorosmarty Awards Presentation Mike O'Neill, National Program Leader, Water Quality, USDA-CSREES
10:00am - 12:00pm	Genoa	Web Site Coordinators Meeting Chair: Kelly Addy, University of Rhode Island
10:00am - 12:00pm	Tahoe	Great Lakes Regional Leadership Team Meeting Chair: Robin Shepard, University of Wisconsin
10:00am - 1:00pm	Pavilion CDE	Poster Session: Poster Presenters at posters from 11:00am to 12:00pm Lunch provided at 11:30am for all conference attendees.
11:00am - 5:00pm	Southern Pacific EF	Regional Integrated Pest Management Center Co-Directors Meeting Chair: Rick Melnicoe, University of California - Davis
11:00am - 1:00pm	Poolside Terrace	CSL and Multi-State Projects Meeting
11:30am - 12:30pm	Pavilion CDE	Lunch provided at the Poster Session for all conference attendees.

Concurrent Sessions


	Session A1 Nutrient Impacts Moderator: Amy Shober Pavilion B	Session R1 Drinking Water Moderator: Pat Pearson Bonanza B	Session W1 Pathogens in Water Moderator: Mary Ann Rozum Rose B	Session H1 Human Dimensions of Watershed Changes Moderator: Linda Prokopy Ponderosa A	Session T1 Education for Agricultural Producers Moderator: Bruce Mertz Ponderosa B	Symposium E1 1:10pm-4:45pm Bonanza A
12:30pm	David Clay Deep Manure Impact on Soil N and P Concentrations, Corn and Soybean Yields, and Water Infiltration	Stephanie S. Clemens Using an Online Evaluation Tool to Assess Management of Private Water Wells	David J. Lewis Estuary sediment and suspended solids bacteria: Implications for microbial pollution sources and monitoring	Robert R. Broz The Human Dimension of Targeting Watershed Practices	Lena Beth Carmichael Top 9 Forms of Communication With a Farmer - Plus 7 Ways to Win Friends and Influence Farmers to use Ag BMPs
12:50pm	G. B. Reddy Nutrient Dynamics in Integrated Animal and Cropping System	Asmare Atalay Drinking Water Quality Assessment at Underserved Farms: Relationships Among Water Quality Parameters and Survey Questions in Virginia’s Coastal Plain	Nancy M. White Multiple Antibiotic Resistance (MAR) and Ribotyping (RT) of Escherichia coli Isolates from Three North Carolina Impaired Watersheds	John Tharp Growth and Development of Watershed Partnerships	Mark P. Dubin Speaking in One Voice: Developing a Universal Agricultural Conservation Language within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
1:10pm	Tim Radatz Nutrient and Sediment Losses from Overwintering Areas in Grazing Systems in Wisconsin	Paul Hook Seasonal, Operational, and Plant Effects on Water Treatment Processes in Constructed Wetlands	Gang Chen Impact of Genetic Modification on Bacterial Surface Properties and Transport	John D. Wiener Changing Colorado Agricultural Water Management: Reflections on a Failure of Adaptation	Stephen L. Boyles Youth Livestock Environmental Assurance	Symposium E1 Regional Water Program Impacts Chair: Bob Mahler The purpose of this symposium is to highlight success stories from CSREES funded regional water quality programs over the last seven years. The presentations in this symposium showcase significant outputs and outcomes that have been created on a regional basis. Alyson McCann University of Rhode Island Dan Devlin Kansas State University Greg Jennings NC State University
1:30pm	Don W. Meals Tracking Watershed P-loss Hotspots Through Time and Space: An Approach to Targeting Nonpoint Source Management	Abua Ikem Differentiation of Volatile Organic Compounds Content of Source, Bottled and Tap waters by Purge and Trap GC-MS: Are There Human Health Risks	Jean McLain Using Q-PCR and Bacteroides-Specific Molecular Markers to Quantify Sources of Fecal Contamination in a Reclaimed Water Irrigation Pond	David W. Dickson New & Noteworthy at NEMO	Michael Christian Working with Animal Feeding Operations to Implement Best Management Practices
1:50pm	Thomas Harter Groundwater Monitoring of Land Application with Manure, Biosolids, and other Organic Residuals	James Hairston Bottled Water: Beneficial Industry or Super Con Job	Cara Muscio Examining Optical Brighteners as an MST screening tool	Karen Manges Douglas and Rogelio Saenz Scanning the Divide: El Paso and Ciudad Juarez Water Issues	Dennis Frame Educating Producers About Manure Application
2:10pm	Fred Madison Long Term, Annual Nutrient and Sediment Losses from Agricultural Basins in West Central Wisconsin	David S. Vinson Naturally occurring contaminants in North Carolina private wells: The role of geology and water chemistry on radium mobilization in a granitic area	Wondwossen Gebreyes Identification of sources of Salmonella in watersheds and characterization of multiple antimicrobial resistant strains	Barry Fox What Do You Know About Water Quality?	Ronda Hirnyck Idaho OnePlan Integrate Pest Management Matrix
2:30pm	Break


	Session A2 Best Management Practices Moderator: Teferi Tsegaye Pavilion B	Session R2 Groundwater and Wastewater Treatment Moderator: Carl Evensen Bonanza B	Session W2 Monitoring Outcomes Moderator: Teshome Regassa Rose B	Session H2 Incentives for Change Moderator: Garrett O'Keefe Ponderosa A	Session T2 Low Impact Development in Developing Watersheds Moderator: Bill Hunt Ponderosa B	Symposium E1 (continued) Bonanza A
3:00pm	Joe Lally and Rick Koelsch Heartland’s Contributions to the CAFO Policy on Nutrient Planning	Kevin Urbanczyk Aquifer Characterization in the Sunny Glen area near Alpine, Texas	Thomas Harter Emerging Contaminants in Dairy Farming: Source Characterization and Shallow Groundwater Impacts	Laura McCann Adoption of Environment-Oriented versus Profit-Oriented Technologies	Rich McLaughlin Starting Low Impact Development at the Bulldozer Stage	Reagan Waskom Colorado State University Christopher Obropta Rutgers University Robert L. Mahler University of Idaho
3:20pm	Daniel Devlin Implementation of Best Management Practices in the Little Arkansas River Watershed	Carol Martinson Adsorption of Arsenic Species from Ground Water onto Cupric Oxide (CuO) Nanoparticles Across a Wide Range of Natural Conditions	Anthony Yannarell Antibiotic resistance genes and residues in water and soil in close proximity to swine production facilities - molecular ecology section	Alan R. Collins Farmers As Producers Of Clean Water: Getting Incentive Payments Right	Jeffrey Schloss Landscaping at the Water’s Edge: Challenges in Promoting Ecological Based Practices to Homeowners and Their Service Providers.
3:40pm	Thomas Obreza Florida's Bevy of BMPs: A Voluntary Approach to Water Quality Protection	David Radcliffe A simple method for estimating long term acceptance rates in OWMSs	J. Joshua Romeis Estimating phosphorus loads in streams draining poultry-pasture operations in the upper Etowah River basin, Georgia	Kristin Rowles Protecting Water Quality with Incentives for Litter Transfer in Georgia: Learning From Experience	Hayes Lenhart Nutrient Plant Uptake and Phosphorus Deposition in Constructed Stormwater Wetlands
4:00pm	Doug Parker Biases in Nutrient Management Planning	Bruce Lesikar Analyzing Wastewater Treatment Systems Serving Residential and Commercial Facilities for High Strength and Hydraulic Loading Short Course	George Vellidis Establishing the Causes and Effects of Low Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations in the Rivers and Streams of the Georgia Coastal Plain	John Rodecap Performance Incentives Enable Stewardship Ethic and Systems Approach to Environmental Protection	Jeff Mullen Using Storm Water Management Bioretention Cells as Economic and Engineering Education Tools
4:20pm	Allan Fulton Agricultural BMPs to Reduce Sediment and Pyrethroid Insecticides in Irrigation Runoff	Sara Christopherson Modeling of Phosphorous Attenuation Mechanisms in Soil Based Septic Systems	Mae Gustin Measurement of methyl mercury production in constructed wetlands and comparison with data collected in a natural system	Lenore P. Tedesco Towards Sustainable Water Resources for Mixed Agricultural and Urban Watersheds	Jon Hathaway Using BMP Field Evaluations to Aid Program Development in Charlotte, North Carolina
4:40pm	Robert E. Graves Pennsylvania Recycles Organics – a working vision	Bruce Lesikar Installation Curriculum for Small Scale Wastewater Treatment Systems	Eric Cooley Comparison of Water Quantity and Quality Between Subsurface Tile and Edge-of-Field Runoff From a Wisconsin Agricultural Landscape	Andrew Sharpley Watershed Remediation: Considering Co-Benefits And Tradeoffs	Jason D. Wright Implementation and Performance of Stormwater Best Management Practice Retrofits in Wilmington, NC
5:00pm- 7:00pm	Pavilion CDE	Reception - Pacific Island Theme (Pacific Island Attire Encouraged!)
6:30pm- 8:00pm	Ponderosa A	CSREES Grant-Writing Discussion Co-Chairs: Mike O'Neill, Mary Ann Rozum, and Bruce Mertz, USDA-CSREES
Wednesday, February 6
7:00am-8:30am	Genoa	CSL and IPM Work Group Chair: Reagan Waskom, Colorado State University
8:00am-12:00pm	Southern Pacific EF	Regional Integrated Pest Management Center Co-Directors Meeting Chair: Rick Melnicoe, University of California - Davis
8:00am-12:00pm	Bonanza C	Workshop on Designing and Targeting Communication and Marketing: How Your Programs Can Hit the Bull's Eye with Audiences and Partners Co-Chairs: Rebecca Power, University of Wisconsin, and Daphne Pee, University of Maryland Water researchers, outreach professionals, and managers use communication and marketing skills to achieve a variety of program management objectives. During the "Creating and Sustaining Successful Water Quality Programs..." workshop held during the 2007 National Conference, participants identified communication and marketing skill sets as areas of professional development need. Building on their request, this workshop will outline and help participants develop communications and marketing strategies that: 1) Effectively reach target audiences to achieve program goals; 2) Build and maintain effective collaborations to address water resource management issues; and, 3) Increase stakeholder awareness and understanding of your program.
Concurrent Sessions


	Session A3 Water Quality Solutions Moderator: Dan Devlin Pavilion B	Session R3 Agricultural Water Conservation Moderator: Fred Sorensen Bonanza B	Session W3 Watershed Management Moderator: John Tharp Rose B	Session H3 Education Impacts Moderator: Jennifer Kushner Ponderosa A	CEAP 1 Effects of Conservation Moderator: Don Meals Pavilion A	Symposium F1 Volunteer Monitoring Ponderosa B
8:00am	John D. Lea-Cox A Web-Based Knowledge Center for Water and Nutrient Management for the Nursery and Greenhouse Industry	Bruce Lesikar Rainwater Harvesting Training in Texas	Charles Dvorsky Managing Total Dissolved Solids in Agricultural Water Supplies Along the Texas/Mexico Border	Barry Fox Water Resource Education for Rural Middle Schools	Robert L. Kellogg A CEAP National Assessment of the Field-Level Effects of Conservation Practices on Cropland—Preliminary Results	Putting It All Together - Using Data to Tell the Story Co-Chairs: Linda Green and Elizabeth Herron Well designed monitoring programs have clear goals for their data – whether it’s building a solid water quality database for future trend analysis or documenting a pollution source in the watershed. And while state agencies’ monitoring goals are typically to assess and report on a water body’s health, volunteer monitors tend to be more interested in ‘making a difference’ and are action oriented. Presenting complex water quality information in an effective, relevant way that stimulates interest and action will be the focus of this interactive workshop. We will share examples of reports, websites and other presentation tools used by CSREES-associated and other volunteer monitoring programs to effectively present monitoring data. We will also examine indices and metrics, ‘report cards’ and ‘traffic light’ schema that have been created to help simplify monitoring data. We will conclude the workshop with an interactive discussion on “public friendly indicators”.
8:20am	James P. Muir Tightening the phosphorus cycles on CAFO dairies in north-central Texas	Mike Brugger Water Use and Savings on Large Dairy Farms	Joseph C. Makarewicz Nutrient Chemistry of streams improve with implementation of total farm planning in the Finger Lakes of New York.	Cara Muscio Shellfish Restoration as an integration of science and education	Ernesto de la Hoz Assessing the spatial distribution of conservation practices implemented along a northern Utah watershed: did practices target critical areas?
8:40am	John Lawrence and Rick Koelsch Heartland’s Assessment of the Impact on Nutrient Management of Increased Feeding of Ethanol Co-products.	James E. Hook Role of Farm Ponds In Basin Runoff and Farm Water Security	Erik Olson Chippewa Flowage Invasive Species Education and Management Project	Allan Fulton Local diffusion networks act as pathways to sustainable agriculture in the Sacramento Valley	Indrajeet Chaubey BMP Effectiveness Assessment for a Pasture Dominated Watershed: Results from Two Years of CEAP Assessment
9:00am	Tom Moorman Effect of Manure Management and Conservation Practices on Bacterial Contamination of Surface Water	Andrew G. Ristvey Smarter Irrigation Management: Wireless Sensor Systems	Holly George California Irrigated Lands (Water Quality Monitoring) Program	Suzanna Carrithers A new era of online education: field based, online water quality curriculum for teachers	Claire Baffaut Best Management Practices in the CEAP Goodwater Creek Watershed: What, Where, Why, and How Much?
9:20am	Tammo Steenhuis Modeling Watershed-Scale Effectiveness of Agricultural Best Management Practices to Reduce Phosphorus Loading	Felix R. Arguedas Calibration of Capacitance Sensors to Precisely Measure Water Availability in Soilless Substrates	Jonathan Martin Urbanization effects on the microclimate and vegetation structure of riparian areas along ephemeral streams	Charles Abdalla Mail Surveys as Tools for Assessing Local Officials’ Water Management, Education and Technical Assistance Needs	R. Peter Richards Record-setting Phosphorus Loads from Agricultural Watersheds in Ohio
9:40am	Deanna Osmond Are Slow Release Nitrogen Fertilizers a Best Management Practice	Stacy Pandey HB 1437: No net loss municipal interbasin transfer through agricultural water conservation	Eran Hood The influence of salmon and wetland-derived nutrients on watershed productivity in the Tongass National Forest	Lois Wright Morton Farmer Conservation Practices: The Promise & Challenge of the Citizen Effect	Alan Herlihy Assessing Trade-Offs Between Crop Production and Ecological Services: The Calapooia Basin
10:00am	Break
	Session A4 Treatment Systems Moderator: Bruce Mertz Pavilion B	Session R4 Water Management Moderator: Michael Cochrane Bonanza B	Session W4 Watershed Assessment Moderator: Amanda Schielke Rose B	Session H4 Social Issues Moderator: Anne Baird Ponderosa A	CEAP 2 Modeling Conservation Effects Moderator: Deanna Osmond Pavilion A	Symposium F2 Source Water Protection Moderator: John Peckenham Ponderosa B
10:20am	Joe Harrison Cooling of Dairy Plate Cooler Water Prior to Entry Into Surface Water – Two Case Studies	Jeffery A. Ballweber A New Approach to Building Rural Water Development and Management Capacity: A Mississippi Example	Linda Green Supporting Volunteer Monitoring Efforts Across the Country	Ken Genskow and Katherine White Using Demographic Information and Census Data in Watershed Planning	Jan Boll CEAP: Cumulative Effects Modeling and Interdisciplinary Analyses	Understanding Our Common Ground: Drinking Water Quality, Agriculture, and Rural Economies Panel Discussion & Audience Dialogue This session is intended to facilitate information sharing and identification of opportunities to gain multiple benefits, including public health protection through protecting drinking water sources. Beth Hall USEPA Source Water Protection Program Chi Ho Sham American Water Works Association- Source Water Protection Committee Mark Walker Nevada Extension Water Specialist Mark Wettlaufer National Rural Water Association Doug Malone Nebraska Test Your Well Project (FFA/County) TBD, Drinking Water Utility
10:40am	Sara Christopherson Milk House Wastewater Treatment	Wellela Hirpassa Why is Water Quality Education Program a critical issue in the District of Columbia	Teferi Tsegaye Occurrence of Pesticides in Soil and Sediment of the Indian Creek and Huntsville Spring Branch Watersheds of North Alabama	Faye Sleeper Incorporating the Human Dimension into Watershed Planning - Reactions from Stakeholders	Margaret Gitau Evaluating BMP Scenarios under CEAP: Approaches to handling a multitude of runs and large datasets
11:00am	Larry D. Geohring Treating Agricultural Process Wastewater with Vegetated Filter Areas	Mark Risse WaterSmart: Georgia's water conservation program	Kelly Addy In-Stream Denitrification: Pilot Studies and Site Characteristics on a Headwater Stream	Delores Severtson and Barbara Liukkonen Social dimensions of private well testing: Why don’t people test their well water?	George Vellidis A Multi-Criteria Decision Support Model for Ranking Factors Affecting Conservation Practice Adoption in a CEAP Watershed
11:20am	John Majsztrik Modeling Water and Nutrient Runoff from Nursery and Greenhouse Operations in Maryland	Doug Wilson Water Scarcity and Permit Questions: Georgia Farmers at Risk?	Christopher Sass Geomorphic Stream Assessment, Prediction and Validation: Black Vermillion River, KS	Patrick Robinson A Human Dimensions Framework for Sustaining Wild Rice in the Upper Great Lakes Region	Sergey Rabotyagov Using Genetic Algorithms and an Integrated Water Quality-Economic Model to Identify Efficient Placement of Conservation Practices in the Walnut Creek
11:40am	Michael D. Cahn Evaluation of Polymers for Controlling Sprinkler Run-off in Vegetables Fields on the Central Coast of California	Larry Parsons Reclaimed Water in Florida: Trends and Changes in Attitudes	K. J. Reddy Monitoring the Quality of CBNG Produced Water and Determining Beneficial Uses across the Powder River Basin, Wyoming	Robert L . Mahler Public Attitudes and Actions Taken toward Water Resource Issues in the Pacific Northwest in the Last Five Years	Prem Parajuli Evaluation of SWAT and AnnAGNPS in the Cheney Lake Watershed CEAP
12:00-1:00pm	Lunch on your own
12:00-1:00pm	Southern Pacific D	Student Career Awareness Lunch Co-Chairs: Chris Obropta, Rutgers University, and Cass Gardner, Florida A&M University Pre-registration is required due to the need for a precise meal count.
	Session A5 Agricultural Innovations Moderator: Jane Frankenberger Pavilion B	Session R5 Water Management 2 Moderator: Bob Mahler Bonanza B	Session W5 Modeling Applications Moderator: Joe Lally Rose B	Session H5 Communitiy Involvement Moderator: Patrick Robinson Ponderosa A	CEAP 3 Applications for Monitoring and Adoption Moderator: Jan Boll Pavilion A	Symposium F3 IPM and Water Quality Ponderosa B
1:00pm	Puneet Srivastava A Web-Based Spatial Poultry Litter Management System for Reducing Nutrient Loading to Surface Waterbodies	Brandon Winchester Designing a Water Market for the Rio Grande Basin of New Mexico	Ahmed Alwadaey Effects of management practices on nutrients and sediment in runoff determined with SWAT for Wahoo Creek Watershed of southeastern Nebraska	Jennifer Peterson The Texas Watershed Steward Program: A Water Resource Training Curriculum	Nancy Mesner Designing Monitoring Programs to Evaluate Bmp Effectiveness: Lessons from CEAP	Improving Water Quality Through Integrated Pest Management: Working Together This symposium will focus on key places where water quality programs and integrated pest management (IPM) synergize. Practitioners are eager for ways to assess the risks that pesticides pose to water quality, to follow best management practices, and to attain measurable results. Policy makers want to encourage promising projects. In this symposium, we will learn about success stories and potential collaborations, will draft joint priorities, and will lay the groundwork for future work. Troy Bauder Colorado State University Mike O'Neill National Water Program, CSREES Michael Fitzner Plant & Animal Systems, CSREES Paul Jepson Oregon State University Thomas Greitens Central Michigan University Mary Bianchi University of California Dan Devlin Kansas State University Rosemary Hallberg NC State University Rick Melnicoe University of California - Davis Art Gold University of Rhode Island Carrie Koplinka-Loehr Cornell University
1:20pm	Kurtis D. Reitsma Developing a Water Quality Risk Map for Targeting Resources in South Dakota	Mark H. Masters Economic Implications of Drought Management for SW Georgia Agriculture	Mahbub Hasan Model for Predicting Rainfall by Fuzzy Set Theory Using USDA Scan Data	Jeff Ballweber Watershed Groups for Better Watershed Leadership: Mississippi Case Studies	David K Stevens High Frequency Monitoring System to Assess Water Quality Constituent Loading
1:40pm	J. Larry Oldham Small Pasture-based Assessment of the Mississippi Phosphorus Index	Steven Shultz Land Value Premiums for Effective Irrigation Retirement Programs: Phase I: Mapping Land Sales and Modeling the Determinants of Sale Prices	Edmund C. Merem Applications of Geo-Information Systems To Assess Water Quality Trends In The Mid Atlantic Region Within An Agricultural Watershed	Dave Toms and Damian Maddalena Integrating Basinwide Water Quality Plans in Google Earth to Enhance Public Access and Connect Water Quality Concepts to the Landscape in a Geographic	Jamie McEvoy Assessing the Long Term Impacts of Water Quality Outreach and Education Efforts on Landowners
2:00pm	Tom W. Bruulsema A Global BMP Framework Optimizes Fertilizer Management Practices for Water Quality	Rob Nelson A Psycho-Social Response to Community Water Disaster Events	Puneet Srivastava Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Runoff Generation Areas and their Hydrologic Connectivity on a Pasture Hillslope	James Pease Community DECISIONS: Community Decision Support for Integrated, On-the-ground Nutrient Strategies	Larry Van Tassell Factors Affecting the Adoption of Best Management Practices in the Inland Northwest
2:20pm	Rory Maguire Development of Regulations to reduce Phosphorus Losses from Agriculture in the U.S. and Europe	Eric Eckl Water Words That Work - And Don't	Tim Sweeney Utility of AGWA in NRCS Rapid Watershed Assessments	Wendy Patoprsty Downtown Clean Water Community Park	Robert Brooks Analysis of BMP implementation, performance, and maintenance in Spring Creek, an agriculturally-influenced watershed in Pennsylvania, a CEAP research project
2:40pm	Break
	Session A6 Agricultural Innovations 2 Moderator: Mark McFarland Pavilion B	Session R6 Innovations in Conservation Moderator: Michael Gamroth Bonanza B	Session W6 Watershed Restoration Moderator: Chris Obropta Rose B	Session H6 Watershed Planning Moderator: Kenneth Genskow Ponderosa A	CEAP 4 Synthesis and Future Directions Moderator: Mike O'Neill Pavilion A
3:00pm	Roxanne Johnson Livestock Water Quality and Quantity: Collaboration of University Information	David J. Lewis Meeting water needs for irrigated agriculture in a salmon bearing stream of Mediterranean California	Dan Downing Starting a Watershed Planning & Management Committee - (A Watershed Group)	Kristine Uhlman Depicting Population Change for Watershed Planning	Brook Harker Canada's WEBs Program
3:20pm	Craig Smith and Herschel George Cost-Effective Conservation: Using a BMP Auction for Targeting in Kansas	Colin P. Shea The influence of physiography, landscape characteristics, and drought on species richness and presence of imperiled unionids in the Lower Flint River	Gulnihal Ozbay Aquaculture Pond Water Mitigation and Management: Viability of a Freshwater Mussel (Elliptio complanata) as a Biological Filter	Lenore P. Tedesco Eagle Creek Watershed, Indiana: A case study in balancing watershed planning and stakeholder driven stewardship	Deanna Osmond CEAP Synthesis
3:40pm	Mark Rice The Need for a New Approach to On-Farm Assessments, Tools for Environmental Education and Protection	Rhonda Skaggs The Productivity of Water in Irrigated NM Pecan Production: Measurements and Policy Implications	Andrine Stanhope Modeling Nitrogen and Phosphorus Loading from Tate’s Hell State Forest into the Apalachicola Bay System Using Pollutant Loading Estimator (PLOAD)	Steven R. Tonn The Community Based Watershed Management Planning Approach for Nebraska Watersheds	Jan Boll CEAP Synthesis
4:00pm	Sarah Weammert Developing nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment reduction efficiencies reflective of operational conditions	Kevin Urbanczyk Rio Grande Basin Biophysical Assessment for Sustainable Agricultural Water Conservation	Dave Penrose Evaluation of North Carolina Stream Restoration Projects; Biological Responses to Habitat Change	Nikkoal J. Dictson Locally Driven Watershed Protection Planning in the Plum Creek Watershed: Starting from Scratch without a TMDL and Completing the Plan in Less than 24 Months	Deanna Osmond & Jan Boll CEAP Synthesis: Working Together
4:20pm	Jake Vandevort Ethanol and the Mid-Atlantic: Unintended Consequences and Opportunities for Water Quality	Jason Wright Innovative Stormwater Retrofits for Barrier Island Applications: Septic Tank Conversion in Holden Beach, NC		Matthew Berg An adaptive approach to gaining stakeholder confidence in Watershed Protection Plan development in the Plum Creek Watershed	Lisa Duriancik Enhancing Conservation Effects on Ag Landscapes: a Vision for the Future of CEAP
5:00-6:30pm	Genoa	Reception CEAP project personnel and CEAP Synthesis Advisory Team members are invited to attend, in addition to all conference attendees.
Thursday, February 7
8:00am-12:00pm	Ponderosa A	CEAP Program Meeting Chair: Deanna Osmond, NC State University We hope that all the CSREES-CEAP lead project investigators and other critical project personnel can attend this meeting. The purpose of this CEAP meeting is to present and receive feedback on the synthesis project. We want CEAP project teams to discuss and critique the template to be used to present lessons learned, and, in addition, we would like to share our resource needs. CEAP Synthesis Advisory Team members are also invited to attend this workshop. Finally, we would like all CEAP project personnel to please join us also for the CEAP Reception, Wednesday, February 6th, 5:00-6:30pm in the Genoa Room. (See the reception just above in this agenda.)

January 29, 2008 - Last Updated