Final Symposium Agenda
|
Tuesday, November 7
(Election Day; sessions start late to accomodate voting)
|
|---|
Opening and Welcome Session
|
| 11:00 am |
| Registration (lunch on your own)
|
| 12:30 pm |
|
Welcome and Conference Introduction
Janice Ward, U.S. Geological Survey
Steve Ashby, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
|
|
|
Welcome from Host State Representative
Brad Moore, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
|
| 12:45 pm |
| Reassessment of the 2001 Hypoxia Action Plan
Darrell Brown, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Presentation (PDF, 303KB)
|
Session 1
Overview of Mississippi River Basin Water Control and Hydrology
Moderator: Steve Ashby, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
|
| 1:00 pm |
| Keynote: Restoring a Functional Distributary System for the Lower Mississippi/Atchafalaya Rivers: Challenges and Implications for Coastal Restoration and Gulf Hypoxia
Len Bahr , Louisiana Governor's Office of Coastal Activities
Presentation (PDF, 2.5MB) |
| 2:00 pm |
| Mississippi River Watershed Management—The Big Picture
Status Report on Study of Land Management as Non-Structural Flood Control Measure
Larry Banks, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Presentation (PDF, 956KB) |
| 2:30 pm |
| Variability and Trends in the Mississippi River Basin Streamflow
Gregory Mccabe, U.S. Geological Survey
|
| 3:00 pm |
|
Break
|
Session 2
Trends in Sources and Transport of Nutrients and Sediment within
Major Tributaries of the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin (MARB)
Moderator: Richard Alexander, U.S. Geological Survey
|
| 3:30 pm |
|
Streamflow and Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Silica Flux at Selected Sites in the Mississippi River Basin, 1980-2005
William Battaglin , U.S. Geological Survey
Presentation (PDF, 1.6MB)
|
| 4:00 pm |
|
Agricultural Diffuse Sources
Wayne Maresch, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Conservation Service
Presentation (PDF, 1.2MB)
|
| 4:30 pm |
|
Municipal and Industrial Point Sources
Kavya Kasturi, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Presentation (PDF, 767KB)
|
| 5:00 pm |
|
Audience Q & A |
5:30 pm |
|
Adjourn |
Wednesday, November 8
|
|---|
| 8:00 am |
|
Summary Points from Previous Symposia, Lessons Learned
Richard Greene, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Presentation (PDF, 932KB)
- Gulf Hypoxia and Local Water Quality Concerns: A Workshop Assessing Tools to Reduce Agricultural Nutrient Losses to Water Resources in the Corn Belt
- Mississippi River Basin Nutrients Science Workshop
- Nutrient Loading and Removal in the Lower Mississippi River Basin: Data, Trends, and Opportunities
- Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Assessing the State of the Science
Assessing the State of Science Panel Discussion and Audience Q & A
Janice Ward, U.S. Geological Survey (Moderator)
James Baker, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Katie Flahive, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Richard Greene, Lower Mississippi River Sub-basin Committee on Hypoxia
|
Session 3
Transport and Transformation Processes within Major Tributaries of the MARB
Moderator, Greg McIsaac, University of Illinois
|
| 9:15 am |
|
Hydrology (Precipitation) and Land-Use Change
Simon Donner, Princeton University
Presentation (PDF, 921KB)
|
| 9:45 am |
|
Subsurface Drainage: Status and Impact on Nutrient Transport
Larry Brown, Ohio State University
Presentation (PDF, 2.5MB)
|
| 10:15 am |
|
Break |
| 10:45 am |
|
Riparian Nutrient Processing
Durelle Scott, University of Nebraska
Presentation (PDF, 1.6MB)
|
| 11:15 am |
|
Do In-stream Transformations Affect Nitrogen Loading to the Mississippi River?
Todd Royer, University of Indiana
Presentation (PDF, 327KB)
|
| 11:45 am |
| Phosphorus Dynamics in Headwater Basins of the Upper Mississippi River in Wisconsin
Emily Stanley, University of Wisconsin
Presentation (PDF, 965KB)
|
| 12:15 pm |
|
Phosphorus Forms, Fluxes, and Transformations in the Upper Mississippi River,
William James, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Presentation (PDF, 635KB)
|
| 12:45 pm |
|
Lunch (on your own)
|
Session 4
Characterization of Sources, Transport, and Fate of Nutrients and
Sediment from Major Tributaries to the Mainstem MARB and the Gulf of Mexico
Moderators: Brian Hill , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
and William Richardson, U.S. Geological Survey
|
| 1:45 pm |
|
Patterns of Nitrogen Cycling in the Upper Mississippi River
William Richardson, U.S. Geological Survey |
| 2:15 pm |
|
Nitrogen Loss Due to Denitrification in the Mississippi River
Eric Strauss, Fort Hays State University
Presentation (PDF, 842KB)
|
| 2:45 pm |
|
Downstream Patterns in Si, N, and P in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
Brian Hill, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Presentation (PDF, 614KB)
|
| 3:15 pm |
|
Break |
| 3:45 pm |
|
Nutrients, Chlorophyll, and Suspended Sediment in the Upper Mississippi River:
Patterns in Time and Space
Jeff Houser, U.S. Geological Survey |
| 4:15 pm |
|
Nitrogen Processing in Flow-Controlled Backwater Systems of the Upper Mississippi River
William James, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Presentation (PDF, 779KB)
|
| 4:45 pm |
|
Achieving Hypoxia Action Goals in the Lower Mississippi Valley
Stephen Faulkner, U.S. Geological Survey |
| 5:15 pm |
|
Audience Q & A |
5:45 pm |
|
Adjourn |
Thursday, November 9
|
|---|
Session 5:
Modeling of Sources, Transport, and Fate of Nutrients and Sediment
Moderator: Janice Ward, U.S. Geological Survey
|
| 8:00 am |
|
Small-to Intermediate-Scale Modeling
David Mulla, University of Minnesota
Presentation (PDF, 935KB)
|
8:30 am |
|
Net Anthropogenic Nitrogen Inputs (NANI) to the Mississippi River Basin
Greg McIsaac, University of Illinois
Presentation (PDF, 842KB)
|
8:55 am |
|
Advances in Estimating Nutrient Sources, Transport, and Fate in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basins Using the SPARROW Model
Richard Alexander, U.S. Geological Survey
|
9:20 am |
|
Large-Scale Modeling: IBIS-THMB Dynamic Modelling System
Simon Donner, Princeton University
Christopher Kucharik, University of Wisconsin
Presentation (PDF, 545KB)
|
| 9:40 am |
|
Break
|
10:00 am |
|
Application of SWAT to the Upper Mississippi River Basin and Other Watersheds
Philip Gassman, Iowa State University
Presentation (PDF, 2.3MB)
|
| 10:45 am |
|
Fates of Eroded Soil Organic Carbon in the Mississippi Basin
Stephen Smith, CICESE, Mexico; University of South Florida
Presentation (PDF, 806KB)
|
Session 6
Lessons from Other River Systems
Moderator: Amy Parker, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
|
| 11:30 am |
|
Nitrogen Removal Capacity of Entire River Networks—Interactions of
Geomorphic, Hydraulic and Biological Factors
Wilfred Wollheim, University of New Hampshire
Presentation (PDF, 760KB)
|
| 11:00 am |
|
Nutrient Problems and Abatement Strategies in the Pearl River Delta, China
Todd Rasmussen, University of Georgia
Presentation (PDF, 795KB)
|
| 12:00 pm |
|
Audience Q & A
|
| 12:30 pm |
|
Adjourn
|
| Back to Top
|
