Appendix A
St. Louis Meeting Agenda
National Research Council
Committee on Mississippi River Water Quality
Science and Interstate Collaboration
Chase Park Plaza Hotel
Lindell Ballroom
212-232 N. Kingshighway Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63108
November 18-19, 2013
MONDAY NOV 18
| 8:30-8:45 | Opening, introductions, overview of agenda |
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David Dzombak, Carnegie Mellon University and NRC committee chair |
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| 8:45-9:15 | National Research Council Studies of Mississippi River Water Quality |
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Jeffrey Jacobs, National Research Council, Washington, DC |
| 9:15-10:30 | USDA Healthy Watersheds Initiatives: Progress, Lessons, Future Steps in Monitoring and Assessment |
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Moderator: David Dzombak, Carnegie Mellon University and NRC committee chair |
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| Panel discussants: | |
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Thomas Christensen, USDA NRCS, Washington DC |
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Wayne Honeycutt, USDA NRCS, Washington DC |
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Michele Reba, USDA ARS, Jonesboro, AR |
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Ranjith Udawatta, University of Missouri, Columbia |
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| 10:30-10:50 | BREAK |
| 10:50-12:00 | Mississippi River Water Quality Monitoring and Science: Federal and State Perspectives |
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Moderator: David Dzombak, Carnegie Mellon University and NRC committee chair |
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| Michael Woodside, U.S. Geological Survey, Nashville, TN | |
| Lori Sprague, U.S. Geological Survey, Boise, ID | |
| Dale Robertson, U.S. Geological Survey, Middleton, WI | |
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Missouri Department of Natural Resources (invited) |
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Greg Jackson, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Jackson |
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Glenn Skuta, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Paul |
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| 12:15-1:15 | LUNCH AND SPEAKER |
| An Update of Key Legal Issues and Cases Regarding Mississippi River Water Quality | |
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Elizabeth Hubertz, Washington University Law School, St. Louis |
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| 1:30-2:40 | Assessing Water Quality Conditions within the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force: Federal and State Perspectives |
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Moderator: David Soballe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and NRC committee member |
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Joseph Piotrowski, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Philadelphia, PA |
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Michael Woodside, U.S. Geological Survey, Nashville, TN |
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William Northey, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, Des Moines |
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| Panel discussants: | |
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Ken Brazil, Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, Little Rock |
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Warren Goetsch, Illinois Department of Agriculture, Springfield |
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| 2:40-3:50 | State-Level Science and Monitoring of Nutrients and Water Quality |
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Moderator: Jim Gulliford, Soil and Water Conservation Society and NRC committee member |
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Timothy Hall, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Des Moines |
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David Duhl, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Nashville |
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Richard Raynie, Louisiana Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority, Baton Rouge |
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Glenn Skuta, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Paul |
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| 3:50-4:10 | BREAK |
| 4:10-5:15 | Mississippi River Interstate Collaboration and State-Level Monitoring and Assessment Activities |
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Moderator: David Mulla, University of Minnesota and NRC committee member |
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| Panel discussants: | |
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Jim Baumann, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison |
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Paul Davis, retired, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation |
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Gregg Good, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Springfield |
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Larry Taylor, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, Frankfort |
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Peter Tennant, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, Cincinnati |
| 5:30-7:00 | RECEPTION |
TUESDAY NOV 19
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome, recap of Day 1, plans for Day 2 |
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David Dzombak, Carnegie Mellon University and NRC committee chair |
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| 9:15-10:20 | Monitoring and Evaluating Water Quality: Methods and Uncertainties in Moving from Field to Watershed Scales |
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Moderator: David Soballe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and NRC committee member |
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| Panel discussants: | |
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Craig Cox, Environmental Working Group, Ames, IA |
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Mark David, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
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Matthew Helmers, Iowa State University, Ames |
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Douglas Schnoebelen, University of Iowa, Iowa City |
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Lori Sprague, U.S. Geological Survey, Boise, ID |
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| 10:20-10:40 | BREAK |
| 10:40-12:00 | Case Studies of Agriculture and Water Quality Monitoring across the Mississippi River Basin |
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Moderator: David Mulla, University of Minnesota and NRC committee member |
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| Panel discussants: | |
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Dennis Busch, University of Wisconsin-Platteville |
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David Gustafson, Monsanto, St. Louis, and Maria Lemke, The Nature Conservancy, Lewiston, IL |
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Jerry Hatfield, USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, Ames, IA |
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Richard Warner, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, Alton, IL, and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
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Roger Wolf, Iowa Soybean Association, Ankeny, IA |
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| 12:15-1:15 | LUNCH AND SPEAKER |
| Movement of Water and Nutrients through the Farm: A Farmer’s Perspective on Agricultural History, Biodiversity, and Technology | |
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Tony Thompson, Willow Lake Farm, Windom, MN |
| 1:30-2:10 | Public comments |
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4 minutes/speaker. First 10 guests to sign up before 12 noon. |
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| 2:10-2:50 | Open forum Q/A and discussion |
| 2:50-3:00 | Final remarks |
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David Dzombak, Carnegie Mellon University and NRC committee chair |
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| 3:00 | ADJOURN |
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