6th
Annual Water Monitoring Conference
Benton Auditorium Scheman Building -
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
February 16-17, 2006
We welcome any comments or suggestions so
that we can improve on future conferences. For those attendees who did not
have a chance to complete a conference evaluation form, we would greatly
appreciate you taking the time to fill one out. The evaluation form is
provided on the link below. Once completed, please fax to Mary Pat Heitman
(319) 335-1576, or mail to the following address:
Mary Pat Heitman
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
109 Trowbridge Hall
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1319
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Thursday Evening
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| 4:00
p.m. |
Registration/Refreshments/Poster Session
Roundtable Group Discussions – Open Forum
An opportunity for informal discussions
among IOWATER volunteers and professionals on a variety of topics. Meet
the Water Monitoring Program staff and renew friendships with fellow
Iowans involved in water quality. Start planning for the Project AWARE
2006 canoe trip on the Iowa River; practice your identification of
aquatic insects; learn how to navigate around the online watershed
atlas; explore water trail opportunities in Iowa; get answers to your
questions about data entry and retrieval using the IOWATER and STORET
databases; compare IOWATER bacteria methods to other available bacteria
kits; and learn what it takes to organize a snapshot event in your area. |
| 5:45
p.m. |
Welcome/Opening Remarks
MARY SKOPEC
(Bios)
(Iowa Department of Natural Resources)
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| 6:00
p.m. |
Floods, Droughts,
and Our Increasingly Erratic Weather
(Abstract)
ELWYNN TAYLOR
(Bios) (Iowa State University) |
| 7:00
p.m. |
Recognition of 2005 IOWATER Award Winners
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| 7:15
p.m. |
Science in the Aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
(Abstract)
GREGORY SMITH
(Bios)
(Director, U.S. Geological Survey’s National
Wetland Research Center) |
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Friday
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| 7:00
a.m. |
Registration & Refreshments |
| 8:00
a.m. |
Welcome
JEFF VONK
(Bios)
(Director, Iowa Department of Natural Resources) |
| 8:15
a.m. |
Valuing Water Quality Improvements in
Iowa’s Lakes
(Abstract)
CATHY KLING
(Bios)
, JOSEPH HERRIGES
(Bios)
, and JOHN DOWNING
(Bios) (Iowa State University) |
| 9:00
a.m. |
Potential Benefits of New
Technology in Urban Watershed Modeling
(Abstract)
MIKE HAWKINS
(Bios)
(Iowa Department of Natural Resources) |
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9:45
a.m. |
Break/Poster Session
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| 10:15
a.m. |
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
A. Alternative Approaches
to Urban Water Quality Issues
Ecological Wastewater
Management in Iowa
(Abstract)
SCOTT WALLACE
(Bios)
(North American Wetland Engineering LLC,
White Bear Lake, MN)
Implementing the
FAIR Approach to Clean Water (Filter, Absorb, Infiltrate to Retain the
1” Rain)
(Abstract)
STACIE JOHNSON
(Bios) (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Restricting Use
of Phosphorus Fertilizers to Reduce Phosphorus Export from Residential
Areas
(Abstract)
JAMES JOHNSON
(Bios)
Three Rivers Park District,
MN Water Resources Technician
John M. Barten – Water Resources Manager
Three Rivers Park District
12615 County Road 9
Plymouth, MN 55441
763-694-7840
B. Shallow Lakes
Management
Ducks Unlimited’s
Living Lake Initiative for Iowa – Emphasis on Larger Marshes
(Abstract)
ROGER PEDERSON
(Bios) (Ducks Unlimited, Inc.)
The Role of Fishes in Shallow Lakes
(Abstract)
KYLE
ZIMMER
(Bios) (University of St. Thomas, MN)
Overview of Wetland
Monitoring Program
Vince Evelsizer
(Iowa
Department of Natural Resources)
Nutritional Ecology of Lesser Scaup during Migration and the Role of Healthy
Wetlands in Iowa(Abstract)
MICHAEL ANTEAU
(Bios) (Louisiana State
University)
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11:30 a.m. |
Lunch
(vegetarian option will be available)
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12:30 p.m. |
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
C. Human Health and
the Water Connection
The Role of
Waterfowl and other Wildlife on Aquatic Resources, Recreation, and
Disease Transmission
(Abstract)
MICHAEL ADAM
(Bios) (Lakes County Health
Department, IL)
Iowa Beach
Epidemiology Study
GREG GRAY (College of Public Health, U.
of Iowa)
Iowa Groundwater
as a Drinking Water Source: What are the Health Issues?
(Abstract)
PETE WEYER
(Bios)
(Center for Health Effects
of Environmental Contamination, U. of Iowa)
D. The Meaning of
Volunteer Data
The Use of
Volunteer Data in Conservation Planning
(Abstract)
GEORGE CUNNINGHAM (The Nature
Conservancy)
Using Volunteer
T-tube Data in Minnesota’s Integrated Stream Assessments
(Abstract)
LAURIE SOVELL
(Bios)
(Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency) – Invited
Collecting
Credible Water Quality Data from Remote Sites with Volunteers
(Abstract)
BERNIE HERMANSON
(Bios) (Harlan Community High
School, IA) |
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1:45
p.m. |
Break/Poster Session
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2:00 p.m |
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
E. Indicators of Water Quality
How Does Iowa’s
Water Quality Rate?
(Abstract)
KATIE FOREMAN
(Bios) (Iowa Department of
Natural Resources)
The Search for
the Needle in the Haystack – The Return of One of Iowa's Lost Mussels
(Abstract)
SCOTT GRITTERS
(Bios) (Iowa Department of
Natural Resources)
Trout Response to
Water Quality Changes in Iowa
(Abstract)
BILL
KALISHEK
(Bios) (Iowa Department of Natural
Resources) Tracing Non-Point
Sources in Iowa's Watersheds by Using a Coupled Approach
(Abstract)
THANOS PAPANICOLAOU
(Bios) (Hydroscience and
Engineering, U. of Iowa)
F. Recreation and the Value of Water
The Lake Ahquabi
Restoration Story
(Abstract)
RANDY
SCHULTZ
(Bios) (Iowa Department of Natural
Resources)
Iowa Water Trails
(Abstract)
NATE
HOOGEVEEN
(Bios) (Iowa Department of Natural
Resources) A Local Water
Trail: Skunk River Water Trail
(Abstract)
GREG VITALE
(Bios) (Skunk River Paddlers)
A Local Water
Trail: Iowa River Water Trail
(Abstract)
ROD SCOTT
(Bios) (Iowa River Greenbelt
Resource Trust)
DUANE
RIEKEN
(Bios) (Hardin County Conservation
Board, IA)
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