The 21st Annual Red River Basin Land and Water International Summit Conference was held at the Moorhead Area Conference Center on January 14-16, 2004.

Conference Agenda

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Tree Rings and Past Red River Floods - Dr. Greg Brooks, Geological Survey of Canada

Red River Valley Water Supply Study - Rick Nelson, Bureau of Reclamation

US Water Supply Needs - Bruce Furness, Mayor, Fargo, ND

Importance of Basin Planning - Gerry Galloway, Vice President, Enterprise Engineering Group, Titan Corporation

Devils Lake Outlet: The Latest Facts  
US Army Corps of Engineers Activities - Dave Loss, Project Manager, St. Paul District, Army Corps of Engineers
Manitoba Provincial Activities - Dwight Williamson, Manager, Water Quality Section, Manitoba Water Stewardship
Minnesota Activities - Sheryl Corrigan, Commissioner, MPCA
North Dakota Activities - James Landenberger, Water Resource Engineer, North Dakota State Water Commission

Flood Preparedness and Mitigation in the Red River Basin Since 1997 - R.A. (Bob) Halliday, R. Halliday & Associates

Post 2002 Flood: ACE Activities - Tom Raster, Project Manager, St. Paul District, Army Corps of Engineers

Mount Carmel Dam Situation and Update - Brad Benson, Water Resource Engineer, North Dakota State Water Commission

Small Dam Projects: The Deerwood Project - Bill Turner, Technician, Deerwood Soil & Water Management Association

Distributed Basinwide Storage for Flood Mitigation: The Waffle - Bethany Bolles, Research Manager, Energy and Environemtal Research Center

Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program - Kevin Scheidecker, Basin Coordinator, Red River Basin Commission

Groundwater, Pastures, and Roads: Understanding  a Water Quality Impairment (TMDL) -
Dr. Rober Melchoir, Professor of Geology, Emeritus, Bemidji State University;
Corey Hanson, Water Quality Coordinator, Red Lake Watershed District
Melanie Johnson, GIS Specialist, Beltrami Soil and Water Conservation

Invasive Species - Jay Rendall, NR Program Coordinator, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Urban Watershed/Stormwater - Joyce Cieluch, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency,
Abbie Krebsbach,  Storm Water Program Coordinator, North Dakota Health Department

Lake Winnipeg Action Plan - Dwight Williamson, Manager, Water Quality Section, Manitoba Water Stewardship

Climate Variability - John Wheeler, Meteorologist, WDAY TV, Fargo, ND

Geomorphic Change Along the Red River - Dr. Greg Brooks, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada

Unsteady Flow Modeling for the Red River Mainstem - David Sellars, Project Manager, Water Management Consultants

Water Festivals - Christine Holland, Project Coordinator, River Keepers; Tanja Strecker, Executive Director, Dakota Science Center

Water Monitoring - Wayne Goeken, Red River Basin River Watch Monitoring Program