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25th Annual Red River Basin Land & Water International Summit Conference |
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Tuesday, January 22 Building the Dream - Morris Lanning, R.S. “Bud” Oliver, Lance Yohe, Jon Evert The Power of One - Simon Jackson, Spirit Bear Youth Coalition
Wednesday, January 23 WATER QUALITY: Basin Overview: Water Quality - Jim Ziegler, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency North Dakota - Lynn Schlueter, North Dakota Game and Fish Minnesota - Dan Swanson, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Manitoba - Wendy Ralley, Manitoba Water Stewardship Water Quality Assessment of the Bois de Sioux and Mustinka River Watersheds Using SWAT - Bethany Kurz, Energy and Environmental Research Center From the Stream to the Internet - Bruce Paakh, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Reducing Nutrient Loading to Lake Winnipeg and Its Watershed - Bill Barlow, Lake Winnipeg Stewardship Board A Ground Level Approach to Water Quality: Education/Implementation - Lori Frank, Barnes County Making Local Partnerships Effective - Tim James, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Major Capital Program Challenges to Improve Winnipeg’s Waste and Wastewater Systems - Mike Shkolny, City of Winnipeg CONSERVATION: Basin Overview: Conservation - Brian Dwight, Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources North Dakota Soil Conservation Districts - Scott Hochhalter, North Dakota Extension Service Clay County Soil Conservation District - Steve Hofstad, Clay County Soil and Water Conservation District Manitoba Conservation Districts - Kristy-Layne Carr, Seine-Rat River Conservation District Wetland Restoration in the Lake Traverse Watershed - Kent Duerre, Natural Resources Conservation Service Monitoring and Modeling Results that Compare Infiltration and Recharge Rates on Grassland vs. Cropland - Phil Gerla, The Nature Conservancy Environmental Farm Planning Leading to On-farm Environmental Action in Manitoba - Ute Holweger, Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Association Long-Range Conservation Planning - Henry Van Offelen, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy The Benefits a Greenway Can Offer Your Community - Melanie Parvey-Biby, City of Grand Forks, ND ALUS: Alternate Land Use Services, an Ecological Goods and Services Research Project in Western Manitoba - Steve Ham, Little Saskatchewan River Conservation District WATER SUPPLY: Basin Overview: Water Supply - Dale Frink, North Dakota State Water Commission Ethics of Water Use - Hank Venema, International Institute for Sustainable Development Red River Basin Commission Drought Preparedness Strategy - Steve Topping, Manitoba Water Stewardship Ethanol and Water Use - Randy Schneider, North Dakota Ethanol Producers Association Externalized Costs Associated with Ethanol Production - Bruce Sorte, U of M-Crookston Making the Best Use of Water in a Bio-diesel Plant - John Falk, Sunbelt BioFuels Ltd. Applying the Water Soft Paths Concept to Manitoba’s Watersheds - Matt McCandless, International Intsitute for Sustainable Development Red River Valley Water Supply Project EIS - Update - Signe Snortland, US Bureau of Reclamation Drought Forecasting Project - Mike DeWeese National Weather Service
Thursday, January 24 FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION: The Waffle Project Final Results and Conclusions - Bethany Kurz, Energy and Environmental Research Center Manitoba’s Progress Towards “Living With the Red” - Steve Topping, Manitoba Water Stewardship Red River Mediation: the Good, the Bad and the Future - Ron Harnack, Red River Watershed Management Board The Evolving Corps: Flood Control to Flood Risk Management - Judy DesHarnais, Us Army Corps of Engineers Maple River Dam: The Completion of a Dream - Jeff Volk, Moore Engineering Red River Mapping Initiative: Redefining the Landscape - Charles Fritz, International Water Institute Devils Lake/Stump Lake Equalization - Joe Belford, Devils Lake Outlet Awareness Manager Southside Flood Protection - Jeff Volk, Moore Engineering
CONFERENCE SUMMARY:: Continue the Dream - Linda Kingery, Northwest Regional Sustatinable Development Partnership |