Water Resources Center
Water Resources Science Graduate Program

The University of Minnesota Water Resources Center (WRC) administers the WRS Graduate Program. The Water Resources Center is affiliated with the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences and University of Minnesota Extension.

Spring 2010

Twin Cities

Spring Semester 2010
 

Date Seminar

Jan. 29

Myths and Realities of Global Water Poverty

Adam Rix, WaterMark Initiative, LLC

Feb. 5

On the Origin of (Local Government) Species

Steve Woods and Julie Blackburn, Assistant Directors, Minnesota Board of Soil and Water Resources

Feb. 12

Crude Oil at the Bemidji site: 25 Years of Monitoring, Modeling and Understanding

Mindy Erickson, USGS, Moundsview

 

Feb. 19

The Lake Pepin TMDL: A Blueprint for Restoration

Norm Senjem, Mississippi River Basin Planner, MPCA - Rochester

 

Feb. 26

Stable Isotope Geochemistry Analysis for Surfacewater/Groundwater Source Tracking

Tom Schaub, Hydrologist, MPCA

 

Mar. 5

Stakeholder Participation = TMDL Implementation

Annie Felix, Water Plan Technician, Benton County SWCD

 

Mar. 12

Evaluation of a Novel Nutrient Management Practice in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Gary Feyereisen, Research Agricultural Engineer, USDA-ARS-Soil & Water Mgt. Research Unit

Mar. 19

Spring Break

Mar. 26

Development of Monitoring Networks for the Impaired Waters Program

Bruce Wilson, Professor, Dept. of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering

https://umconnect.umn.edu/p32045026/

Apr. 2

Climate and Landscape Effects on Sediment Load in the Minnesota River Basin

Satish Gupta, Professor, Soil, Water and Climate, University of Minnesota
 
https://umconnect.umn.edu/p28777029/

Apr. 9

Data for Discovery and Decision-Making: LakeSuperiorStreams.org

Rich Axler, NRRI, Limnology/Water Quality/Aquatic Ecology

https://umconnect.umn.edu/p58832433/

Apr. 16

Global Acquisition of Water Cycle Related Information in the Context of the Global Energy and Water cycle Experiment (GEWEX)

Peter van Oevelen, Director, International GEWEX Project Office

https://umconnect.umn.edu/p48366585/

Apr. 23

Assessment of Wetland Restoration Loss in the Southeastern Prairie Pothole Region Using Aerial Imagery

Pat Sherman, Graduate Research Assistant

https://umconnect.umn.edu/p18434524/

Apr. 30

Changes in Water Yield in response to Canopy Conversion

Joe Shannon, Graduate Research Assistant

https://umconnect.umn.edu/p67611374/