Groundwater Opportunities and Conflicts in the 21st Century: Economy to Ecology
October 1-2, 2012, 8am – 4:30pm
October 3, 2012 Field Trip
Earle Brown Conference Center, Brooklyn Center, MN
Presentations
Groundwater Management Session
George Kraft and David Mechenich – University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Irrigation impacts in the Northern Great Lake States with the Wisconsin Central Sands as case study
Mallika Nocco and Mack Naber – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Conceptual to quantitative frameworks for evaluating irrigation and groundwater pumping impacts in the Northern Lake States
Maribeth Kniffen – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Investigating the effects of high capacity irrigation well pumping on groundwater recharge and evapotranspiration in the Central Sands of Wisconsin
Andrew Streitz – Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Analysis of changes to base flow across Minnesota and a profile of the Little Rock Creek study area
Jesse Holzer – University of Wisconsin – Madison
Optimization modeling for groundwater management in the Wisconsin Central Sands
Julie Ekman and Princesa VanBuren Hansen – Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Water appropriation permitting in Minnesota
Greg Kruse – Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Water quantity monitoring in Minnesota: present and future
Jason Moeckel – Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Using groundwater in the 21st century
Irrigation Video (MP4)
Eric Ebersberger – Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Groundwater Management in Wisconsin: Current Status & Gaps
Phil Gerla – The Nature Conservancy/University of North Dakota
Managing groundwater withdrawals to sustain aquatic ecosystems
Jennifer Morin – North Dakota State Water Commission
Using Simple Groundwater Models to Inform the Decision in Areas of Sparse Data
Tylr Naprstek – Lower Loup Natural Resources District – Nebraska
Using the Elkhorn-Loup model for groundwater management in the Lower Loup Natural Resource District of Nebraska
James Stark – US Geological Survey
Implementing the Minnesota Water Sustainability Framework: Taking a step toward ensuring sustainable water for Minnesota
Stephen C. Thompson – Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Minnesota Watershed Budgets – By the Numbers