November
17-18, 2005
Watershed
Management Training Conference
Fort
Worth Plaza Hotel • 1701 Commerce Street
Fort
Worth, TX 76102
Conference
Agenda 
Registration Form 
Thursday, November 17, 2005
8:30 – 9:30
AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30 – 9:45 AM
Welcome
Clint Wolfe, Project Director, Texas Water Resources Institute
9:45 – 10:15 AM
Importance of Watershed Planning
Russell Persyn, Asst Professor and Extension Specialist, Biological and
Ag Engineering
10:20 – 10:50 AM
Understanding Texas Surface Water Law
Ronald Kaiser, Professor, Texas A&M University Water Program
10:50 -- 11:00 AM
Break
11:00 – 12:00 PM
Watershed Management Oversight: EPA, TCEQ, and River Authorities
Brad Lamb, Environmental Protection Agency
TBD, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Woody Frossard, Tarrant Regional Water District
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Lunch
Keynote by Granger's Staff (invited)
1:10 – 1:40 PM
Surface Water Quality Contaminants
TBD, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
1:45 – 2:15 PM
Impacts of Land Use Change on Water Quality
Raghupathy Karthikeyan, Assistant Professor, Biological and Ag Engineering
2:15 – 2:30 PM
Break
2:35 – 3:05
PM
Using Water Quality Models
Raghavan Srinivasan, Director, Spatial Sciences Laboratory 3:10 - 4:00 PM
Case Study of Watershed Planning: North Central Texas Water Quality Project
Russell Persyn, Asst Professor and Extension Specialist, Biological and
Ag Engineering
4:05 – 4:35 PM
Effective Management of Pesticides
Monty Dozier, Water Resources Extension Specialist, Soil and Crop Sciences
Friday, November 18, 2005
8:00 – 8:30 AM
Stormwater Management
Russell Persyn, Asst Professor and Extension Specialist, Biological and
Ag Engineering
8:40 – 9:10 AM
Onsite Wastewater Management
Bruce Lesikar, Professor and Extension Specialist, Biological and Ag
Engineering
9:20 – 9:50 AM
Landscaping Water Quality Issues
John Sloan, Assistant Professor, Dallas Agricultural Research and Extension
Center
10:00 – 10:15 AM
Break
10:20 – 10:50 AM
Texas SmartScape and Master Gardener Programs
Dotty Woodson, Horticulture Agent, Tarrant County Extension
11:00 – 11:30 AM
Managing Soil Fertility
Mark McFarland, Professor and Extension Specialist, Soil and Crop Sciences
11:40 – 12:10 PM
Evaluating Rangeland Stream and Riparian Health
Nikkoal Dictson, Extension Program Specialist, Soil and Crop Sciences
12:15 – 1:15 PM
Lunch
Role of State and Federal Agencies (Panel)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
United States Department of Agriculture - NRCS (USDA-NRCS)
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB)
Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD)
C. Allan Jones, Director, Texas Water Resources Institute (Moderator)
1:15 – 1:55 PM
Texas Nonpoint Source Management Program
Aaron Wendt, Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
Laurie Curra, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
2:00 – 2:30 PM
Programs and Funding for Agricultural BMP Implementation
Catherine Nash, Civil Engineer, USDA-NRCS
Michael Brooks, District Conservationist, USDA-NRCS
Glenn Lubke, District Conservationist, USDA-NRCS
2:35 – 3:35 PM
Facilitating Stakeholder Groups
Val Silvy, Program Coordinator, Texas A&M University Water Program
3:35 – 3:45 PM
Break
3:45 – 4:30 PM
Developing Outcome Based Programs
Chris Boleman, Asst Professor and Extension Specialist, Texas Cooperative
Extension
4:30 – 5:00 PM
Wrap Up and Evaluations
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