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Winter 2005 PNWWATER 055 |
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Over 25 scientists and educators from the land grant universities in the Pacific Northwest attended the National Water Quality Conference held in San Diego, California from February 6–10, 2005. The theme of this year’s conference sponsored by USDA-NIFA was “Research, Extension, and Education for Clean Water.”
More than 240 oral and poster presentations were viewed by the 350 attendees at this conference. Attendance at this conference has grown by more than 20 percent each year over the last four years. The increasing popularity of this conference has made it one of the most important conferences for scientists and educators interested in water resources held on an annual basis in the USA. The luncheon keynote address speaker was Dr. Jim Dobrowolski from Washington State University. He addressed water resource challenges that we face in the near future. Dr. Dobrowolski addressed water security for agriculture and the sensitive issue of diverting water traditionally used in agriculture to urban uses—particularly in the western USA. It was pointed out that as urban water needs increase due to a growing population, enough water needs to be set aside so that we will be able to feed our population without relying on food imports. In addition to urban and agricultural water needs the requirements of wildlife will also have to be considered. We have difficult choices to make in the not-too-distant future.
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Three concurrent track sessions were used to organize paper and poster presentations at the national conference. The three topic areas were: (1) agricultural best management practices (BMPs), (2) rural environmental protection, and (3) watershed assessment and restoration. Pacific Northwest attendees presented papers in all three topic areas. Below are some of the papers presented from our region. E-mail addresses of the main author are provided if you would like any additional information.  |
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Quality Coordination Project Partners Land Grant Universities Idaho Oregon Washington Northwest Indian College Water Resource Research Institutes Idaho Water Resources Institute for Water and Watersheds State of Washington Environmental Protection Agency
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Project Land Grant Universities, Water Research Institutes and EPA Region 10 have formed a partnership to provide research and education to communities about protecting or restoring the quality of water resources. This partnership is being supported in part by the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
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The four land grant universities in the Pacific Northwest have aligned our water resource extension and research efforts with eight themes of the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
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