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Workshop Summary

MAL II will further explore the scientific, technical, and policy challenges with regards to agricultural landscapes. The workshop organizers are intent on focusing on assessment and management of vulnerability and risk between and within agricultural landscapes. The workshop will build on the success achieved by Managing Agricultural Landscapes for Environmental Quality (MAL I) held in Kansas City in October 2006.

Registration: $250.00 early;

$325.00 after March 15, 2010
Student (Full Time) - includes 12-mo. SWCS Student Membership $195.00

Agenda

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Day 1 – April 28

8:15 a.m.

Keynote Address:
Managing Agricultural Landscapes for Environmental Quality: The Challenges Ahead

Peter Groffman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

9:00 a.m.

Thematic Paper 1:
Assessing Landscape: Vulnerabilities and Values

Douglas Jackson-Smith, Utah State University

Perspective 1: Quantitative valuation of environmental goods and services.

Frank Lupi, Michigan State University

Perspective 2: Political And Social Lessons Learned From Managing Vulnerable Landscapes.

Laura Musacchio, University of Minnesota

10:30 a.m.

Break/ View Poster Papers on Assessing Landscape Vulnerabilities and Values

11:00 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions on Assessing Landscape Vulnerabilities and Values

Room 1

Room 2

Room 3

11:00

Cost-effective conservation when ecosystem services are multiple and spatially dependent: an iterative data envelopment analysis approach

Richard Iovanna, USDA

Landscape-scale Conservation Projects: CEAP, A Case Study

Deanna Osmond, NC State University

Increasing the effectiveness of conservation policy, design, and delivery

L. Wes Burger, Jr; Mississippi State University

11:25

Identifying vulnerability using a hydrologic characterization tool

Jan Boll, University of Idaho

Insights from the Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) Wildlife Component

Charles Rewa, USDA NRCS

Probability mapping for the Alabama Beach Mouse

Dawn Lemke, Alabama A&M University

11:50

Identifying Critical Areas for the Management of Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed

Claire Baffaut, USDA-ARS

Assessing Landscape Vulnerabilities Using the National Resources Inventory (NRI)

J. Jeffery Goebel, USDA-NRCS

Effects of Conservation Reserve Program on priority short- and mixed-grass prairie birds

Anne Bartuszevige, Playa Lakes Joint Venture

12:15 p.m.

Lunch

1:15 p.m.

Thematic Paper 2:

Targeting Risky Behaviors on Vulnerable Landscapes

Andrew Sharpley, University of Arkansas

Perspective 1: Making The Most Of CEAP, NRI And RCA For Targeting.

Jeff Zinn, Washington DC
Lisa Duriancik, USDA-NRCS

Perspective 2: Techniques For Changing Risky Behaviors On Vulnerable Landscapes.

Cathy Kling, Iowa State University

2:45 p.m.

Break/Poster Papers on Targeting Risky Behaviors on Vulnerable Landscapes

3:15 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions on Targeting Risky Behaviors on Vulnerable Landscapes

Room 1

Room 2

Room 3

3:15

Targeting Risky Management on Vulnerable Landscapes

Andrew Sharpley, University of Arkansas

Use of a Regional Groundwater Model to Identify Optimum Distribution of Conservation Measures in the Alluvial Plain of Northwestern Mississippi

Jeannie R.B. Barlow, USGS

To Be Determined

3:40

Disproportionality

Pete Nowak, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Integrated Modeling for Examining Cost Effectiveness of Wetland Restoration Scenarios in the South Tobacco Creek Watershed

Wanhong Yang, University of Guelph

Impacts of varying agricultural operation intensities on surface water quality in the Little River Watershed area, New Brunswick, Canada

Zisheng Xing, AAFC

4:05

Evaluating Beneficial Management Practices in Southern Alberta Watersheds

Barry M. Olson, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development

Motivating Producers to Take the Most Cost-effective Actions to Reduce NPS Pollution

Jon Winsten, Winrock International

Assessing the impact of agricultural cropping and tillage practices on aquatic biodiversity, in-stream water quality, and habitat parameters using USGS NAWQA and USEPA WSA data.

Eric Cummings, University of Arkansas

5:30 p.m.

Reception/Poster Papers

6:00 p.m.

Dinner on your own

8:00 p.m.

Roundtable discussions on assessing vulnerable landscapes and targeting risky behaviors.

Day 2 – April 29

9:00 a.m.

Thematic Paper 3:
Institutional Challenges to Managing Environmental Quality on Agricultural Landscapes.

Craig Cox, Environmental Working Group

Perspective 1: Is It Time To Transform Conservation Districts Into Watershed Or Agroecological Districts?

Neil Sampson, The Sampson Group, Inc.

Perspective 2: Our Conservation Legacies: What Do We Need To Remember As We Look To The Future Of Managing Agricultural Landscapes?

Richard Knight, Colorado State University

10:30 a.m.

Break/Poster Papers on Institutional Challenges to Managing Environmental Quality on Agricultural Landscapes

11:00 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions on Institutional Challenges to Managing Environmental Quality on Agricultural Landscapes

Room 1

Room 2

Room 3

11:00

Agriculture as a Provider of Public Goods: Identifying Positive Externalities of Rice Production Landscapes

Kuatbay Bektemirov, University of Arkansas

Unintended Effects of the Use of Water for Irrigation from the Alluvial Aquifer in Northwestern Mississippi

Claire E. Rose, U.S. Geological Survey

RPM Urban Agroforestry

Leslie Carrere, RPM Ecosystems

11:25

A Landscape Vision for Sustainable Bioenergy Feedstock Production

Douglas L. Karlen, USDA-ARS, NLAE

Tile-drainage wetlands in the agricultural Midwest to reduce Gulf Hypoxia: a potential market solution

David A. Kovacic, University of Illinois

Precision Conservation: Using Precision Agriculture Technology to Optimize Conservation and Profitability in Agricultural Landscapes

Mark D. McConnell, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Mississippi State University

11:50

Development of an International Impacted Agricultural Areas Standard for Ecological Services

Sally L. Benjamin, Northern Prairie WRC, USGS

Valuation Techniques and Applications: Small-Scale Vegetable Production at Home and Abroad

Brad Roberson, Texas A&M University

Evaluating Programmatic Effectiveness of Conservation: The Case of Upland Habitat Buffers

Kristine O. Evans, Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries, & Aquaculture, Mississippi State University

12:15 p.m.

Lunch

1:15 p.m.

Thematic Paper 4:
Measuring Conservation Effectiveness Across Agricultural Landscapes

Gretchen F. Sassenrath, USDA-ARS CPSRU

Perspective 1: Lessons learned from measuring landscape processes in Canada

Brook Harker, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Perspective 2: The Role of Bioenergy in Sustainable Landscapes

Matt Liebman, Iowa State University

2:45 p.m.

Break/Poster Papers on Measuring Conservation Effectiveness Across Agricultural Landscapes

3:15 p.m.

Concurrent Session on Measuring Conservation Effectiveness Across Agricultural Landscapes

Room 1

Room 2

Room 3

3:15

Examination of Nutrient and Herbicide Fate and Landscape Features in 15 Sub-Basins of the Choptank River Watershed: Implications for Management

Cathleen J. Hapeman, USDA-ARS

Economics of Long Term Land Management Practices in the South Tobacco Creek Watershed in Manitoba

Mohammad Khakbazan, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

Wood River Conservation Effects Assessment Project

Jim Regan-Vienop, USDA NRCS

3:40

Formation, Dissipation and Chemical Contributions of a Drained Temporary Pond within an Agricultural Field

Paul D. Capel, US Geological

Identification, Targeting, and Treatment Options for Vulnerable Components Within Complex Landscapes to Improve Watershed Health: A Case Study of GIS Assisted Watershed Modeling

Paul T. Dyke, Blackland Research Center/Texas AgriLife Research/ Texas A&M System

Evaluation of Streambank Fencing and Off-Stream Watering Systems in the WEBs Lower Little Bow River Watershed

Jim Miller, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

4:05

Lincoln University Rain Gardens for Effective Storm Water Runoff Management

Hwei-Yiing Johnson, Lincoln University

Wetlands in an Agricultural Landscape--Potential for Mitigation of Nitrate in Groundwater and Streams, Upper choptank River Watershed, Maryland

Judith M. Denver, U.S. Geological Survey

Assessing Trade-offs Between Crop Production and Ecological Services in the Willamette Valley, Oregon - the Calapooia CEAP Study

Alan Herlihy, Oregon State University

5:00 p.m.

Reception/Poster Papers

6:00 p.m.

Dinner on Your Own

8:00 p.m.

Roundtable discussions on institutional challenges and measuring effectiveness.

DAY 3 – April 30

8:30 a.m.

Plenary Presentations, Reports and Discussion

9:45 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.

Reports of Roundtable Discussions

Keynote Address #2:

Achieving Effective Landscape Conservation: A Vision for the Future

Sandra Batie, Michigan State University

11:45 a.m.

Adjourn

Day 1 – April 28
8:15 a.m.	Keynote Address: Managing Agricultural Landscapes for Environmental Quality: The Challenges Ahead		Peter Groffman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
9:00 a.m.	Thematic Paper 1: Assessing Landscape: Vulnerabilities and Values		Douglas Jackson-Smith, Utah State University
	Perspective 1: Quantitative valuation of environmental goods and services.		Frank Lupi, Michigan State University
	Perspective 2: Political And Social Lessons Learned From Managing Vulnerable Landscapes.		Laura Musacchio, University of Minnesota
10:30 a.m.	Break/ View Poster Papers on Assessing Landscape Vulnerabilities and Values
11:00 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions on Assessing Landscape Vulnerabilities and Values
	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3
11:00	Cost-effective conservation when ecosystem services are multiple and spatially dependent: an iterative data envelopment analysis approach Richard Iovanna, USDA	Landscape-scale Conservation Projects: CEAP, A Case Study Deanna Osmond, NC State University	Increasing the effectiveness of conservation policy, design, and delivery L. Wes Burger, Jr; Mississippi State University
11:25	Identifying vulnerability using a hydrologic characterization tool Jan Boll, University of Idaho	Insights from the Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) Wildlife Component Charles Rewa, USDA NRCS	Probability mapping for the Alabama Beach Mouse Dawn Lemke, Alabama A&M University
11:50	Identifying Critical Areas for the Management of Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed Claire Baffaut, USDA-ARS	Assessing Landscape Vulnerabilities Using the National Resources Inventory (NRI) J. Jeffery Goebel, USDA-NRCS	Effects of Conservation Reserve Program on priority short- and mixed-grass prairie birds Anne Bartuszevige, Playa Lakes Joint Venture
12:15 p.m.	Lunch
1:15 p.m.	Thematic Paper 2: Targeting Risky Behaviors on Vulnerable Landscapes		Andrew Sharpley, University of Arkansas
	Perspective 1: Making The Most Of CEAP, NRI And RCA For Targeting.		Jeff Zinn, Washington DC Lisa Duriancik, USDA-NRCS
	Perspective 2: Techniques For Changing Risky Behaviors On Vulnerable Landscapes.		Cathy Kling, Iowa State University
2:45 p.m.	Break/Poster Papers on Targeting Risky Behaviors on Vulnerable Landscapes

3:15 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions on Targeting Risky Behaviors on Vulnerable Landscapes
	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3
3:15	Targeting Risky Management on Vulnerable Landscapes Andrew Sharpley, University of Arkansas	Use of a Regional Groundwater Model to Identify Optimum Distribution of Conservation Measures in the Alluvial Plain of Northwestern Mississippi Jeannie R.B. Barlow, USGS	To Be Determined
3:40	Disproportionality Pete Nowak, University of Wisconsin-Madison	Integrated Modeling for Examining Cost Effectiveness of Wetland Restoration Scenarios in the South Tobacco Creek Watershed Wanhong Yang, University of Guelph	Impacts of varying agricultural operation intensities on surface water quality in the Little River Watershed area, New Brunswick, Canada Zisheng Xing, AAFC
4:05	Evaluating Beneficial Management Practices in Southern Alberta Watersheds Barry M. Olson, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development	Motivating Producers to Take the Most Cost-effective Actions to Reduce NPS Pollution Jon Winsten, Winrock International	Assessing the impact of agricultural cropping and tillage practices on aquatic biodiversity, in-stream water quality, and habitat parameters using USGS NAWQA and USEPA WSA data. Eric Cummings, University of Arkansas
5:30 p.m.	Reception/Poster Papers
6:00 p.m.	Dinner on your own
8:00 p.m.	Roundtable discussions on assessing vulnerable landscapes and targeting risky behaviors.

Day 2 – April 29
9:00 a.m.	Thematic Paper 3: Institutional Challenges to Managing Environmental Quality on Agricultural Landscapes.		Craig Cox, Environmental Working Group
	Perspective 1: Is It Time To Transform Conservation Districts Into Watershed Or Agroecological Districts?		Neil Sampson, The Sampson Group, Inc.
	Perspective 2: Our Conservation Legacies: What Do We Need To Remember As We Look To The Future Of Managing Agricultural Landscapes?		Richard Knight, Colorado State University
10:30 a.m.	Break/Poster Papers on Institutional Challenges to Managing Environmental Quality on Agricultural Landscapes
11:00 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions on Institutional Challenges to Managing Environmental Quality on Agricultural Landscapes
	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3
11:00	Agriculture as a Provider of Public Goods: Identifying Positive Externalities of Rice Production Landscapes Kuatbay Bektemirov, University of Arkansas	Unintended Effects of the Use of Water for Irrigation from the Alluvial Aquifer in Northwestern Mississippi Claire E. Rose, U.S. Geological Survey	RPM Urban Agroforestry Leslie Carrere, RPM Ecosystems
11:25	A Landscape Vision for Sustainable Bioenergy Feedstock Production Douglas L. Karlen, USDA-ARS, NLAE	Tile-drainage wetlands in the agricultural Midwest to reduce Gulf Hypoxia: a potential market solution David A. Kovacic, University of Illinois	Precision Conservation: Using Precision Agriculture Technology to Optimize Conservation and Profitability in Agricultural Landscapes Mark D. McConnell, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Mississippi State University
11:50	Development of an International Impacted Agricultural Areas Standard for Ecological Services Sally L. Benjamin, Northern Prairie WRC, USGS	Valuation Techniques and Applications: Small-Scale Vegetable Production at Home and Abroad Brad Roberson, Texas A&M University	Evaluating Programmatic Effectiveness of Conservation: The Case of Upland Habitat Buffers Kristine O. Evans, Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries, & Aquaculture, Mississippi State University
12:15 p.m.	Lunch
1:15 p.m.	Thematic Paper 4: Measuring Conservation Effectiveness Across Agricultural Landscapes		Gretchen F. Sassenrath, USDA-ARS CPSRU
	Perspective 1: Lessons learned from measuring landscape processes in Canada		Brook Harker, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
	Perspective 2: The Role of Bioenergy in Sustainable Landscapes		Matt Liebman, Iowa State University
2:45 p.m.	Break/Poster Papers on Measuring Conservation Effectiveness Across Agricultural Landscapes
3:15 p.m.	Concurrent Session on Measuring Conservation Effectiveness Across Agricultural Landscapes
	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3
3:15	Examination of Nutrient and Herbicide Fate and Landscape Features in 15 Sub-Basins of the Choptank River Watershed: Implications for Management Cathleen J. Hapeman, USDA-ARS	Economics of Long Term Land Management Practices in the South Tobacco Creek Watershed in Manitoba Mohammad Khakbazan, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Wood River Conservation Effects Assessment Project Jim Regan-Vienop, USDA NRCS
3:40	Formation, Dissipation and Chemical Contributions of a Drained Temporary Pond within an Agricultural Field Paul D. Capel, US Geological	Identification, Targeting, and Treatment Options for Vulnerable Components Within Complex Landscapes to Improve Watershed Health: A Case Study of GIS Assisted Watershed Modeling Paul T. Dyke, Blackland Research Center/Texas AgriLife Research/ Texas A&M System	Evaluation of Streambank Fencing and Off-Stream Watering Systems in the WEBs Lower Little Bow River Watershed Jim Miller, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
4:05	Lincoln University Rain Gardens for Effective Storm Water Runoff Management Hwei-Yiing Johnson, Lincoln University	Wetlands in an Agricultural Landscape--Potential for Mitigation of Nitrate in Groundwater and Streams, Upper choptank River Watershed, Maryland Judith M. Denver, U.S. Geological Survey	Assessing Trade-offs Between Crop Production and Ecological Services in the Willamette Valley, Oregon - the Calapooia CEAP Study Alan Herlihy, Oregon State University
5:00 p.m.	Reception/Poster Papers
6:00 p.m.	Dinner on Your Own
8:00 p.m.	Roundtable discussions on institutional challenges and measuring effectiveness.

DAY 3 – April 30
8:30 a.m.	Plenary Presentations, Reports and Discussion
9:45 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m.	Reports of Roundtable Discussions
	Keynote Address #2: Achieving Effective Landscape Conservation: A Vision for the Future	Sandra Batie, Michigan State University
11:45 a.m.	Adjourn