Thursday, July 10, 2008
8:30 a.m - 4:30 p.m.
MSU Kellogg Center, Lincoln Room
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Sponsored by
• MSUE Water
Area of Expertise • MSUE • MSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
• CSREES Great Lakes Regional Water Program • MSU Institute of Water Research
• Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program
and Michigan Department of Agriculture
Download - Participant List
(pdf)
Speaker Presentations
Welcome and conference charge Dr. Tom Coon, MSU Extension Director
Senator Patty Birkholz
Phosphorus cycling in Michigan’s surface waters
Dr. Al Steinman, Annis Water Resources Center, Grand Valley State University
Best Management Practices (BMPs) in agricultural systems to minimize phosphorus loss
Dr. Brad Joern, Professor, Soil Chemistry and Plant Nutrition, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University
BMPs in lawn/turf systems to minimize phosphorus loss
Dr Thomas Nikolai, Crop and Soil Sciences Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing
Moving forward to protect Michigan’s water quality: DEQ Phosphorus management advisory committee report
Joe Rathbun, Nonpoint Source Unit, Water Bureau, Department
of Environmental Quality
The
following comments
were made by Dr. Lee Jacobs during the "Phosphorus Reduction
Issues Forum" portion of the conference on Collaborative Solutions for Reducing
Phosphorus in Agricultural and Urban Watersheds, held on July
10, 2008 at the Kellogg Center, located on the campus of
Michigan State University.
Dr. Tom Coon, MSU Extension Director
