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Water Quality:
Eighteenth Annual Water Quality Workshop:
Monitoring, Assessment and Management
January 8-10, 2008

Agenda
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Time
Presentation
Speaker
1:00-1:10 Welcome and Introduction Don Zaroban
1:10-2:00 Pharmaceuticals and Other Emerging Contaminants in Water Resources: Trends and Observations at National and Watershed Scales Ed Furlong
2:00-2:20 Preliminary Assessment of Uranium Concentration in Ground Water Joanna Taylor
2:20-2:40 Concentration and Flux of Aqueous Selenium: A Comparison of Wetlands in Wooley Valley, ID and Clark County, NV Lisa Stillings
2:40-3:00 Selenium Attenuation by Plants and Sediments in Wetlands in Wooley Valley, ID and Clark County, NV Michael Amacher
3:00-3:30 Watershed Professionals Network Break  
3:30-3:50 Natural Organic Matter: A Resource for Environment and Crop Production

Mir-M. Seyedbagheri
3:50-4:10 Yankee Fork Floodplain Restoration Steve Clayton
4:10-4:30 Effects of Nutrient Enrichment on Stream Ecosystems in the Upper Snake River Basin: The NAWQA Nutrient Effects Program Christopher Mebane
4:30-4:50 Treasure Valley Water Use and the Boise River Jack Harrison
4:50-5:00 Day 1 Wrap Up Don Zaroban
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Time
Presentation
Speaker
8:30-8:40 Welcome and Introduction  
8:40-9:30 Detection of Environmental Estrogens and Concurrent Observation of Feminization of Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas) in Wastewater Effluent James Gray
9:30-9:50 Mercury Monitoring: A New Method for Sampling Reservoirs Hawk Stone
9:50-10:10 Preliminary Results of Fish Tissue Contaminant Levels from Sampling of Lakes and Reservoirs in Idaho

Don Essig and

Mary Anne Kosterman

10:10-10-30 Effects of Whole-River Fertilization on Benthic Macroinvertebrates in the Kootenai River, Idaho Gary Lester
10:30-11:00 EcoAnalyst, Inc. Break  
11:00-11:20 Testing the Washington DNR GIS-Based Logistic Regression Model Predicting the Upper Extent of Fish Distribution in a Forested North Idaho Watershed

Chris Tretter

11:20-11:40 Lower Wenatchee River Off-Channel Habitat Creation Project Joseph Young
11:40-12:00 Ground Water Flow Path Delineation Using Water Chemistry Data Joe Baldwin
12:00-1:00 Lunch  
1:00-1:20 Riparian Shade and Temperature TMDLs

Mark Shumar and

Jessica Moore

1:20-1:40 Using Model Simulations to Evaluate Natural Conditions for Temperature TMDLs in the Pend Oreille River Robert Steed
1:40-2:00 Phosphorus Trading Along the Lower Boise River: Using Cherry Creek Reservoir in Colorado as a Case Study Steve Burgos
2:00-2:20 Influence of Sampling Time and Frequency on Estimates of Sediment Loads Andrew Ray
2:20-2:40 Using Remote Telemetry to Acquire Water Level Data Bob Boyno
2:40-3:10 Electronic Data Solutions Break  
3:10-3:30 Tissue Nutrient Concentrations of the Submerged Rooted Macrophyte Potamogeton pectinatus Across a Range of Nutrient Enrichment in a Fifth-Order River

Flint Raben

Andrew Ray

Amy Macarelli
3:30-3:50 Selenium in Surface Waters of Southeast Idaho - A Recent Spatial and Temporal Perspective

Greg Mladenka

Lynn Van Every

3:50-4:10 Mercury Contamination in Southern Idaho, What is the Source? Justin Hayes
4:10-4:30 Further Adventures with the Colloidal Borescope Gerry Winter
4:30-4:50 Aquatic Biodiversity Monitoring at The Nature Conservancy's Silver Creek Preserve Trish Klahr
4:50-5:00 Day 2 Wrap Up Don Zaroban
Thursday 10, 2008
Time
Presentation
Speaker
8:30-8:40 Welcome and Introduction Don Zaroban
8:40-9:30 Contaminants of Emerging Concern: EPA's Office of Water Activities Octavia Conerly
9:30-10:30 Question and Answer Panel

Octavia Conerly

Ed Furlong

James Gray

10:30-11:00 Hach Environmental Break  
11:00-11:20 Groundwater Impact Monitoring for Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products from Wastewater Land Application Tressa Nicholas
11:20-11:40 The Castle Rock Fire: Effects and Response Dan Kenney
11:40-12:00 Big Wood River Post-Fire TMDL Monitoring Sue Switzer
12:00-12:10 Final Wrap Up Don Zaroban
 Posters
Sensitivity of Freshwater Snails to Aquatic Contaminants: Chronic Toxicity Tests with Endangered Species and Surrogates

J.M. Besser

D.L. Hardesty

E. Greer

C.G. Ingersoll

C.A. Mebane

D.R. Mount

Water and Air: The Mercury Conundrum in Idaho

Marti Bridges and

Don Essig

Historic Floods and Channels of the Lower Boise River Ross Dickinson
From Dredging to Digitizing: Integrating Historical Information with Digital Technology to Improve Drainage System and Water Stewardship in Payette County

Terry Finnerty

The Effect of Wildfire and Fire-induced Debris Flows on Stream Food Web and Trophic Structure: Stable Isotope Analyses 14 Years After the Fires Peter Koetsier
Mercury in Aquatic Ecosystems: Assessments by the U.S. Geological Survey, Idaho Water Science Center

Terry Maret and

Dorene MacCoy

RiverWebs: A New Film for Biomonitoring and Stream Ecology Outreach Christopher Mebane
Ground Water and Drinking Water Protection Activities in Idaho

Amy Williams

Ed Hagan

Sean Coyle

 



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