Platte River Basin Science and Resource Management Symposium
October 14 and 15, 2009
Kearney, Nebraska
Conference Brochure and Agenda
Information and Registration Brochure
Detailed Agenda
Presentations
The presentations are provided here as PDFs (three slides per page, with lines for your notes).
- Anderson, Tara: Population Dynamics of Shovelnose Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus in the Lower Platte River
- Herrman, Kyle: Impacts of Phragmites australis on the Biogeochemistry of Riverine Wetlands in Nebraska
- Hovorka, Duane: Leveraging Farm Bill Conservation Programs for Whooping Crane Conservation
- Kenny, Jerry, et. al.: Land, Water, and Science: Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Status Update
- Kinzel, Paul: Geomorphic Monitoring of Habitat Enhancement Activities in the Uridil Property, Platte River, Nebraska
- Marmorek, Dave: Platte River Independent Scientific Advisory Committee
- Ramirez, Luis Enrique: Patterns vs. Processes: Whooping Crane Trust Experience in Restoring Grasslands in South Central Nebraska
- Schneider, James: Integrated Water Management in the Platte Basin: Five Years Later
- Shelton, David: Improving Shell Creek Water Quality with Targeted Educational Programming
- Sherfy, Mark: Foraging Ecology of Least Terns and Piping Plovers Nesting on Central Platte River Sandpits and Sandbars
- Shultz, Steven: The Mapping of Agricultural Land Sales in the Platte Watershed to Predict Spatial Variations in Land Values and to Estimate Irrigation Retirement Costs
- Stier, Michael: Socioeconomic and Biophysical Influences on Land Cover Change in the Platte River Basin
- Supalla, Raymond: Economic Implications of Alternative Futures for Lake McConaughy
- Swanson, Robert: Designing an Intelligent Landscape: Integrated Climate-Change Effects Assessment in the Greater Platte River Basins
- Vivian, Lindsay: Updating the Distribution and Population Status of the Platte River Caddisfly, Ironoquia plattensis
- Walters, Rich: Phragmites Control Efforts Along the Platte River
- Wingfield, Greg: The Environmental Account: The Next Five Years Under Platte Program Implementation
Posters
- Booton, Tina; Manning, Val; Ness, Chris: Northeastern Colorado’s Purple Loosestrife Eradication Program
- Brill, Steve: Goshen County Coordinated Resource Weed Management Area Russian Olive and Salt Cedar Management on the North Platte River in Goshen County Wyoming
- Chen, Xun-Hong; Cheng, Cheng; Lackey, Sue; Burbach, Mark: Variations of Streambed Hydraulic Conductivities in Rivers of Nebraska
- Cheng, Cheng; Chen, Xun-Hong: Evaluation of the Impacts of Groundwater Pumping on the Streamflow in the Lower Platte River Basin, Nebraska
- Erdman, Dana; Kraft, Julie; Brill, Steve; Shoemaker, Bob; Lewis, Skip: Russian Olive and Salt Cedar Management along the North Platte River in Wyoming
- Griffin O'Connor Karen; Miyoshi, John; Ryter, Derek; Doty, Ryan: Hydrogeologic Evaluation and Subarea Delineation of the Lower Platte North Natural Resources District
- Hallum, Doug; Parent, Staci: Developing a Business Case for Statewide Light Detection And Ranging Data Collection: Improving Nebraska’s Topographic Dataset, Enhancing our Quality of Life, Fostering Engineering and Scientifi c Understanding, and Saving Money
- Irmak, Ayse; Hergert, Gary; Stone, Gary; Penrose, Peggy; Narumalani, Sunil; Ratcliffe, Ian; Irmak, Suat; Hoagland, Kyle; Wilson, Robert; Satellite Based Energy Balance for Mapping Riparian Evapotranspiration
- Kessler, Andrew; Merchant, James; Allen, Craig; Shultz, Steve: GIS Based Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Invasive Vegetation Management for Sandhill Crane Roost Site Enhancement
- Meyer, Clinton; Whiles, Matt; Baer, Sara: Assessment of Ecosystem Recovery in Restored Platte River Wetlands
- Moses, Don; Nemec, Kristine; Gilbert, Mike; Shelman, John: Western Sarpy/Clear Creek Levee Project: Chute, Backwater, Wet Meadow, and Grassland Restoration along the Platte River
- Prosser, Chad; Flesjer, Taryn: National Park Servicr: Invasive Species Management on the North Platte River Fort Laramie NHS and Scotts Bluff NM
- Rempel, Jessica; Chavez-Ramirez, Felipe: Temporal and Spatial Abundance, Distribution, and Habitat Use of Sandhill Cranes in the Central Platte River Valley Based on Morning Road Surveys between 2003 and 2009
- Shelton, David: Stormwater and Greenspace Education and Outreach, Helping Nebraskans Understand and Manage Urban Stormwater
Sponsors:
- U.S. Geological Survey Nebraska Water Science Center
- Platte River Recovery Implementation Program
- Headwaters Corporation
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Questions
General Conference Questions
Lorrie Benson
UNL Water Center
402-472-7372
lbenson2@unl.edu
Registration Questions
Jacki Loomis
UNL School of Natural Resources
402-472-3471
jloomis3@unl.edu
