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~~ ~~ sit r inner Ater ~~ Ater esurce int ®nfer ~~ The conference will be held at the Earle Brown Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center, Mimiesota. For more infonnation; visit the conference Web site at http://~vrc. coafes.unn.echi/cvaterconf. Tuesday, ®ctoVser 2~, 200 7:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Brealffast 8:00 Welcome; Ron Leaf; Short Elliot Hendnickson; Inc. 8:10 Dave Ford Water Resources Award 8:20-930 Plenary SessionL "Changing Strategies u1 a Changing Clunate," John J. Magnuson, Professor Emerihis, Linnological Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison 9:30-10:00 Poster Session and Refreslunent Bre~~h 10:00-1130 Concurrent Sessions I A. New Urban BMPs: Implementation Case Studies B. Polhitant Loads and Trends for L~uge River Systems C. Surface Water Analysis 1130-1:00 Luncheon Presentation 1:1 ~-2:4~ Concun-ent Sessions II A. Hydraulic hnprovements in Developed Enviromnents B. Remote Sensing and GIS for Watersheds and Streams C. L~nle Water Quality Improvement D. Streams and Rivers 2:4~-3:1 ~ Poster Session and Refreslunent Break 3:1~-4:4~ Coucun-ent Sessions III A. Sun~ace and Ground Water Interactions B. Remote Sensing and GIS for Lakes and Wetlands C. Understanding and Managing Nutrient Loads to Aquatic Ecosystems 4:~1~-~:4' ~ Poster Session and Reception Wednesday, ®ct®Dse~• 26, 200j 7:00 ann. Registration and Continental Breal~ast 8:00 Welcome, Deborah Swaclchamer, Water Resouurces Center and School of Public health, University of Mimlesota 8:10-9:30 Panel Presentation ~md Discussion, "TMDLs: Impaired Waters, Impau-ed Process? T1u-ec Perspectives on Improving the Process" 930-10:00 Poster Session ~md Refreslnient Break 10:00-11:30 Concunretit Sessions IV A. Pesticides; Nitrates, and Drintlana Water y B. Surface Water Management C. Fate and Effects of Emerging Aquatic Contaninants 11:30-12:45 Luncheon Presentation, "Everglades Restoration: A Remarkable Convergence of Science, Policy, Advocacy, Auld Law" 1:00-2:30 Concun-ent Sessions V A. Agriculttual Issues B. Water Quality Standards and Modeling C. TMDL Assessments D. Sustainable Watersheds, Competing Go~tis, and the Tool Box 2:30-x:45 Poster Session and Refieshtnent Breali 2:=1~=4:1 ~ Concurrent Sessions VI A. Nitrogen Management and Modeling B. When the TMDL Robber Hits the Road C. River and Lake Management An innovative research project submit- ted tluough the WRC has been awarded fiuxling as part of the United States Geological Stuvey's (USGS) National Competitive Grants Program. The project "Assessing the Ecotoxicology of Alk~}~1- phenol Mixttu-es Across the Aquatic Food Chain," is led by Dr. Heiko Schoenfiiss from St. Cloud State University. Also col- laborating on the project are Dr. Matthew Julius (St. Cloud State University) and Dr. Larry Barber (USGS). All~ylphenols (AP), compounds that are conunorly used as indush7al and household surfactants, have recently been detected in surface waters and in Euro- pean and North American drinlnng water. Because APs are known to intendere with reproduction in mammals, these findings are of great concern. By investigating the effects of different AP inixhu-es on diatons, daphnia, and fathead minnows, the researchers will determine the reper- cussions of AP on biological fiinctions at three levels of the aquatic food chain. In addition, tlu-ough feeding trials; the researchers will deternine the effects of AP across the aquatic food chain. e~C ~l r e Stu en The Water Resources Science gradu- ate prog7~ann welcomed tlirteen incoming shdents at its orientation on Thursday, September 1; 2005. Two of the incomng students will be shidying on the Duluth campus, and eleven will be studying on the Twin Cities campus. The diverse students come from as far away as Costa Rica, and are advised by faculty from nine departments on the t~vo campuses. Total em-olhnent in the WRS program now stands at 80 shndents (47 M. S. and 3 3 Ph.D.). ~~~D~t~~6~G~Pf ~®®~