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<br />Over 500 people convened at the Earle Brown i ~~ - -
<br />Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center on October ~ ,, ~d~ ~ ~ ``{ '
<br />25 and 26 for the Minnesota Water 2005 and ~ m g
<br />Annual Water Resources Joint Conference. This ~ ~ ~~~ ~ s a~°~~ ~ ~ ~,~
<br />first-time joint conference brought together the ~ ~~ ~ ~ Qv - ,~ ~ ~ .~ ~.~ '~ ~ ~ y~ ~'
<br />38th annual Water Resources Conference and the ~ ~ ~€ : k y. ~~; ~ ~ ,
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<br />1 l th biennial Minnesota Water conference, and w ~e"s'= ~ ~ ~'~ ~~ ~ 4 ~`
<br />featured 60 concurrent-session presentations and ~~ ~, z ~~ ,. ,,, v ; ;ti € ,~~ ; ;~ `
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<br />25 posters. The Conference was sponsored by ~ ~ ~ ~`~ ` ~ ~ , ~ ;. ~ 4 ~'~k~` ~ fi ~ s ~~ ~ , ' ~
<br />the Water Resources Center and the College of i %t 9 _ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~~ ~ k ~ , ,n `'_ •.; t~ -- j
<br />Continuin Education, with co-s onsorshi b `~ ~ t r ~ 7 ~~ ~ R~ ~~ ~ i
<br />g P P y 4~ 3~~ i K ~`~`~_~ ~~t~ ~ u ~? t .~ ~,
<br />the De artment of Civil En ineerin ,the Min- ~' '' ~' r `~° G ` ~ a ~ ~ ~ ~ r I
<br />nesota Section of the American Society of Civil ~ , ` ` ~~ .~r ~t; ,~ °~~ . '~ ~ ~ ~,; ~~
<br />Engineers, the Minnesota Sea Grant Program, and ~ i~ ~ " ~ ` ~' } ~" a
<br />the Natural Resources Research Institute. ~ x ~ ~. ~ -x t ~' " `~~ '~ ~ ;~
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<br />The conference began with the presentation ' ~ ~ ~ k ~ ` ~ ,~ ~;" _ ~,, ~ F ~,~ ;~
<br />of the 2005 Dave Ford Water Resources Award to r -~` ~; s' ~ ~, ` s ~ ~ `~~, ,~ `~ z~ -- r ~- -
<br />t y 1 ht4~~" n` ~, t o~.,Fx .+ ~ ~~G« ~s"t5~ }7 ~e~ ~ ~ 2.t~4 r ~_~ ~1
<br />Marcel Jouseau, manager of the Water Resource w < r s ~ z L: .,m.,,~ F - ,~ ;.--~.- t . -~
<br />Assessment Section of the Metropolitan Council ~~+~ ,F~ ~• " - ''~
<br />in St. Paul. This award is given by the Minnesota Conference Chairs and TMDL Panel Members •(l to r): WRC Co-Director and Minnesota '
<br />Water Resources Conference Committee to an Water Planning Committee Chair, Deb Swackhamer, TMDL Panel Moderator, Faye Sleeper,
<br />individual who has made an outstanding contribu- Pane! Members, Walt Poole, Represenative Dennis Ozment, and Michael Robertson; and
<br />tion to the field of water resource management Water Resources Planning Commute Chair, Ron Leaf.
<br />in Minnesota. Jouseau urged attendees to "put a great deal of passion into what you are has moved outside the envelope of the past
<br />doing to protect water resources." 1000 years." This climate change impacts
<br />John J. Magnuson, Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Limnologi- water resources in particular, Magnuson
<br />cal Research Center, delivered the first day's plenary address, "Changing Strategies in a identified a dramatic statistical increase in
<br />Changing Climate." Appealing to most Minnesotans' strong sense of place, Magnuson streamflows measured at gauging stations
<br />pointed to lakes as a place for Minnesotans to perceive climate change, particularly
<br />through earlier ice-out dates and the total number of days per year with ice cover. He Conference continued on page 4
<br />1 t d th• t " th t 50 e• s the variation in the Earth' rf t • to
<br />a so no e a over e pas y ar , s su ace empera re
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<br />;el Energy Foundation
<br />Cheryl Miller (Continuing Education) (J)
<br />and Jim Anderson (WRC Co-Director and
<br />professor in Soil, Water, and Climate) (r)
<br />accept a $10,000 check fram the Xcel
<br />Energy Foundation from Karen Utt, a
<br />senior environmental analyst with Xcef
<br />Energy. The Foundation, encouraged
<br />by the recent WRC-sponsored forum
<br />discussing terrestrial carbon sequestration
<br />in Minnesota, made this contribution
<br />to support two upcoming carbon
<br />sequestration forums that will explore
<br />research and opportunities in greater
<br />depth. For more information on the.
<br />upcoming forums, refer to pages five and
<br />seven.
<br />Minnegram
<br /> 'n T~'11S ISSUe
<br />2 Director's Desk
<br />3 Mongolian lake
<br /> research
<br />5 Student groups
<br /> clean up wetland
<br />6 Community News
<br />7 Upcoming Events
<br />December 2005
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