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<br />share results, and improve inter-agency
<br />communication regarding the need for
<br />management practices and policies adapt-
<br />able to conditions resulting from climate
<br />change.
<br />The Working Group will identify three
<br />climate change scenarios for Minnehaha and
<br />Brown's Creeks to be used in XPSWMM
<br />modeling, which simulates the complete
<br />hydrologic cycle. The stream flow and
<br />nutrient loading data generated from
<br />the XPSWMM watershed modeling will
<br />be incorporated as input into athree-
<br />dimensional lake model and applied to Lake
<br />Minnetonka allowing examination of spatial
<br />and temporal changes in water quality that
<br />will include fluctuating water levels, tem-
<br />perature, dissolved oxygen, nitrogen, and
<br />phosphorus. The simulation will evaluate
<br />various climate change scenarios on veg-
<br />etatedhabitats and water quality and will
<br />also be used to help design an experimental
<br />field system.
<br />The field experiment component of the
<br />project will be conducted at the Outdoor
<br />Stream Lab (OSL) at the St. Anthony Falls
<br />Lab (SAFE). The riverine con-idor and mul-
<br />tiple experimental plots will be established
<br />~~r~~,~~r~ ,Pram
<br />and monitored to study their response to
<br />various climate change hydromodifications
<br />and rain events. Plant survivability and sedi-
<br />ment nutrient release will be monitored.
<br />Shoreline bioengineering practices will be
<br />assessed for their survivability in a changing
<br />climate and water level regime. Ultimately,
<br />the project will provide design guidelines
<br />for bioengineering practices adapted for
<br />potential climate change scenarios. Recom-
<br />mendations and results will be disseminated
<br />to practitioners such as local units of gov-
<br />ernment and consulting firms engaged in
<br />designing, funding, and installing shoreland
<br />BMPs.
<br />The project was approved for funding in
<br />December 2008; funds are likely available
<br />in fall 2009. Modeling will begin as grant
<br />funds are received, and field experimenta-
<br />tion installed and monitored during 2010.
<br />Data analysis and development of recom-
<br />mendations will occur during late 2010 and
<br />2011.
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<br />' ~ 6, 20Q9
<br />10 Annual Protecting the
<br />St. Croix Conference
<br />UW River Falls, WI, ?he University
<br />Center.
<br />WRC'co-director Deb Swackhamer
<br />will present at the conference. For more
<br />information, visit: basineducation.uwex.
<br />edu /stcroix
<br />19-22, 2009
<br />52nd nual Conference on
<br />Great Lakes Research, Bridging
<br />Ecosystems and Environmental
<br />Health across our Great'Lakes
<br />University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.
<br />For more information, visit www.iaglr.
<br />org/conference/
<br />1-4, 2009
<br />nternational Symposium on
<br />Genetic Biocontrol of Invasive
<br />Fish
<br />Doubletree Hotel, Minneapolis, MN.
<br />This sympoisum is designed for inter-
<br />national scientists specializing in fish
<br />genetics, biotechnology, risk assessment
<br />science and ecology and professionals who
<br />work to manage invasive fish. Visit: www.
<br />seagrant.umn.edu/ais/biocontrol for
<br />more information
<br />~~~~- 26-27, 2009
<br />Minnesota Water Resources
<br />Conference
<br />RiverCentre, Saint Paul, MN.
<br />This conference presents innovative and
<br />practical water resource management
<br />techniques and highlights research about
<br />Minnesota's water resources, including:
<br />best practices in design and application of
<br />water resource management techniques,
<br />implications of water policy decisions,
<br />and research into current and emerging
<br />water issues.
<br />Abstracts are due by Friday, March
<br />27, 2009 and must be submitted
<br />electronically to:
<br />http: //wrc.umn.edu /watereonf
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