National Coastal Lakes Wetlands R Training
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Below is information, materials, presentations, agendas, etc. from 2014, 2013 and 2010 workshops.
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... and assessment information in the development of a state wetland regulatory program
- Michelle Henicheck, VA DEQ
- Tammy Hill, NC DENR
- Barb Scott, KY DOW: Kentucky 401 WQC Program
- Mick Miccachion, OH EPA
- Ted Walsh, NH DEC:
Summary Presentation: John Mack, Cleveland Metroparks
Watershed Planning and Wildlife Management
- Joanna Lemly, CO NHP: Statewide Strategies for Colorado Wetlands
- Alison Rogerson, DE DNREC: Delaware’s Restoration and Protection in a Watershed Context
- Ted LeGrange, NE Games & Parks: Rainwater Basin Wetland Ecology and History, Data Collection- Level 1 and 3 - How the data are being used.
State and Regional Intensifications of the NWCA
- Tom Bernthal, Wisconsin
- Rick Savage, North Carolina
- Ted LeGrange, Nebraska
- Mike Bourdaghs, Mi ... more. |
Over 40 tribes attended the workshop hosted by Pueblo of Isleta on November 5-7, 2013 near Albuquerque, NM.
This workshop introduced tribes in the Southwest to the basics of how to identify, monitor and assess wetlands, set wetland program priorities and find program funding.
Thank you, Pueblo of Isleta, for hosting this event.
Want to find out more about the workshop? Click here to see the agenda or
Handouts provided at the 2013 Southwest Wetland Programs for Tribes
Using Aquatic Insects to Evaluate Physical and Biological Conditions in Wetlands
- Dan Mosley, Native Environmental Services
Wetla ... more. |
October 28-30, 2014
Denver, Colorado
Click here to download the agenda.
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Wetlands: A Component of an Integrated Farming Operation
This document explores some of the
basics of wetland protection and restoration.
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Wetlands: A More Profitable Alternative?
CTIC tells the story of 10 operations around the country
that have restored wetlands on their agricultural property...
and have reaped environmental and economic benefits.
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This full-color publication defines a wetland, describes the role of wetlands, wetlands protection, and status and trends associated with wetlands. Developed and published by the US Environmental Protection Agency.
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... Watershed
Leadership
Mississippi River Basin Initiative (MRBI)
No-Till
National Aquatic Resource Survey (NARS)
National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI)
Nutrient Management
Operational Tillage Assessment System (OpTIS)
Pasture
Ridge Till
Soil Health
Strip Till
Tours
Training
Water Quality
Watershed Groups Watershed Implementation and Innovation Network (WIIN)
Weed Management
Wetlands
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... was to develop and validate indicator of benthic condition for use by National Coastal Condition Assessment (NCCA), States and others interested in assessing the condition of Great Lakes coastal and nearshore habitats.
CTIC awarded 9 travel scholarships for state and tribal participants to attend. A total of 20 people attended the workshop.
Workshop Agenda
R10 Wetlands Workshop
Corvallis, OR-October 1-5, 2018
The workshop was held at the Courtyard Marriot in Corvallis, OR. John Vansickle was the Technical Speaker for the event. Other experts were brought in on Wednesday to provide additional “one-on-one” assistance/training for the attendees
CTIC awarded 15 travel scholarships for state & tribal participants to attend. An additi ... more. |
... Conference
April 24-28th, 2023
CTICis cordinating theNational Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS) National Workshop under a Cooperative Agreement with EPA’s NARS program.
NARS is acollaborative program between EPA, states and tribes designed to assess the quality of the nation's coastal waters, lakes and reservoirs, rivers and streams, and wetlands using a statistical survey design. The workshop will cover topics relevant to all four waterbody types and the NARS program generally.
For the NARS workshop being held in conjunction with the National Monitoring Conference in Virginia Beach, we are planning to have a get-together on Monday evening (~5 -8 PM ET) and workshop sessions Wednesday afternoon (12:30 – 2:00 P ... more. |
On April 24-28th, 2023,CTICis cordinating theNational Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS) National Workshop under a Cooperative Agreement with EPA’s NARS program.
NARS is acollaborative program between EPA, states and tribes designed to assess the quality of the nation's coastal waters, lakes and reservoirs, rivers and streams, and wetlands using a statistical survey design. The workshop coveredtopics relevant to all four waterbody types and the NARS program generally.
For the NARS workshop being held in conjunction with the National Monitoring Conference in Virginia Beach, we are planning to have a get-together on Monday evening (~5 -8 PM ET) and sessions Wednesday afternoon (12:30 – 2:00 PM) and Fr ... more. |
... Room. At the celebration, we’ll enjoy drinks, food andthe chance to reminisce about the past 40 years and look forward to the next 40.
We’ll start the day Tuesday the 13th with a tour of theHenry White Farm, a demonstration farm owned by the Illinois Department of Agriculture. In addition to research plots, the farm's 94 acres contain wetlands, evergreen and deciduous groves, restored prairie and wildlife habitat. At the Henry White Farm, we’ll also hear an array of speakers sharing their insights on conservation practices.
After lunch, we will head to theDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, home to nearly 300 scientists and a launch pad for innovative start-ups. We will tour their facilities, network with ag ... more. |
... the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, state environmental agencies, and partners from tribes and other entities. Dozens of presentations and breakout sessions are available free on CTIC's website.
NARS is acollaborative program between EPA, states and tribes designed to assess the quality of the nation's coastal waters, lakes and reservoirs, rivers and streams, and wetlands using a statistical survey design. The workshop coveredtopics relevant to all four waterbody types. The program included an address and Q&A session with John Goodin, director of US EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds.
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... April 5-7th, 2022 CTICcoordinated theNational Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS) National Workshop under a Cooperative Agreement with EPA’s NARS program.
NARS is acollaborative program between EPA, states and tribes designed to assess the quality of the nation's coastal waters, lakes and reservoirs, rivers and streams, and wetlands using a statistical survey design. The workshop coveredtopics relevant to all four waterbody types and the NARS program generally.
Before the NARS National Workshop attendees were encouraged to watch this video, NARS Improving Training, from a training held in Dallas, TX in 2018:
On March 17, 2022,US EPA and CTIC hosted a webinar and brought t ... more. |
... Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS): Findings and Applications on Algal Toxins and Pathogens
Sarah Lehmann
Speaker Bio
Sarah Lehmann serves as Team Leader for the National Aquatic Resource Surveys in U.S. EPA’s Monitoring Branch. In this role, she provides leadership for each of the national surveys including lakes, rivers and streams, coastal waters, and wetlands. Prior to this, Sarah worked in EPA’s Region 5 office in Chicago as the Regional Monitoring Coordinator working states and tribes in the development and implementation of monitoring and assessment strategies.
Video Length - 10:34
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... 1980’s and has been with the Clean Water Team since 2000.
Video Length - 12:18
Utah’s Joint Harmful Algal Bloom and E. coli Recreational Water Quality Advisory Program
Kate Fickas
Speaker Bio
Dr. Kate Fickas earned her Ph.D. at OSU coming up with novel ways to use dense time series analysis of satellite imagery to track spatio-temporal dynamics of wetlands in Oregon back to 1985. During her Ph.D., she worked closely with researchers at Google and NASA in order to develop and process her satellite-based algorithms. After her Ph.D. in 2018, Kate went on to complete a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst researching how to use drones to capture changes in salt marsh wetlands on the East Coast. Currently, Kate is the posi ... more. |
... acres in the East Bay of the San Frnacisco Bay Area. Becky oversees the natural resource permitting, Integrated Pest Management and Water Management programs for the District. She has been heading up the Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) workgroup for the past 3 years. Previously, she worked on water resource issues with the US EPA and the San Francisco Regional Water Board including wetlands permitting, water quality standards, dredged material management and development of a watershed plan for Tomales Bay. She also worked for the City of Oakland on storm water management, creek restoration and implementation of green infrastructure projects. Becky has a Masters in Environmental Policy from U.C. Berkeley.
Video Length - 12:54
Identifying Septic Pol ... more. |
... and stabilize riparian areas. Strategically placed buffer strips in the agricultural landscape can effectively mitigate the movement of sediment, nutrients, and pesticides within farm fields and from farm fields.
Buffers include: contour buffer strips, field borders, filter strips, grassed waterways, living snow fences, riparian buffers, shelterbelts/windbreaks, (grass, shrubs and trees), and wetlands.
The small amount of land taken out of production helps producers meet environmental and economic goals.
Key Messages
Conservation buffers protect soil, improve air and water quality, enhance fish and wildlife habitat, and beautify the landscape.
Conservation buffers shows a producer’s commitment to conservation and their willingness to protect the environment.
Benefits of Co ... more. |
... system
Semi-permanent drip irrigation
Managing multi-year crops in highly variable soils
Stop #2 – M&M Feedlot, Parma, Idaho
Business and neighborly impacts of creating an attractive, low-odor environment
Air quality and ammonia permits
Nutrient and water management – composting demonstration, floodplain management considerations and constructed wetlands
Stop #3 – Arena Valley, Wilder, Idaho
Sustainability, nutrient management and conservation systems
Potato research trials – nitrogen efficiency, new varieties and bio-pesticides
Cropping systems – rotations, equipment and cover crops
Sustainability audits
Potato harvest demonstration
Stop #4 – McIntyre Farm, Caldwell, Idaho
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CTIC has worked closely with U.S. EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds (OWOW) to organize a national, invitation-only NARS (National Aquatic Resource Surveys) meeting for 125 water quality professionals. Participants from federal, state and tribal agencies, as well as contract partners, will attend.
The NARS meeting, held in Denver March 25-29 in conjunction with the National Water Quality Monitoring Conference, will explore the d ... more. |
... and they’re good feed.”
The Lenssens are not alone in their concern about water quality issues, said Dr. Steve Paulsen of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory in Corvallis, Oregon. Paulsen works on EPA’s National Aquatic Resource Survey (NARS), which assesses the quality of U.S. streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands and coastal waters.
Paulsen noted that the 2016 NARS report shows 45 percent of America’s rivers and streams contain excess nutrients; in the Pacific Northwest, 31 percent of the rivers and streams are high in phosphorous and just 12 percent have excess nitrogen. Meanwhile, approximately 23 percent of the nation’s rivers and streams—including eight percent in the West—e ... more. |
National Coastal Lakes Wetlands R Training
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Click on the links below for more information from past workshops, including materials, presentations and webinars.
National
Coastal
Lakes
Wetlands
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CTIC Silver Corporate Member, Agri Drain Corp, America's most complete supplier of water management products for wetlands, ponds, lakes, controlled drainage, and subsurface irrigation with the best guarantee. To learn more about Agri Drain Corp, visit www.agridrain.com
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... Buffers are small areas or strips of land in vegetation, designed to slow water runoff, provide
shelter and stabilize riparian areas. Strategically placed in the agricultural landscape, buffers can effectively mitigate
the movement of sediment, nutrients, and pesticides within farm fields. Buffers include: contour buffer strips, field
orders, filter strips, windbreaks, and wetlands. A small amount of land in buffers can assist producers in meeting
both economic and environmental goals.
Cleaner Water
Located in environmentally sensitive areas, buffers provide another line of defense to filter water both surface
and shallow ground water before it enters streams and lakes.
Can reduce up to 80% of sediment.
Reduces 40% (on average) ... more. |
... from university, research, nonprofit organizations and EPA headquarters and regional offices. The advisory committee will assist in developing a survey requesting targeted audiences to rank technical and programmatic issues in order of greatest training needs. CTIC will use this information to develop topics for the national conference. CTIC is also working with EPA specialists to conduct a wetlands training workshop in October 2010 and a lakes workshop for the first week of November.
For More Information
Contact Tammy Taylor at Tel: 765-494-1814 or Email: taylor@ctic.org.
Get Involved
Host a meeting for leaders of state and tribal programs for wetlands, lakes, coastal, rivers and streams at a research center or other facility in your area.
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... Thompson notes. "The first thought is how to try to prevent the raindrop from striking bare soil. Once it's on the soil surface, we want it seeping into the ground and not running off the field, so we're working on tillage systems and buffering riparian areas.
"We've accomplished all those goals and had a big positive response in our surface waters and wetlands," he adds. "But the water passing through the drainage systems still needed some sort of treatment and is still very energy-charged when it comes out the outlet."
As a result, drainage water management continues the work that begins with crop residue management.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Visit the Agricult ... more. |
... Thompson notes. "The first thought is how to try to prevent the raindrop from striking bare soil. Once it's on the soil surface, we want it seeping into the ground and not running off the field, so we're working on tillage systems and buffering riparian areas.
"We've accomplished all those goals and had a big positive response in our surface waters and wetlands," he adds. "But the water passing through the drainage systems still needed some sort of treatment and is still very energy-charged when it comes out the outlet."
As a result, drainage water management continues the work that begins with crop residue management.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Visit the Agricult ... more. |
Installing practices such as dikes in existing wetlands to manage water levels and improve habitat.
How it works
Most wetland enhancement work includes small structures built to add water or regulate water levels in an existing wetland. Subsurface and surface drains and tiles are plugged. Concrete and earthen structures ... more. |
Marsh-type area with saturated soils and water-loving plants.
Wetlands provide wildlife habitat and serve as natural filters for agricultural runoff.
How it works
Natural wetlands—swamps, bogs, sloughs, potholes and marshes—occur in every state in the Nation and vary widely in size, shape and type. Sloughs, potholes and marshes in low-lying areas are most common in Iowa. A wetland may have standing water year-round or may hold surface water for o ... more. |
... courtesy of Steve Werblow
Meadowlane Farms' home-built manure injector delivers liquid manure to the root zone, which minimizes nutrient losses to the atmosphere and local waterways and dramatically reduces odor—all at 6 to 11 acres per hour.
Photo courtesy of Steve Werblow
Woodlands and Wetlands
In addition to 1,300 acres of crops and 15,000 hogs, Meadowlane Farms is home to a protected woodland and a preserved wetland. The previous owner of one parcel had bequeathed about 10 acres of woodland to the state of Indiana. Meadowlane owner Mike Beard upped the ante by putting a 30-to-45-foot buffer around the wooded ground and securing a conservation easement for the buffe ... more. |
... for many medium-sized producers is the presence of a discharge from a production area through a ditch, flushing system or other similar man-made device to a water of the state, or if a water of the United States passes through the production area.
Not surprisingly, definitions are important.
For instance, “waters of the United States” can include streams, creeks, wetlands—even intermittent streams or dry creek beds. If they begin outside the production area and pass over, across or through it, the operation could meet US EPA’s discharge criteria.
The definition of “manure” is similarly broad—the CAFO rule actually applies to manure, litter and process wastewater, which includes flushing and washing water; water that is used for ... more. |
