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State of Our
Watershed Conference
Tallapoosa River
Basin
Sponsored by the Tallapoosa
Watershed Project
Camp ASCCA, Jackson’s Gap Alabama
May 5-6, 2005
Agenda & Presentations
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The
Tallapoosa Watershed Project (TWP) is funded by the USDA
Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES).
The project teams up scientists from Auburn University (AU), the
University of Alabama (UA) and the Alabama Department of
Environmental Management (ADEM) with extension agents, teachers
and citizen volunteer water monitors in the Tallapoosa River
Basin. Project partners are conducting research, extension and
education activities related to environmental conditions of lakes
Martin and Wedowee, and the overall health of the watershed.
The
free, two-day State of Our Watershed Conference was for
anyone interested in learning more about the TWP and the health of
streams, lakes and rivers that comprise the Tallapoosa River
Basin.
Day 1
(May 5th) focused on research of the TWP partners
and other agencies in the Tallapoosa River Basin, and its
applications to water resource management in Alabama.
Presentations included results from water quality, remote
sensing and fisheries biology studies.
Day 2
(May 6th) focuses on TWP education and extension
activities. Presentations included how TWP research data and
other information related to aquatic science education is being
adapted for use in classrooms and for the general public in a
variety of forms.
Topics and Activities:
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Year 1 (2004) TWP
research results on Lake Martin and select Tallapoosa Basin
streams
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Other agency research
(fish, water quantity and quality, resource economics) and its
application to water resource management in Alabama
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Optimal mix of
watershed monitoring technologies
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Watershed management
plans in the Tallapoosa River Basin
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TWP Education
activities – curriculum development, teacher workshops
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TWP Extension
activities – Classroom in the Forest, Living Streams,
rain gardens
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Fun outdoor
activities – boat rides on Lake Martin, Macro Mania game
and stream sampling, construction of a rain garden, Camp ASCCA
Environmental Center tour
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