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EXTENSION

Second Annual State of Our Watershed Conference

The Tallapoosa River Basin
Camp ASCCA, Jacksons Gap Alabama
April 20, 2006

This free Conference is for anyone

interested in learning more about

the Tallapoosa Watershed Project

and the health of the streams,

rivers and lakes that comprise

the Tallapoosa River Basin.

Thursday, April 20, 2006

8:30 Registration

9:00 Conference welcome by Barbara Young, Mayor of Alexander City

9:10 Overview of the State of Our Watershed Conference. Bill Deutsch, TWP Project

Director, Auburn University Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures (pdf 86KB)

Session 1 – What’s going on in the Tallapoosa River Basin?

Moderator: David Rouse, Head, Department of

Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, Auburn University

9:20 Water quality status and management challenges of the Tallapoosa Basin. Chris Johnson, Chief, Technical Support Section, Water Quality Branch, Water Division, Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (pdf 3.4MB)

9:40 Prospects for reservoir pool level and flow regime changes. Charles Stover, Supervisor of Reservoir Management, Hydro Services, Southern Generation. (pdf 3.7MB)

10:00 Understanding and Promoting a Healthy Environment for the Upper Tallapoosa Watershed. Charles Smith, Director, Lake Wedowee Property Owners Association. (pdf 1.5MB)

10:20 Middle Tallapoosa River Basin Clean Water Partnership issues and activities. Tommy Futral, Chairman, MTRBCWP. (pdf 8.3MB)

10:40 Break

10:55 Threatened and endangered aquatic species of the Tallapoosa River Basin and their implications to watershed management. Pat O’Neil, Director of the Water Investigations, Geological Survey of Alabama (pdf 1.9MB)

11:15 Economic value of the Tallapoosa’s waters. Don McClellan, Executive Director, Lake Martin Area Economic Development Alliance (pdf 2.3MB)

11:35 Panel Discussion: Interactive discussion with Session 1 speakers

12:00 Lunch at Camp ASCCA cafeteria

Session 2 – TWP – Why do nutrients matter and can we manage them better?

Moderator: Bill Deutsch, Auburn University

1:00 Why establish nutrient standards on Alabama’s lakes? James E. McIndoe, Keynote Speaker and Chief of the Water Division, Alabama Department of Environmental Management (pdf 663KB)

1:25 Overview of the Tallapoosa Watershed Project. Bill Deutsch, TWP Project

Director, Auburn University Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures

(pdf 62KB)

1:30 Standard methods watershed and lake sampling – what did we find? David Bayne, TWP Co-Director, and Eric Reutebuch, TWP Project Coordinator, Auburn University Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures (pdf 3.4MB)

1:45 Remote sensing monitoring and GIS modeling. Luoheng Han, TWP Project Co-Director, University of Alabama Department of Geography (pdf 4.4MB)

2:00 Citizen water quality monitoring – moving forward. John Glasier, TWP Project Co-Director and Dick Bronson, President, Lake Watch of Lake Martin (pdf 1.1MB)

2:15 TWP into Alabama’s classrooms – curriculum development in environmental education, Jenny Fuller, Graduate Research Assistant, Auburn University Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures (pdf 2MB)

2:30 Break

2:45 TWP Projects funded by the MTRB Clean Water Partnership – Stream health assessment using aquatic bugs and fish, Cliff Webber and R. Jason Dickey, TWP Project Collaborators, Auburn University Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures (pdf 1.8MB) (pdf 1.9MB)

3:15 Panel Discussion - Practical applications of the TWP: Interactive discussion with

Session 2 speakers

3:45 Closing Remarks: Passing of the torch, life after TWP. Bill Deutsch (pdf 51KB)

4:00 Boat ride on Lake Martin (weather permitting, up to ~ 30 people on a first-register/ first-serve basis)

4:30 Dismiss (no overnight at Camp ASCCA)

Conference Information:

Location: Camp ASCCA (http://www.campascca.org/directions.htm)

For more information contact Eric Reutebuch, TWP Coordinator, at reuteem@auburn.edu or visit the TWP website at www.twp.auburn.edu

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