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41st Annual Meeting: Wisconsin's One Water - Breaking Boundaries Meeting Information March 9 - 10, 2017 at Osthoff Resort, 101 Osthoff Ave, Elkhart Lake, WI, 53020 Download the Call for Papers Download the Conference Registration Information Download the Conference Program Download the Conference Presentations Meeting Highlights The 41st annual meeting of the American Water Resources Association-Wisconsin Section was held March 9 - 10, 2017 at the Osthoff Resort, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. There were 168 registrants who attended the meeting, which included 43 oral presentations and 23 posters. The meeting theme was "Wisconsin's One Water: Breaking Boundaries". In support of this theme, the Plenary Session included: Kevin Shafer from the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District speaking on One Water, Infinite Possibilities; and George Kraft from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Center for Watershed Science and Education speaking on 50 Years of Central Sands Study Just Isn't Enough. An inaugural Lightening Talk Session followed the Plenary Speakers and covered a diverse array of topics such as watershed health, water crisis management, invasive species, road salt contamination of groundwater, and irrigated lands mapping. We had excellent technical sessions focused on the areas of Groundwater Resources in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin's Water Quality, Field Investigations, Surface Water, Central Sands, Water and Agriculture, Water Quality, Groundwater/Surface Water, Groundwater and Urban Stormwater Management. The Dinner Speakers were Stacy Hron from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Huck Raddemann from CH2M who gave a wonderful joint presentation on A One Water Approach to Restoring Sheboygan River and Its Legacy. The evening Poster Session included a mixture of interesting topics presented by undergraduate and graduate students, regulatory and industry professionals, and academic colleagues.  Plenary speaker Kevin Shafer from the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District speaking on one water, infinite possibilities (pictured above).  Plenary speaker George Kraft from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Center for Watershed Science and Education speaking on 50 years of central sands study just isn't enough (pictured above).  Dinner speaker Huck Raddemann from CH2M (pictured above).  Dinner speaker Stacy Hron from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (pictured above).  Poster session (pictured above).  Poster session (pictured above). Distinguished Service Award This year we were proud to present the Distinguished Service Award to Jeff Helmuth of the Department of Natural Resources.  Jeff Helmuth receives the Distinguished Service Award from Amanda Bell, AWRA President (pictured above). Student Presentation Awards The section was pleased to award three Outstanding Student Presentations this year. Award winners included: Melanie Stock, Lisa Haas, Allison LoBue.  Lisa Haas receives an Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Presentation Award from Amanda Bell, AWRA President (pictured above).  Allison LoBue receives an Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Presentation Award from Amanda Bell, AWRA President (pictured above).
Presentations DinnerSpeakers.pdf PlenarySpeakerShafer.pdf Session1A4Parsen.pdf Session1B1Asplund.pdf Session1B2Diebel.pdf Session1B4Hein.pdf Session1C2Ciruzzi.pdf Session1C3Hart.pdf Session1C4Hahn.pdf Session2A3Sander.pdf Session2C2Stock.pdf Session3A1Latzka.pdf Session3A3Selbig.pdf Session3B3Wade.pdf Session4A1Dunning.pdf Session4A2Haserodt.pdf Session4A4Fehling.pdf Session4B1Horwatich.pdf Session4B2McDonald.pdf
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