Pesticide Workshop
Heartland Region Pesticide Best Management Practices Workshop: Protecting Surface and Ground Water
June 6 - 8, 2006 - Nebraska City, NE
The Heartland Water Quality Coordination
Initiative's Nutrient and Pesticide Management (NPM) Team
hosted a Pesticides Best Management Practices (BMPs) Workshop
at the Lied Lodge and Conference Center, located at the
Arbor Day Farm in Nebraska City, NE. The Pesticides BMP
Workshop was held June 6-8, 2006, in which 54 individuals
participated.
 The
objective of the June workshop was to compile and evaluate
pesticide BMP information. This workshop was designed to
promote an understanding of pesticide and water quality
issues in the Heartland Region, including Iowa, Kansas,
Missouri and Nebraska. Emerging issues in pesticide effects
on health and the environment were addressed, as well as
new approaches to targeting implementation of pesticide
related BMPs. Monitoring and how to collect and handle
samples was also a major topic discussed.
This workshop was a follow-up to a January
regional roundtable which also addressed pesticide issues.
The Roundtable was
held for a much smaller  audience made up of university
faculty, ARS researchers, and EPA staff to report the latest
research findings, current projects, and future research.
This June workshop was held for a larger audience with
the goal of applying this knowledge throughout the Heartland
Region.
Workshop Information:
Workshop
Participants
Workshop Presentations and Speakers:
Day 1 - Pesticides in the Heartland
Region
Overview of Pesticide/Water Quality
Current and Emerging Issues in Region 7 - Jamie Green, US EPA Region 7 and Kyle
Hoagland, University of Nebraska Water Center
Understanding
Pesticide Leaching and Runoff - Pat
Shea, University of Nebraska
Small Group Discussion I - What current and future issues
are you facing related to pesticides and water quality? Click
here for Group Notes
Nutrient
and Pesticide Management Regional Website - Jamie Benning, University of Nebraska
Day 2 - Best Management Practices
Research and Recommendations
Nebraska:
Recent Research Findings, Issues in BMPs - Mark Bernards, University of Nebraska
Kansas: Recent Research Findings, Issues in BMPs - Dan
Devlin, Kansas State University
Missouri: Recent Research Findings, Issues in BMPs - Reid Smeda, University of Missouri
Iowa:
Recent Research Findings, Issues in BMPs - Jim Ellerhoff, Iowa Dept. of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Research Issues Discussion
Issues in Surface Water Monitoring:
Producer Adoption of Best Management Practices - Tom Franti, University of Nebraska and Dan
Devlin, Kansas State University
Small Group Discussion II: What Challenges and obstacles
do you see for the adoption of pesticide BMPs by agricultural
producers? How might these be addressed? Click
here for Group Notes
Portable/On-site Sample Analysis - David Hage, University of Nebraska
Demonstration of Water Sampling: Surface and Ground Water
Sampling Analysis - Charlie Pierce, Nemaha NRD
Automated Sampling Equipment - Phil
Barnes, Kansas State University
Day 3 - Targeting Best Management
Practices
Targeting Best Management Practices in Missouri - Bob Lerch, USDA-ARS
Targeting Best Management Practices in a Nebraska
Watershed - Maribeth Milner and Patrick Shea, University of Nebraska
Panel Discussion on Targeting Best Management Practice
Implementation - Daryl Anderson, Little Blue NRD; Lyle
Frees, Kansas NRCS; and Kyle Mankin, Kansas State University
Experiences in Targeting BMPs in a Watershed; Integration
of Spatial Information with Local Knowledge - Lyle
Frees, Kansas NRCS
Small Group Discussion III: Moving From Diffuse Implementation
to Targeting Implementation by State Click
here for Group Notes
Photo Gallery:
- Conference Photos ( 1, 2, 3 )
- Discussion Group Photos ( 1, 2, 3 )
- Arbor Day Farm Tour Photos ( 1, 2 )
- Charlie Pierce - Outdoor Presentation Photos ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 )
- Phil Barnes - Outdoor Presentation Photos ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 )
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