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Regional water quality leadership for north central states in United States

PI: James Anderson, WRC Co-Director and Professor, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate

Collaborators: Barb Liukkonen, Kevin Blanchet, Jodi Dejong-Hughes, Les Everett, and Ron Struss, U of M Extension Service, Water Resources Center; Derek Fischer, Board of Water and Soil Resources

Funding Source: University of Wisconsin Madison/USDA Prime

Project Duration: 09/01/00 - 09/30/08

Primary Goals:

  • Provide regional coordination of research and education efforts addressing water quality problems related to agricultural activities within the North Central Region.
  • Work cooperatively to share responsibilities and resources in the interest of resolving water quality problems that are complex in nature and regional in scope.
  • Strategic planning on a regional scale.
  • Build continuing education and professional development programs based on current available information (an example would be to use MSEA regional publications) to educate agricultural and non-agricultural audiences about water quality problems and their solutions.
  • Offer an entry point to the resources within the land grant universities for state and federal agencies, commodity organizations, and other non-government organizations to collectively address water quality problems of mutual interests.