Nonpoint Source Pollution Technical Exchange Webinars

The Nonpoint Source (NPS) Technical Exchange Forum  is a series of webisodes covering  a broad variety of NPS topics.   

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Upcoming Webcasts

Past Webcasts

Upcoming Webcasts

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Past Webcasts

• Monitoring: Research and Program Updates (video) May 31, 2022

  • John Bullough, USDA
  • Leif Olmanson, University of Minnesota
  • Paul Thomas, US EPA
  • Joseph Ziobro, US EPA

• Watershed Planning: Research, Coordination, and Implementation (video) March 29, 2022

  • Brian Fontenot, US EPA Region 6
  • Ethan Kunard, Montana Watershed Coordination Council
  • Deron Muehring, City of Dubuque, Iowa

• Green Infrastructure and Resilience Projects in the Urban Waters Federal Partnership (video) January 18, 2022

  • Jen Birchfield,  Purdue University NW
  • Amanda Rockler, University of Maryland - Sea Grant Extension
  • Darryl Haddock, West Atlanta Watershed Alliance

• Watershed Index Online (WSIO) and Recovery Potential Screening (RPS) Tool Tutorial (video) December 14, 2021

  • Miranda Chien-Hale, USEPA
  • Emily Moothart, Cadmus Group
  • Emily Cira, USEPA
  • Andrew Somor, Cadmus Group

• Social Indicators in Nonpoint Source Management (video) November 16, 2021

  • Bob Sweet, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy
  • Laura Luchies, Center for Social Research at Calvin University
  • Susan Bryan, Washtenaw County Water Resources Office
  • Steve Hopkins, Iowa Department of Natural Resources
  • Beatrice Jacobo , Fort Mojave Indian Tribe

• Community Engagement in Nonpoint Source Work (video) September 14, 2021

  • Lubna Ahmed, Groundwork Denver 
  • Chauncey Means, Division of Environmental Protection Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes

• Latest in Stormwater Research (video) July 13, 2021

  • Tom Ballestero, University of New Hampshire
  • Andy Erikson, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory
  • James Houle, University of New Hampshire
  • Bridget Wadzuk, Villanova University

References shared during webisode (pdf)

• ​Getting to Success in Idaho’s North Fork Coeur d’Alene River Basin: The Team Behind the Progress  (video) May 24, 2021
  • Kajsa Eagle Van de Riet, Idaho Dept. of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
  • Wade Jerome, U.S. Forest Service
  • Ed Lider, U.S. Forest Service (Retired)

• Applied Protection Approaches at the Watershed Scale (video) March 23, 2021
  • Peter Vincent, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy 
  • Jennifer Buchanan,  Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council
  • Wendy Garland, Maine Department of Environmental Protection

• Citizen Science and Monitoring(video)  A National NonPoint Source National Workshop Prequel, October 27 2020 

  • 30 Years of Citizen Science Water Quality Monitoring in Texas: Challenges, Solutions, and Lessons Learned
    Jenna Walker, Deputy director of Watershed Services, The Meadow Center for Water and the Environment
  • Arkansas Stream Team: 25 Years Lessons Learned and a Vision for the Future,
    Tate Wentz, Stream Team Coordinator, Arkansas Fish and Game Commission
  • Volunteer Monitoring and Water Quality Education in Oklahoma during COVID-19 and Beyond
    Rebecca Bond, PhD, Director of Blue Thumb, Oklahoma Conservation Commission
     
• Introduction to STEPL 4.4b  (video) presented by Tetra Tech Inc. October 7 2020,  and Introduction to STEPL 4.4,(video) presented by Tetra Tech Inc. on March 20, 2018. The webcast provided an overview of  STEPL and how to use it. STEPL is a planning-level spreadsheet model intended to facilitate the estimation of nutrient and sediment load reductions associated with Clean Water Act Section 319 projects at a HUC-12 watershed scale.  

• January 24, 2018 - An Introduction to the Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) Program (pdf)
  Luther Smith, American Society of Agronomy; Traci L. Bultemeier, DowDuPont Pioneer; Trevor Sample, Illinois EPA
• November 8, 2017 - Ten Ways to Reduce Nitrogen Loads from Drained Cropland in the Midwest (pdf)
  Laura Christianson, University of Illinois
• September 13, 2017 - Photo-Point Monitoring: Explanation and Application (pdf)
  Steve Dressing, Tetra Tech Dennis Busch, University of Wisconsin Platteville Daniel Guevara, New Mexico Environment Department
• December 7, 2016 - Characterizing Recovery from Non-point Pollution: Landscape and Programmatic Factors related to delisting impaired waterbodies (pdf)
  Ari Engelberg, US EPA ORISE
• October 26, 2016 - Nonpoint Source Watershed Project Resources (pdf)
  Steve Dressing, Tetratech, Inc.
• July 13, 2016 - Conservation in Action in Idaho’s Treasure Valley (pdf)
  Mike Smith, CTIC and Terry Tindall, Simplot
• April 12, 2016 - Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework: an Overview and Experience in Beargrass Creek and Silver Creek Watersheds (pdf)
  Mark Tomer, USDA, Agricultural Research Service Center: Janet Buchanan, Heartlands Conservancy; Joe Magner, University of Minnesota; Susan Stephan, Wabash County SWCD; Linda Prokopy, Purdue University
• December 8, 2015 - Adjusting for Depreciation of Land Treatment When Planning Watershed Projects (pdf)
  Steven A. Dressing, Donald S. Meals, Tetra Tech, Inc.