2012 Symposium

		Governor's Water Conference (December 15, 2012) Sun Up features the 33rd Annual Oklahoma Governor's Water Conference & 10th Annual Water Resources Research Symposium.

		Mike Langston, assistant director of the Oklahoma Water Resources Center, discusses the 33rd Annual Governor's Water Conference slated for November 13-14 in Tulsa. Watch the Sun Up video by clicking here or on the image to the left.

Agenda		Highlights:
		Keynote speaker, Dayton Duncan, discussed the PBS documentary, The Dust Bowl Cynthia Barnett was our invited speaker (www.cynthiabarnett.net). View more information about Cynthia Barnett here. The Poster Session, including the Student Poster Contest

Sessions & Abstracts

Poster Session

Presenters and Presentations

Click on the photo for the
Student Poster Contest
winners and contributors.

View the professional posters here.

Session 1: Updates and New Developments
- Mitigated Creek Turnpike Wetlands: Twenty Years Later; Success or Succession? by Hal Reed (ORU)
  
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- Riparian Songbirds as Indicators of Watershed Condition by Timothy O'Connell (OSU)
  
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- Hydrolic Investigation of the Rush Springs Aquifer by Chris Neel (OWRB)
  
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- Introducing the New South Central Climate Science Center by Kim Winton (USGS-SCCSC)
  
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Session 2: Effects of Red Cedar Encroachment on Water Quantity
- Introduction and Throughfall, Interception, and Stemflow Results by Don Turton (OSU)
  
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- Watershed Infiltration, Soil Water Dynamics, and Stream Flow by Chris Zou (OSU)
  
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- Water Use of Individual Red Cedar Trees by Rodney Will (OSU)
  
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- Invasive Species Public Policy: Easter Red Cedar Management, Options & Consequences by Larry Sanders (OSU)
  
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Session 3: The 2010-2012 Oklahoma Drought
- Evolution and Persistence of the 2010-2012 Drought in Oklahoma by Gary McManus (OU)
  
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- Hydrologic Drought of Water Year 2011 Compared to Four Major Drought Periods of the 20th Century in Oklahoma by Bill Andrews (USGS-Water Science Center)
  
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- Soil Moisture-Based Drought Monitoring in Oklahoma by Tyson Ochsner (OSU)
  
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- Impacts and Responses to the Drought by Dave Shideler (OSU)
  
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Session 4: Water Quality and Nutrient Management
- Phosphorus Concentrations Have Been Declining in the Illinois River: Was It Point Sources, Farm-Level Nutrient Management, or What? by Brian Haggard (Univ. of Arkansas)
  
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- Within-River Phosphorus Retention in the Illinois River: A Missing Place in the Watershed Phosphorus Puzzle? by Helen Jarvie (Centre for Ecology an Hydrology, United Kingdom)
  
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- Investigating Algal Response to Changig Phosphorus Concentrations in British Rivers Using Flume Mesocosms by Mike Bowes (Centre for Ecology an Hydrology, United Kingdom)
  
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- Oklahoma's Poultry Waste Management Education Program by Josh Payne (OK Cooperative Extension Service)
  
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Session 5: Water Use and Management for Energy Production
- Innovative Strategies for Management of Water in Unconventional Resource Projects by David Alleman (ALL Consulting)
  
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- Old Oil Wells Verses New Water Wells: A Case Study by Patricia Billingsley (Oklahoma Corporation Commission)
  
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- Estimating Freshwater and Saline Water Volumes Associated with Oil and Gas Production in Oklahoma, 2000 to Present by Kyle Murray (OU)
  
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- Land Application of Drilling Mud by Chad Penn (OSU)
  
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Session 6: Environmental Chemistry for Water Resource Protection
- DOC Characterization for Surface Water Impoundments in Northeast Oklahoma by Brian Wintle (Professional Engineering Consultants)
  
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- Mercury Exposure from Fish Consumption Among Recreational Fishers in the Grand Lake Watershed by Robert Lynch (OUHSC)
  
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- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocardobns (PAHs) in Harvested Rainwater by Jason Vogel (OSU)
  
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- Relation Between pH and Occurrence of Trace Elements and Radionuclides inWater from Private Wells, Central OK, 2011 by Carol Becker (USGS-WSC)
  
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