Illinois Conference on Soil and Water Science: Our Science and Society
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Held September 16, 2008- Farm Credit Services Center, Mahomet Illinois
Welcome by Joe Stucki and Bruce E. Branham
Soil Planet: Designing the Smithsonian Exhibition Dig It! The Secrets of Soil”; Dr. J. Patrick Megonigal, Lead Curator
Educating Illinois students: the grand proposal for a dedicated soil and water science teaching laboratory and field resource; Dr. Wesley M. Jarrell
Technical Sessions
- Urban Soils– They’re Where We Live; Dr. Robert A. Darmody
- Improving Biodiesel; Dr. Richard A. Larson
- Is Long-term
Corn Production Good for the Soil?; Drs.
Richard L. Mulvaney, Saeed Khan, and Tim Ellsworth
- Soil Sequestration; Why C Rocks; Dr. Michelle M. Wander
- Managing soil, water, and plant factors to increase crop-nutrient availability; Dr. Fabián G. Fernández
- Methylmercury in Natural Waters; Dr. Robert J. M. Hudson
Panel discussion “Assessing Critical Needs in Soil and Water Science”
Bob McLeese, Moderator; Panel Members: Bob Hudson, Pat Megonigal, Ellen Phillips, Harold Reetz, Rob Sanford, and Jerry Sims
Cosponsored by the Illinois College
of ACES Office of the Dean and Office of Research, Department of Natural
Resources and Environmental Sciences, the Environmental Change Institute, and
the Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Program