AFRI and NIWQP Project Directors Meeting Washington, D.C October 12-13, 2016 United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture Agriculture and Food Research Initiative/National Integrated Water Quality AFRI and NIWQP Annual Project Directors Meeting United State Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture Washington D.C 20024 Welcome to the 2016 AFRI/NIWQP Annual Project Directors Meeting The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) welcomes you to the FY 2016 USDA- NIFA AFRI and NIWQP Annual Project Directors’ Meeting. The meeting brings together project directors, co- project directors, graduate students and collaborators from the National Integrated Water Quality Program (NIWQP, FY 2010-2014), the Agricultural and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), Water for Agriculture Challenge Area (FY 2014,-2015), AFRI Foundational RENRE (FY 2011- 2013) program and AFRI Foundational BENRE (FY2014 - FY2015). The purpose of the meeting is for NIFA staff to interact with awardees and learn more about the success of their projects, identify outcomes and learn about current research needs. It will also provide the opportunity for awardees to get the most recent updates on program priorities and new programs. This year we have added additional breakout sessions for more interaction and networking opportunity. We expect that the interaction among awardees will provide the opportunity for collaboration that will help in the development of future NIFA awards. We hope that everyone who attends will be enriched and impressed by the exciting science, innovation and productivity of your fellow awardees. Thank you for coming! Sincerely, James (Jim) Dobrowolski Nancy Cavallaro Dewell Paez Nat’l Program Leader Nat’l Program Leader Program Specialist 202 -401-5016 202-401-5176 202-401-4141 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] AGENDA Wednesday, October 12, 2016 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Registration (2nd Floor-Junior Ballroom) 8:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks to FY16 PD Meeting 8:10a.m. - 8:30 a.m. NIFA Update Luis Tupas, Deputy Director Institute of Bioenergy, Climate, and Environment 8:30 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. Program Updates & Future Direction Jim Dobrowolski, National Program Leader Division of Environmental Systems Nancy Cavallaro, National Program Leader Division of Global Climate Change 9:10 a.m.- 9:45 a.m. Communicating Your Impact Stories Stephanie Pearl, NIFA Science Communicator/ Writer Katelyn Sellers, Management and Program Analyst Kelly Flynn, Public Affairs Specialist 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Break 10:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. Oral Session I 10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Watershed Diagnostics for Improved Adoption of Management Practices: Integrating Biophysical and Social Factors Paul Leisnham - University of Maryland, College Park p.2 10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Landscape-Scale Thresholds Of Early Successional Habitat: Reconciling Biodiversity, Public Perception, And Timber Yield In Managed Forests Susan Loeb - USDA Forest Service p.3 10:30 a.m. - 10:45a.m. Downstream Water Quality and Quantity Impacts of Water Storage Systems in Porter Bayou Watershed Joel Paz - Mississippi State University of Agriculture & Applied Science p.5 10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Developing a Web-based Forecasting Tool for Nutrient Management Anthony Buda on behalf of Patrick Drohan - Pennsylvania State University p.7 11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Assessing The Impact Of Agricultural Practices On Phosphorous Availability And Loss Using Oxygen Isotopes Of Phosphate In Soil Adina Paytan - The Regents of the University of California, Santa Cruz p.9 11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Watershed Scale Project in Oostanaula Creek Forbes Walker - University of Tennessee, Knoxville p.10 11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Variable Thinning Using Historical Stand Structure Data to Create Fire-Resilient Forests and Enhance Ecosystem Services in A Changing Climate Eric Knapp - USDA- Forest Service p.12 11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Physicochemical Controls On Transport of Veterinary Pharmaceuticals And Hormones To Surface Waters Wei Zhang- Michigan State University p.14 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch (On Your Own) Breakout Breakout Group 2 Breakout Group 3 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Group 1 (Integrating Soil Health) (Nutrient & (Sustainable Contaminant Water Management) Management) 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Breakout Reports 2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Break 2:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Oral Session II 2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Water for Agriculture Challenge Area: Enhancing Climate Resiliency & Agriculture on American Indian Land Maureen McCarthy- University of Nevada, Reno p.49 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. An Integrated Approach to Foster Science-Based Management of Agricultural Drainage Channels in the Western Lake Erie Basin Jonathan Witter - The Ohio State University p.17 3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Enabling the Flow of Ecosystem Services from Agriculture to Improve Puerto Rico's Water Quality and Mitigate Global Climate Change Kristin Fisher on behalf of Jonathan Winsten - Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development p.18 3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Consequences Of Stand Age And Structure On Forest Water Yield Chelcy Ford Miniat- USDA Forest Service p.19 3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Functional and Molecular Diversity in Nitrogen Cycle Enzymes under Contrasting Agricultural Management Systems Jeanette Norton - Utah State University p.20 4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Advancing Climate-Adaptive Decision Tools To Reduce Nutrient Pollution From Agricultural Fields Aaron Ristow on behalf of Harold Van Es - Cornell University p.22 4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Implementation of In-Stream, Streambank and Riparian Practices in Conjunction with Upland Practices for Conservation of Water Resources Jason Vogel on behalf of Garey Fox - Oklahoma State University p.24 4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Water Quality Implications of Unique Transformation Processes of Synthetic Steroids Used As Agricultural Pharmaceuticals Edward Kolodziej- University of Washington p.26 4:45 p.m. -5:00 p.m. Hydrological-Microbial Interactions Controlling Landscape Phosphorus Mobility Anthony Buda on behalf of John Regan- The Pennsylvania State University p.160 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Poster Session I & Networking Reception Water Quality and Productivity Enhancement in an Irrigated River Basin through Participatory Conservation Planning and Analysis Timothy Gates - Colorado State University p.29 Innovative Policies to Optimize the Allocation of Water Quality and Conservation Investments and Maximize Multiple Benefits Kelly Grogan - University of Florida Board of Trustees p.31 Integrated plan for drought preparedness and mitigation, and water conservation at the watershed scale Sandeep Kumar - South Dakota State University p.33 NIFA-BARD: Enhanced Resilience of Local Agricultural Water Supplies through the Reuse of Municipal and Agricultural Wastewater: A Dynamic Economic Analysis of Technological and Policy Options Kurt Schwabe - University of California p.35 A Water Quality Valuation Approach To Strategic Planning Nathan Howell - West Texas A&M University p.37 Increasing the Resilience of Agricultural Production in the Tennessee and Cumberland River Basins through More Efficient Water Resource Use Forbes Walker - University of Tennessee, Knoxville p.39 Impacts of Prescribed Fire on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Production and Contaminant Photo-transformation Reductions in Coastal Plain Alex Chow - Clemson University p.40 Stability In Rangeland Production With Increased Precipitation Variability: Linking Functional Diversity And Nutrient Retention Katharine Suding - University of Colorado, Boulder p.41 Assessing Threshold Benefits Of Conservation Tillage During Drought Years: Implications For Nutrient Use Efficiency And Water Quality Pierre- Andre Jacinthe - Indiana University p.43 The Value of Water Quantity versus Quality: Assessing the Tradeoffs between Agricultural Yields and Downstream Uses of Water Resources Kevin Meyer on behalf of David Keiser - Iowa State University of Science and Technology p.44 Using Hydro-Economic Modeling to Optimally Allocate Water in the Humid Southeastern U.S. Shawn Hawkins on behalf of Christopher Clark- The University of Tennessee p.45 A Synthesis of the NIFA Water Portfolio (2000-2013) Michael O’ Neill- University of Connecticut p.46 Determining the Potential Mitigation of Triclosan Accumulation in Commercial Onion Plants Using Plant-Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria Monica Mendez- Texas A&M International University p.47 NIFA-BARD Collaborative: Rapid Hydrophobicity Sensing and Computing through MAV-based Hyperspectral Imaging ZhiQiang Chen - University of Missouri-Kansas City p.48 goCrop: Integration of Mobile Technology to Enhance Nutrient Management Program Implementation Heather Darby - University of Vermont and State Agricultural College p.16 ThinkWater II: Growing Knowledge to Solve Water Problems Jennifer Kushner- University of WI System, UW-Extension p.51 Towards a Near Real-time Agricultural Drought Monitoring and Forecasting Ashok Mishra- Clemson University p.53 Sustainable Water Resources For Irrigated Agriculture In A Desert River Basin Facing Climate Change And Competing Demands: From Characterization To Solutions William Hargrove - The University of Texas at El Paso p.54 Colloid Mobility in Soils, Fundamental Pore Scale Mechanisms, Simplifications and Practical Relevance for Risk Analysis Marcel Schaap- University of Arizona p.55 Improved N Retention Through Plant-Microbe Interactions Larry Halverson - Iowa State University