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110.A National Facilitation
110.C Extension Education Projects
110.D Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Projects

A complete list of awards granted in September 2007
by the USDA/NIFA 406 Water Quality Initiative.


Note: Each proposal number is linked directly to its respective
NIFA Current Research Information System (CRIS) record.

110.A NATIONAL FACILITATION
Principal Investigator: D.W. Dickson and C.L. Arnold
Proposal Number: 2007-03787
Performing Institution: University of Connecticut
Amount of Award: $399,000
Title of Award: Addressing the impacts of land use on water quality: Continued and enhanced coordination of the National NEMO Network

Principal Investigator: R.L. Shepard
Proposal Number: 2007-03790
Performing Institution: University of Wisconsin
Amount of Award: $380,000
Title of Award: Energy independence, bioenergy generation and environmental sustainability: The role of a 21st Century engaged University

Principal Investigator: A. Bright, J. Pritchett, R. Waskom, T. Bauder, and M. Neibauer
Proposal Number: 2007-03791
Performing Institution: Colorado State University
Amount of Award: $170,000
Title of Award: Public values and attitudes toward agricultural water use in the West

Principal Investigator: S.C. Fransen, M.J. Ottman, and R.T. Peters
Proposal Number: 2007-03846
Performing Institution: Washington State University
Amount of Award: $395,000
Title of Award: Water requirements and economics for growing perennial warm-season grasses for ethanol under irrigation in the arid-West

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110.C Extension Education Projects

Principal Investigator: B.L. Benham
Proposal Number: 2007-03794
Performing Institution: Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Amount of Award: $200,000
Title of Award: Private water supply protection in Virginia

Principal Investigator: M. Flahive DiNardo, C. Obrupta, B. Benham, and T. Rusinek
Proposal Number: 2007-03797
Performing Institution: Rutgers University
Amount of Award: $200,000
Title of Award: Stormwater Management in your backyard: An extension education initiative for New Jersey, New York and Virginia

Principal Investigator: D.P. Todey, T.P. Trooien, R.A. Persyn, and H.D. Werner
Proposal Number: 2007-03798
Performing Institution: South Dakota State University
Amount of Award: $200,000
Title of Award: Adoption-Outreach of agricultural water conservation strategies in a sub-humid urban area

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110.D INTEGRATED RESEARCH,
EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION PROJECTS

Principal Investigator: A.J. Gold, E. Wentz, J. Rozum, P.M. Groffman, and P. August
Proposal Number: 2007-03802
Performing Institution: University of Rhode Island
Amount of Award: $600,000
Title of Award:
Advancing watershed N management at the local level: Incorporating stream reach ecosystem N sinks into a spacial decision support system

Principal Investigator: B. Engel, M. Arabi, I. Chaubey, J. Frankenberger, and J.G. Lee
Proposal Number: 2007-03814
Performing Institution: Purdue University
Amount of Award: $554,000
Title of Award:
Mulitobjective watershed management support system for spatial allocation of agricultural conservation practices

Principal Investigator: M. Davenport, J. Schoonover, K. Williard, E. Seekamp, and J. Brehm
Proposal Number: 2007-03819
Performing Institution: Southern Illinois University
Amount of Award: $575,000
Title of Award:
Evaluating watershed health risks through integrated water quality analyses, community capacity assessments, and outreach appraisals

Principal Investigator: J.W. Pease, D.J. Bosch, M.L. Wolfe, J.O. Agejo, C.W. Zobel, N.K. Franz, K.F. Knowlton, and G.K. Evanylo
Proposal Number: 2007-03825
Performing Institution: Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Amount of Award: $596,000
Title of Award:
Community decisions: Community decision support for integrated, on-the-ground nutrient strategies

Principal Investigator: D.E. Radcliffe, L.M. Risse, J. Ritchie, A. Simon, and E. Langendoen
Proposal Number: 2007-03838
Performing Institution: University of Georgia
Amount of Award: $575,000
Title of Award: A new approach to sediment TMDL watersheds in the southern Piedmont

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