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110.A National Facilitation
110.B Regional Water Quality Coordination Projects
110.C Extension Education Projects
110.D Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Projects
110.F - Integrated Research / Outreach Projects (CSREES) (EPA)

A complete list of awards granted in September 2002
by the USDA/CSREES 406 Water Quality Initiative.

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

110.A NATIONAL FACILITATION

(none awarded)

110.B REGIONAL WATER QUALITY COORDINATION PROJECTS
Principal Investigator: Kathryn L. Farrell-Poe
Proposal Number: 2002-4017 external link
Performing Institution: University of Arizona
Amount of Award: $1,283,000 | 36 months
Title of Award: Region IX Water Quality Coordination

Principal Investigator: Gerald A. Miller
Proposal Number: 2002-4018 external link
Performing Institution: Iowa State University
Amount of Award: $1,088,000 | 36 months
Title of Award: Heartland Integrated Water Quality Coordination Initiative

Principal Investigator: Thomas W. Simpson
Proposal Number: 2002-4019 external link
Performing Institution: University of Maryland
Amount of Award: $1,295,000 | 36 months
Title of Award: Mid-Atlantic Regional Water Quality Coordination Project

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110.C EXTENSION EDUCATION PROJECTS
Principal Investigator: Brad Gaolch
Proposal Number: 2002-4026 external link
Performing Institution: Washington State University
Amount of Award: $286,000 | 36 months
Title of Award: Training Environmental Stewards: Integrated Water Quality & Quantity Education from Mountain to Ocean

Principal Investigator: Robin L. Shepard
Proposal Number: 2002-4028 external link
Performing Institution: University of Wisconsin
Amount of Award: $278,000 | 36 months
Title of Award: Professional Development for Conservation Professionals in Wisconsin

Principal Investigator: Jean Spooner
Proposal Number: 2002-4031 external link
Performing Institution: North Carolina State University
Amount of Award: $287,500 | 36 months
Title of Award: Demonstrating Stream Restoration: Natural Channel Design, Stormwater Management and Exotic Species Control in a Rapidly Developing Watershed

Principal Investigator: Brent Auvermann
Proposal Number: 2002-4034 external link
Performing Institution: Texas Cooperative Extension
Amount of Award: $185,000 | 24 months
Title of Award: Composting as a Carcass Disposal Alternative to Burial for Large Livestock Carcasses

Principal Investigator: Alyson McCann
Proposal Number: 2002-4041 external link
Performing Institution: University of Rhode Island
Amount of Award: $278,000 | 36 months
Title of Award: Protecting Water Quality in Rural Landscapes: A Comprehensive Community Nonpoint Source Education Program

Principal Investigator: M. Todd Walter
Proposal Number: 2002-4042 external link
Performing Institution: Cornell University
Amount of Award: $85,500 | 24 months
Title of Award: Hydrologically sensitive areas: developing education and extension resources

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110.D INTEGRATED RESEARCH,
EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION PROJECTS
Principal Investigator: Mark Walker
Proposal Number: 2002-4047 external link
Performing Institution: University of Nevada
Amount of Award: $372,500 | 36 months
Title of Award: Arsenic in Churchill County, Nevada domestic water supplies

Principal Investigator: John M. Norman
Proposal Number: 2002-4049 external link
Performing Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Amount of Award: $548,000 | 36 months
Title of Award: Quantifying Phosphorus Losses From Agricultural Fields

Principal Investigator: Kenneth N Brooks
Proposal Number: 2002-4078 external link
Performing Institution: University of Minnesota
Amount of Award: $556,500 | 36 months
Title of Award: Improving Water Quality and Enhancing Hydrologic Stability of the Minnesota River through Agroforestry and Other Perennial Cropping Systems

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110.F INTEGRATED RESEARCH / OUTREACH PROJECTS (CSREES auspices):
Nutrient Science for Improved Watershed Management
(program funded jointly between CSREES and EPA)
Principal Investigator: Marty D. Matlock
Proposal Number: 2002-00516 external link
Performing Institution: University of Arkansas
Amount of Award: $686,000 | 36 months
Title of Award: A Nutrient Management Decision Support System for the Eucha Basin

Principal Investigator: Sabine Grunwald
Proposal Number: 2002-00501 external link
Performing Institution: University of Florida - Gainesville
Amount of Award: $645,000 | 36 months
Title of Award: Geo-Temporal and Visualization of Nitrogen in a Mixed-Use Watershed

Principal Investigator: Andrew W. Ward
Proposal Number: 2002-00556 external link
Performing Institution: Ohio State University
Amount of Award: $690,000 | 36 months
Title of Award: Fluvial geomorphology and nutrient processing in low-order streams in Midwestern tile-drained agricultural landscapes

Principal Investigator: John W. Day, Jr.
Proposal Number: 2002-00561 external link
Performing Institution: Louisiana State University
Amount of Award: $696,000 | 36 months
Title of Award: Utilizing Mississippi River Diversions for Nutrient Management in a Louisiana Coastal Watershed (NUMAN)

Principal Investigator: Joseph C. Makarewicz
Proposal Number: 2002-00569 external link
Performing Institution: SUNY College at Brockport
Amount of Award: $668,000 | 36 months
Title of Award: Experimental Manipulation of Entire Watersheds through BMPs: Nutrient Fluxes, Fate, and Transport and Biotic Responses

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110.F INTEGRATED RESEARCH / OUTREACH PROJECTS (EPA auspices) :
Nutrient Science for Improved Watershed Management
(program funded jointly between CSREES and EPA)
Principal Investigator: Richard C. Lathrop
Proposal Number: 00725 (no CRIS record available)
Performing Institution: University of Wisconsin Madison Center for Limnology
Amount of Award: $749,000 (unconfirmed) | 36 months
Title of Award: Measuring and Modeling the Source, Transport and Bioavailability of Phosphorus in Agricultural Watersheds

Principal Investigator: Michael F. Piehler
Proposal Number: 00502 (no CRIS record available)
Performing Institution: University of North Carolina - Morehead City
Amount of Award: $737,500 (unconfirmed) | 36 months
Title of Award: Attenuation of non-point source nitrogen pollution in a coastal watershed: Implications for nutrient management

Principal Investigator: Steven Chapra
Proposal Number: 00541 (no CRIS record available)
Performing Institution: Tufts University
Amount of Award: $749,000 (unconfirmed) | 36 months
Title of Award: Improved Science and Decision Support for Managing Watershed Nutrient Loads

Principal Investigator: John T. Lehman
Proposal Number: 00545 (no CRIS record available)
Performing Institution: University of Michigan
Amount of Award: $745,500 (unconfirmed) | 36 months
Title of Award: Adaptive Management for Improved Water Quality in Multi-Use Watersheds

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