National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program
Natural Resources and the Environment
Watershed Processes and Water Resources

Projects funded for FY 2006

Note: Each proposal number is linked directly to its respective
CSREES Current Research Information System (CRIS) record.
Principal Investigator: Haggard, B. E.
Proposal Number: 2006-02547
Performing Institution: University of Arkansas
Amount of Award: $92,915 l 24 months
Title of Award: FECAL BACTERIA TRANSPORT IN OZARK STREAMS

Principal Investigator: Bradford, S. A.
Proposal Number: 2006-02541
Performing Institution: George E. Brown Jr. Salinity Laboratory- Riverside, CA
Amount of Award: $378511 l 36 months
Title of Award: A NEW PARADIGM FOR PATHOGEN TRANSPORT AND DEPOSITION: THE ROLE OF PORE STRUCTURE AND COLLOID-COLLOID INTERACTIONS

Principal Investigator: Atwill, E. R.
Proposal Number: 2006-02510
Performing Institution: University of California- Davis
Amount of Award: $398,716 l 24 months
Title of Award: EFFICACY OF GRASSLAND BUFFERS FOR REDUCING SALMONELLA, CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM, AND ROTAVIRUS IN RANGELAND RUNOFF

Principal Investigator: Wooster, D.
Proposal Number: 2005-03960
Performing Institution: Oregon State University
Amount of Award: $465,000 l 36 months
Title of Award: Impacts of Irrigation Diversions on River Ecosystems

Principal Investigator: Jin, Y.
Proposal Number: 2006-02536
Performing Institution: University of Delaware
Amount of Award: $399,454 l 36 months
Title of Award: EFFECT OF LAND APPLICATION OF WASTES ON THE FATE AND TRANSPORT OF PATHOGENS IN SOIL

Principal Investigator: Lipp, E. K.
Proposal Number: 2006-02548
Performing Institution: University of Georgia RES Foundation
Amount of Award: $384,097 l 36 months
Title of Award: WATERSHED SCALE TRANSPORT OF SALMONELLA, CAMPYLOBACTER, AND INDICATOR ORGANISMS IN THE SATILLA RIVER BASIN

Principal Investigator: Ray, C.
Proposal Number: 2006-02515
Performing Institution: University of Hawaii
Amount of Award: $400,000 l 36 months
Title of Award: INFLUENCE OF SOLUBLE ORGANIC MATTER ON CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM OOCYST MOBILITY IN VARIABLE CHARGE SOILS

Principal Investigator: Link, T.
Proposal Number: 2006-04881
Performing Institution: University of Idaho
Amount of Award: $175,000 l 24 months
Title of Award: IMPACT OF FOREST TREATMENTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE ON HYDROLOGIC REGIMES: ASSESSSMENT OF THE MECHANISMS THAT AFFECT HYDROLOGIC ALTERATION

Principal Investigator: Kuhlenschmidt, M.
Proposal Number: 2006-02751
Performing Institution: University of Illinois
Amount of Award: $400,000 l 36 months
Title of Award: CONTROL OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM AND ROTAVIRUS CONTAMINATION IN AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS

Principal Investigator: Coats, J. R.
Proposal Number: 2006-02504
Performing Institution: Iowa State University
Amount of Award: $399,984 l 36 months
Title of Award: FATE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF VETERINARY ANTIBIOTICS IN SURFACE WATER

Principal Investigator: Golden, B.
Proposal Number: 2006-02550
Performing Institution: Kansas State University
Amount of Award: $83,500 l 36 months
Title of Award: EVALUATION OF POLICY OPTIONS AIMED AT ACHIEVING A REDUCTION IN GROUNDWATER CONSUMPTION IN WESTERN KANSAS

Principal Investigator: Lehman, J.T.
Proposal Number: 2006-02523
Performing Institution: University of Michigan- Ann Arbor
Amount of Award: $383,355 l 36 months
Title of Award: WHOLE LAKE EXPERIMENTS TO CONTROL HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS IN MULTI-USE WATERSHEDS

Principal Investigator: Bowman, D.D.
Proposal Number: 2006-02530
Performing Institution: Cornell University
Amount of Award: $399,983 l 36 months
Title of Award: SURVIVAL KINETICS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYSTS IN SWINE FACILITY WASTES OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND COASTAL PLAIN WATERSHEDS

Principal Investigator: Mohammed, H.O.
Proposal Number: 2006-02546
Performing Institution: Cornell University
Amount of Award: $399,998 l 36 months
Title of Award: MANAGING THE RISK OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM AND SALMONELLA SPP. IN WATERSHEDS

Principal Investigator: McEvoy, J.M.
Proposal Number: 2006-02502
Performing Institution: North Dakota State University
Amount of Award: $100,000 l 24 months
Title of Award: SOURCES OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM IN A RURAL NORTH DAKOTAN RIVER

Principal Investigator: Brunson, M.W.
Proposal Number: 2006-02533
Performing Institution: Utah State University
Amount of Award: $394,426 l 36 months
Title of Award: PRESCRIBED FIRE IN RIPARIAN ZONES AFFECTED BY CONIFER EXPANSION: ECOLOGICAL, HYDROLOGIC, AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS

Principal Investigator: Meals, D.W.
Proposal Number: 2006-02509
Performing Institution: Stone Environmental Inc. Montpelier, VT
Amount of Award: $394,426 l 36 months
Title of Award:
 ASSESSMENT OF DAIRY MANURE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO REDUCE PATHOGEN RUNOFF LOSSES IN AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS
Principal Investigator: Collins, A.R.
Proposal Number: 2006-02517
Performing Institution: West Virginia University
Amount of Award: $250,431 l 36 months
Title of Award: FARMERS AS PRODUCERS OF CLEAN WATER: PROVIDING ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR REDUCING AGRICULTURAL NON-POINT POLLUTION