Visions of a Sustainable Mississippi River Speaker Presentations

Topic I

National Great Rivers Research and Education Center
Dr. Gary Rolfe, Executive Director, NGRREC

Ecosystem Services and the Mississippi River: Valuation and Policy
Steven E. Kraft, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

Ecosystem Services and the Mississippi River: The Hard Road From Concept to Application
Ken Lubinski, U.S. Geological Survey, La Crosse, WI

Ecosystem Services: Accounting for the Value of Nature in Decision-Making
Stephen Polasky, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN & The Natural Capital Project

Topic 2

Floodplain 2050: Sustainable Development and Natural Resource Enhancement
Gerald E. Galloway, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Topic 3

Crop Residue as Biomass Feedstock: Fact v. Fiction
Michael D. Hubbs, Ecological Sciences Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington DC

Ethanol Production and the Mississippi River
T. Jack Huggins, The Nature Conservancy, Peoria, IL

Water Quality Effects of Corn Expansion in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
Silvia Secchi, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

Topic 4

Water Quality of the Upper Mississippi River, From Gags to Fishes
William D. Franz, Watershed and Wetlands Branch, Water Division, Region 5, Chicago, IL

The Mississippi River and the Dead Zone: Where Science Meets Policy
Matt Rota, Gulf Restoration Network, New Orleans, LA

Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act
David M. Soballe, Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS