178 Soil & Water Management & Conservation: I

Oral Session
SSSA Division: Soil & Water Management & Conservation
This is a general oral session for papers on soil and water management and conservation.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015: 7:55 AM-11:15 AM
Minneapolis Convention Center, 102 F

Organizer:
David R. Huggins
Moderator:
Tabitha T. Brown
7:55 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:00 AM
The Bureau of Soils and Erosion in the U. S.: An Opportunity Missed?.
Dennis M. Merkel, Lake Superior State University; Edward R. Landa, University of Maryland
8:15 AM
Sensitivity and Stability of the Iowa Daily Erosion Project 2 to Landscape Variability and Rainfall Intensity.
Brian Gelder, Iowa State University; Richard M. Cruse, Iowa State University; Daryl Herzmann, Iowa State University; David James, USDA/ARS; Karl R. Gesch, Iowa State University
8:45 AM
Evaluating and Improving Alternative Methods for Estimating Soil Erodibility and Water Erosion in Central Chile.
Rocio A Cespedes, Catholic University of Chile; Carlos A Bonilla, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
9:00 AM
Determining the Variability of Electromagnetic Signals As Affected By Land Use in a Tropical Savanna.
Mark Nakka Wuddivira, University of the West Indies; Melissa Aneika Atwell, University of the West Indies; Matthew Wilson, The University of the West Indies
9:15 AM
Estimating BMP Treatment Train Benefits with Lidar Data.
Drew Kessler, Houston Engineering, Inc.; Mark Deutschman, Houston Engineering, Inc.; Jeremiah Jazdzewski, Houston Engineering, Inc.; Chuck Fritz, International Water Institute
9:45 AM
Break
10:00 AM
Tillage Impacts on Edge-of-Field Phosphorus Loss.
Tim Radatz, Minnesota Agricultural Water Resource Center
10:15 AM
Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics in the Pendleton Long-Term Experiments.
Rajan Ghimire, New Mexico State University; Stephen Machado, Oregon State University; Prakriti Bista, Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center, Oregon State University; Carissa Burns, Oregon State University CBARC; Mikayla Allan, Oregon State University CBARC
10:30 AM
Organic Farming Effects on Soil Physical Quality after 39 Years.
Dallas M Williams, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Humberto Blanco, University of Nebraska; Charles A. Francis, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Tomie Galusha, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
11:00 AM
Soil Hydraulic Properties Under Contrasting Long-Term Tillage and Cropping Systems.
Leonard Kibet, Alcorn State University; Humberto Blanco, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Brian J. Wienhold, USDA-ARS; Virginia L. Jin, USDA-ARS; Marty R. Schmer, USDA-ARS
11:15 AM
Adjourn