Improving Water Quality
// by Rachel McGuire
Perceptions, Risk, and Reality of Septic System Impacts on Water Resources featuring Dr. Ann Ojeda.
Dr. Ojeda is an Assistant Professor in the Auburn University College of Science and Mathematics’ Department of Geosciences. Ojeda’s research is the intersection of geology, environmental science, and human health, particularly, concerning the nature of toxic organic contaminants in the environment.
Free Registration: https://auburn.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpdumrrTwqHN07zRxryCHfwB_uvsvB_oj_
// by Rachel McGuire
Catching Frogs and Trapping Hogs – A Story of Water and Wildlife featuring Dr. Wesley Anderson.
Dr. Anderson is an Assistant Professor in the Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences and Extension Specialist with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES) Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Unit. He is an expert in wildlife damage management, invasive species control, and non-game species ecology and conservation – particularly in agroecosystems and wetlands.
Free Registration: https://auburn.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpduyvrTsuGNxyBpHMIRJa1-edHmekHrNB
// by Rachel McGuire
A monthly series on the major river basins of Alabama featuring Dr. Bill Deutsch, author of Alabama Rivers: A Celebration & Challenge. This Basin Talk will explore the Tennessee River Basin.
// by Rachel McGuire
Alabama Water Watch, in partnership with the USDA Forest Service, is excited to expand our water monitoring project in National Forests in Alabama by conducting a workshop in the Talladega National Forest.
1. A 1-hour Kickoff Virtual Meeting (via Zoom) on Thursday, September 16, 2021 – 5-6PM
2. Self-paced, online coursework for AWW Bacteriological Monitoring and AWW Water Chemistry Monitoring (to be completed during the 2 weeks prior to the Field Day)
3. A Field Day at Cheaha State Park on Friday, October 1, 2021 from 9am – 4pm.
// by Rachel McGuire
Putting Smart Irrigation Tools in the Hands of Alabama Stakeholders featuring Dr. Brenda Ortiz.
Dr. Ortiz is a Professor in the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences and an Extension Specialist for the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. Her research includes impacts of weather and climate on agriculture especially corn and wheat crops, identification of adaptation strategies to reduce climate-related risk in agriculture, evaluation of irrigation scheduling strategies (sensor-based) for corn and soybean production, and evaluation of crop sensing technologies for variable rate application of nitrogen.
Free Registration: https://auburn.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApde-vrz0jE9Xkg8oP1LrxKnDA-XIf-Drp
// by Rachel McGuire
A monthly series on the major river basins of Alabama featuring Dr. Bill Deutsch, author of Alabama Rivers: A Celebration & Challenge. This Basin Talk will explore the Mobile, Tensaw, and Tombigbee River Basins.
Free Registration: https://auburn.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEudeyprD4vGNLwaeUfgs761cA2bY8aaJs1
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Alabama Canebrake Pitcher Plant Bogs: Natural Heritage on the Brink featuring Patrick Thompson, special collections curator for the Donald E. Davis Arboretum, part of the Auburn University College of Sciences and Mathematics.
The Alabama Canebrake Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis) is Alabama-endemic carnivorous plant that grows in wet sandy clay soils of seepage bogs.
Free Registration: https://auburn.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctf-irpjgsGtV5xcDhMSKPcPXseCPLSuiX
// by Rachel McGuire
A monthly series on the major river basins of Alabama featuring Dr. Bill Deutsch, author of Alabama Rivers: A Celebration & Challenge. This Basin Talk will explore the Coastal Plain Streams and Chattahoochee River Basins.
// by Rachel McGuire
A monthly series on the major river basins of Alabama featuring Dr. Bill Deutsch, author of Alabama Rivers: A Celebration & Challenge. This Basin Talk will explore the Alabama River Basin.
// by Rachel McGuire
A monthly series on the major river basins of Alabama featuring Dr. Bill Deutsch, author of Alabama Rivers: A Celebration & Challenge. This Basin Talk will explore the Tallapoosa Basin.