{"id":926,"date":"2014-07-01T19:54:24","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T19:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.auburn.edu\/aww\/?p=926"},"modified":"2023-05-10T14:40:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T14:40:26","slug":"tallapoosa-basin-is-healthy-active-watershed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/tallapoosa-basin-is-healthy-active-watershed\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallapoosa basin is healthy, active watershed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The AU Water Resources Center\u00a0and AWW in partnership with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System and the AU College of Agriculture recently\u00a0held the 2014 Tallapoosa Basin Conference (TBC). The TBC was initiated back in 2005 as part of a large, multi-disciplinary research and outreach effort funded by the USDA-CSREES known as the Tallapoosa Watershed Project. A variety of grants, funds and partners were involved in the conference through the years.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_933\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/SF.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-933\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-933\" src=\"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/SF-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Fowler, Director of the AU Water Resources Center, welcomes the 100+ attendees to the Tallapoosa Basin Conference.\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Fowler, Director of the AU Water Resources Center, welcomes the 100+ attendees to the Tallapoosa Basin Conference.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><!--more-->The previous seven conferences covered research, outreach\/education, and management issues in the Tallapoosa River Basin. The conference grew in popularity and attendance, with increased emphasis on broadening its appeal beyond scientists and agency folks to include watershed residents, property owners, educators and businesspeople. In the past few years, the conference has been emulated in other river basins, including the Coosa and Black Warrior basins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">After a two-year hiatus, there have been several exciting development in the basin and in the state, including efforts to develop a comprehensive statewide water management policy, advancements in land-management tools, and local success stories within the basin.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Thus, we had a LOT to talk about! This year&#8217;s conference<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">\u00a0was on <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Friday, May 30th at the Auburn University Water Resources Center at the CASIC Building\u00a0in AU&#8217;s Research Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">For a complete agenda and presentations, go to the AU Water Resources Center&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/extension-outreach\/river-basin-conferences\/\">River Basin Conferences<\/a>\u00a0 page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">To read about the conference in <em>Lake Martin Living<\/em>, click logo below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/living.lakemartinmagazine.com\/2014\/06\/30\/tallapoosa-basin-is-healthy-active-watershed\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/LML_logo-300x109.png\" alt=\"LML_logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AU Water Resources Center\u00a0and AWW in partnership with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System and the AU College of Agriculture recently\u00a0held the 2014 Tallapoosa Basin Conference (TBC). 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