Illinois NLRS Conference

NLRS Partnership Meeting hosted by Illinois EPA, Illinois Dept of Agriculture, and U of I Extension.

Tuesday, December 3
Open Plenary Session 9:00 – noon
9:00 – 9:10 am Welcome Eliana Brown, University of Illinois Extension
9:10 – 9:20 am Opening Remarks John Kim, Illinois EPA Director
9:20 – 10:00 am KEYNOTE Bill Northey, USDA Under Secretary
10:00 – 10:15 am BREAK
10:15 – 11:50 am Biennial Report Review
11:50 – NOON Open Plenary Closing Remarks John Sullivan, Illinois Department of Agriculture Director
NOON – 1:00 pm LUNCH ON OWN
1:00 – 3:00 pm Partner Updates
3:00 – 3:15 pm BREAK
3:15 – 3:30 pm Great Lakes to Gulf Virtual Observatory Jong Lee, NCSA
3:30 – 4:30 pm Nutrient Research and Education Council Updates Julie Armstrong, NREC
4:30 – 6:00 pm RESEARCH SHOWCASE Hors d’oeurvres and Cash Bar

Wednesday, December 4
Policy Working Group Meeting 8:30 – 11:30 am
8:30 – 8:35 am Welcome Eliana Brown, University of Illinois Extension
8:35 – 9:00 am Watershed Outreach Associates Update
Haley Haverback and Jennifer Woodyard, University of Illinois Extension
9:00 – 10:00 am Work Group Updates

• Nutrient Monitoring Council
• Agricultural Water Quality Partnership Forum
• Urban Stormwater Working Group
• Performance Benchmark
•  Communications Subgroup

10:00 – 10:15 am BREAK
10:15 – 10:20 am NLRS Website updates
10:20 – 10:40 am Biennial Report Discussion
10:40 – 11:00 am Future initiatives
11:00 – 11:30 am Future resource needs

• USGS supergage continuation
• Extension facilitation/biennial report development
• Watershed coordinators
• Extending partners for conservation program other legislative needs?