Progress 10/01/14 to 09/30/19
Outputs
Target Audience:Agricultural producers State and local government agencies Non Governement Organizations Private Industry Private Foundations Federal government agencies Watershed and Environmental organizations Acadamia (faculty, extension, outreach personnel ) Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?This project has enabled nearly 20graduate students to learn, present, and engage with stakeholders. A seven module water resources online course was developed for students and professionals to get certification through the Michigan Water and Environment Association. Nearly 50 students and professionals have taken these courses. Approximately 25 professional presentations and professional development activities have been made available to students and professionals working on this project. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The results are being incorporated into a watershed management online course administered by the Institute of Water Research as a teaching case study. In addition, white paper results of the workshop are waiting for approval for release to the public. IWR will make this paper available for download as part of our disseminations. In addition, IWR Director and researchers have been giving presentations at various events; for example, outcomes of the Economic Summit workshop were presented at the Great Lakes Sedimentation Workshop. In addition, resultshave been disseminated annually through teaching, presentations,reports, publications, and websites. We worked directly with stakeholders, including producers to share data that impacts their farms. Lastly, results have been disseminated to communities through workshops and field days as well as through social media and digital flyers and brochures. Extension offices in counties provided space to conduct workshops and training sessions. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
This project has had a significant impact on developing methods to address emerging water management issues, and helping stakeholders manage their water through new approaches and strategies.Several websites were developed and/or enhanced that provide users with water resource management information and information about water resource organizations and networks around the Great Lakes region. During this time period several fieldresearch activities were developed and data and methods used to address emergent water management issues such as mitigating nutrients leaving agricultural tile drains and managing soil moisture in fields. State and local governments were engaged in workshops and field days that helped informedscience-based policy for management water resources in Michigan and local communities.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Nejadhashemi, A. Evaluating the Spatial and Temporal Variability of Remote Sensing and Hydrologic Model Evapotranspiration Products. American Journal of Water Resources Management. Submitted
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Asher, Jeremiah. January 2019. Constructed Wetlands for Treatment of Surface and Subsurface Drainage , Michigan Agri-Business Association Winter Conference. Lansing, MI.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
ONeil, Glenn. June 2019. Evaluation of Agricultural Best Management Practices on Groundwater Recharge , Universities Council on Water Resources Conference. Snowbird, Utah.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Srivastava, Ajit, Sanfo Ouda, Victor Ye, Fatoumata Gnou, Vinsoun Milligo and Tim Harrigan. July 2019. A Solar-Drip Irrigation Project in Burkina Faso . ASABE Annual International Conference. Boston, MA.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
E. Ghane. 2019. Michigan Update on Drainage Research. NCERA-217 Annual Meeting. Moorhead, MN. June 6, 2019.
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Progress 10/01/17 to 09/30/18
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audiances during the past year include researchers from various academic institutions andstakeholders (academic/scholars producers and businesses, consercationists and state and local government officials). Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?This project has provided a number of general professional development opportunities in the form of presentations as conferences and workshops noted under accomplishments. The following effort provided specific training in drainage monitoring in SE Michigan. Effort: (Obj. 2, Method 2.3) - Ehsan Ghane organized a drainage monitoring workshop to educate Michigan residents on how to conduct simple and high-tech monitoring. The purpose of this workshop was to help residents properly investigate ways to improve drainage water quality. Outcome: (Obj. 2, Method 2.3) - A workshop and field day was hosted on July 19, 2018. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Results have been disseminated to communities through workshops and field days as well as through social media and digital flyers and brochures. Extension offices in counties provided space to conduct workshops and training sessions. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Members of the team will continue to interact and meet over the next reporting to period to strategize on new methods and activities related to the established goals. Team members will increasecross collaborative activities to increase awareness of new projects and opportunities resulting in co-created products and outputs for the project.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The following are accomplishments under each of the projects goals during the reporting period. 2) Develop or enhance quantitative methods to address emerging water management issues Effort: (Obj. 2, Method 2.3) -- An undergraduate student, Megan Beaver, worked on setting up the edge-of-field research project to analyze the effectiveness of drainage conservation practices in reducing agricultural nonpoint-source pollution. Outcome: (Obj. 2, Method 2.3) - A poster was presented at the 2018 Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experience on July 25, 2015. Effort: (Obj, 2, Method 2.3) - Ehsan Ghane used data from a drainage conservation practice called denitrification bed to help improve agricultural drainage water. Outcome: (Obj, 2, Method 2.3) - Ehsan Ghane has published an article entitled "Carbon quality of four-year-old woodchips in a denitrification bed treating agricultural drainage water", Transactions of ASABE, vol 6, pp. 995-1000. Effort: (Obj, 2, Method 2.3) - Jeremiah Asher, constructed a two-stage wetland treatment cell to monitor agricultural subsurface drainage and treat nonpoint source pollution. Outcome : (Obj, 2, Method 2.3) - A presentation was given by Asher, Jeremiah. January 2018. "In ditch wetland to treat tile drain nutrients". Michigan Agri-Business Association Winter Conference. Lansing, MI. Effort: (Obj, 2, Method 2.3) -- A graduate student, Alaina Nunn worked with farmers to take discrete grab samples from tile drainage to learn about what level of nutrients are leaving the fields and inform farmers of this loss. Outcome: (Obj, 2, Method 2.3) - The following presentations were given by Nunn, Alaina. March 2, 2018. "The Impact of Subsurface Water Quality Data On Farmer Attitudes, Knowledge, and Behavior Towards Conservation: A Case Study in the River Raisin Watershed". Michigan Chapter Soil and Water Conservation Society Seminar. East Lansing, MI. Nunn, Alaina. June 18-22, 2018. "A Journey through Networks: An Assessment of Who Influences On-farm Conservation Decisions". International Association for Great Lakes Research. Toronto, Canada Nunn, Alaina. April 2-4, 2017. "Farmer Engagement in Conservation through Tile Drain Water Quality Monitoring in Southeastern Michigan". International Conference on Environmental Sustainability, Development & Protection. Barcelona, Spain. Effort:(Objective 2 Method 2.2): A group of students and a postdoctoral associate introduced a new measure that can be used to improve sustainability by reducing agricultural impacts on water, energy, and environment while maximizing the farm profit and productions. Outcome: (Objective 2 Method 2.2): A paper introducing this concept was accepted for publication, the citation is as follows: Rojas-Downing, M.M., A. P. Nejadhashemi, K. A. Cassida, Daneshvar, J.S. Hernandez-Suarez, M. Abouali, S.A. Al Masraf, M. R. Herman, T. Harrigan, Food Footprint as a Measure of Sustainability for Grazing Dairy Farms, Environmental Management, DOI: 10.1007/s00267-018-1101-y.
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Ehsan Ghane has published an article entitled Carbon quality of four-year-old woodchips in a denitrification bed treating agricultural drainage water , Transactions of ASABE, vol 6, pp. 995-1000.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Nunn, Alaina. March 2, 2018. The Impact of Subsurface Water Quality Data On Farmer Attitudes, Knowledge, and Behavior Towards Conservation: A Case Study in the River Raisin Watershed . Michigan Chapter Soil and Water Conservation Society Seminar. East Lansing, MI.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Nunn, Alaina. June 18-22, 2018. A Journey through Networks: An Assessment of Who Influences On-farm Conservation Decisions . International Association for Great Lakes Research. Toronto, Canada
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Rojas-Downing, M.M., A. P. Nejadhashemi, K. A. Cassida, Daneshvar, J.S. Hernandez-Suarez, M. Abouali, S.A. Al Masraf, M. R. Herman, T. Harrigan, Food Footprint as a Measure of Sustainability for Grazing Dairy Farms, Environmental Management, DOI: 10.1007/s00267-018-1101-y.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
A poster was presented at the 2018 Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experience on July 25th, 2015.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Nunn, Alaina. April 2-4, 2017. Farmer Engagement in Conservation through Tile Drain Water Quality Monitoring in Southeastern Michigan . International Conference on Environmental Sustainability, Development & Protection. Barcelona, Spain.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Asher, Jeremiah. January 2018. In ditch wetland to treat tile drain nutrients . Michigan Agri-Business Association Winter Conference. Lansing, MI.
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Progress 10/01/16 to 09/30/17
Outputs
Target Audience:The targeted audiances during the past year includeresearchers from various academic institutions, stakeholders (academic/scholars, agricultural producers and businesses, conservationists and state and local government officials). Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project provided opportunities for professional development through conferences and workshops with graduate students Nunn and Jermalowicz. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Results from Nunn study have been shared with producers to help change behaviors regarding nutrient applications rates and practices to reduce excess nutrients leaving tile drains. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Internal discusses/meetings to share progress and new opportunities to enhance collaboration will be held periodically. New meetings with other state collaborators are in motion to discuss new projects to jointly develop.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Objective 1: Characterize bio-physical and economic factors (and interactions) that influence water-use decisions and related market or non-market outcomes. Objective 2: Develop or enhance methods to address emerging water management issues. MSU-Amor grad student created a script to automate preprocessing of remotely sensed data using MODIS Reprojection Tool (MRT) package and preparing it for the Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land (SEBAL) program. MSU-Aor grad student and Miller and Kelly installed sensors and collected soil moisture data along with MODIS satellite data to use in predicting evapotranspiration. MSU-Ehsan student worked on determining hydraulic property of agriculture drain pipes from different manufactures in Midewest. Used to optimize price and performance. MSU-Pouyan grad student developing a fully integrated crop model within an optimization platform to be used for any major crop and location world wide. System also considers climate variability and extreme events. Objective 3: Evaluate and compare alternative water policy and management institutions. MSU-Bartholic PhD student Jermalowicz studied Community Capitals Framework (CCF) to investigate what community capitals (assets) lead to better capacity and outcomes in terms of improved management of lake resources through implementation of Best Management Practices (BMPs). MSU-Bartholic graduate student Petit study sought to better understand the reasons for farmers to a) join the Farmers Advisory Committee (FAC) and b) what factors contribute to their continual participation. MSU-Bartholic graduate student Nunn enrolled producers in a voluntary tile drain monitoring study to look at nutrients leaving the tile drains. MSU-Garnache In collaboration with other W3190 project members (Todd Guilfoos (URI) and Jordan Suter (CSU)), Cloe Garnache has analyzed the efficiency of dynamic groundwater markets.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Garnache, C., M�rel, P.R., Howitt, R.E., and Lee, J. (2017) Calibration of Shadow Values in Constrained Optimization Models of Agricultural Supply. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 44(3): 363--397. (Lead article).
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Garnache, C., Merel, P.R., Lee, J., and Six, J. (2017) The Social Costs of Second-Best Policies: Evidence from Agricultural GHG Mitigation. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 82:3973.
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Progress 10/01/15 to 09/30/16
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audiences in the past year included; researchers from various academic institutions; policy makers, and other stakeholders (academics/scholars, agricultural producers, agricultural businesses, conservationists and state and local government officials). Our research activities and outputs, including information tools, were shared and demonstrated to the above groups through various events at local, regional, national and international levels (e.g., Tanzania,Thailand, Germany). Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Water issues and decision tools have been incorporated into our current online watershed management courses (e.g., Michigan Water Assessment Tool). These online courses on watershed management have both water professional and graduate student enrollment. In an effort to reach a broader audience, we have teamed with the Michigan Water Environment Association (MWEA) to create a "water professional" online certificate program. These courses are targeted toward working professionals in pursuit of continuing education credits. The MWEA certificate program is slated to begin in 2017. IWR plans on making its coursework from this program available to other professional organizations as well. IWR has mentored and trained several graduate students to participate and assist in the research projects. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Through lessons/teaching (formal MSU class room and online courses). Through multiple presentations/lectures at various events (local, national and international levels). Through various outlets such as journal publications, reports, and websites. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Complete a report drawing a comparison between various case studies both nationally and internationally for their best practices with Michigan's baseline water management conditions and future water scarcity scenarios. Draw conclusions about best practices from various regions nationally and internationally that may be applicable for Michigan and propose recommendations for some changes in the state's water policies. Improve information system, modeling and tools to help farmers and resource managers to make better water conservation decisions. Continue research and provide information on various water and ecosystem concerns such as groundwater and agricultural drain tile practices; economic incentives and policies (groundwater recharge offset credits; payments for ecosystem services); ecosystem valuation and techniques.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Innovative technology, modeling and tools were used to help develop an information system and management scenarios concerning potential water scarcity and climate change impacts on groundwater recharge and ecosystems Lessons learned from other states/areas that are dealing with water scarcity and water conflicts that may potentially be applicable for Michigan were reviewed and synthesized Several websites were developed and/or enhanced that provide users with water resource management information and information about water resource organizations and networks around the Great Lakes region. A household survey and expert survey about community knowledges and preferences for water conservation and the incentives for adoption conservation programs in 4 pilot sites in Thailand were completed and are being analyzed Various presentations to diverse audiences related to water policy, ecosystem valuation, issues concerning and research outputs.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Garnache, C. (2015). Fish, Farmers, and Floods: Coordinating Institutions to Optimize the Provision of Ecosystem Services. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. 2(3):367399.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Garnache C. 2016) Book Review of Handbook of Water Economics, eds A. Dinar and K. Schwabe, Water Economics and Policy 2(2):1680003.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Garnache, C., Lopez, M.C., Pearson, A.L., Richardson, R.B., and Zwickle, A. (2015). Institutional Analysis, Participatory Mapping, and Water Assessment for Sustainable Community Development in Tanzania. Report to the Center for Advanced Study of International Development, Michigan State University. International Strategic Partnership Funding.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Seedang, Saichon and Chutima Noinard. 2015. Estimating the Economic Value of Ecosystems Services for Supporting the Implementation of Payment for Environmental Services and Bio-carbon Financial Mechanisms in Thailand Watershed Pilot Sites. Under Project "Integrated Community-based Forest and Catchment Management through an Ecosystem Service Approach ". Technical Report (Final Report). November, 2015. 220 pages. (Supported by Global Environmental Facility (GEF), Thailand Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)).
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Bartholic, J. 2016. Presented Future of Water Issues at the Michigan Agri-Business Association Winter Conference: 2016 Michigan Water Symposium. Lansing, MI, Jan 13.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Bartholic, J. 2016. Presented Nutrient Management Models to Constrain HABs and Locating/Targeting High-Impact Farm Fields to Reduce Phosphorus Discharges at the Region 5 Harmful Algal Bloom Clean Water Act/Safe Drinking Water Act Workshop, Section on Prevention, waterbody management, and source water protection. Chicago, IL, April 27-28.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Agricultural Economics Seminar. UC Davis. May 25, 2016. Breakdown of the Equi-Marginal Principle in Permit Markets Involving Multiple Pollutants and Exogenous Caps. AAEA Invited Paper Session at the Allied Social Science Association meeting, San Francisco, CA, January 3, 2016. The Phosphorus Pollution Puzzle: Knowledge Gaps and Directions for Future Research.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 22nd Annual Conference. ETH, Zurich. June 2016. Calibration of Shadow Values in Constrained Optimisation Models of Agricultural Supply.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Conference on Applied Methods for Agricultural and Resource Economics. A Festschrift for Richard E. Howitt. UC Davis. May 2016. Modeling Agricultural Abatement Costs: Does More Information Lead to Better Estimates?
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Asher, Jeremiah and Tom VanWagner. 2016. Inline Wetland Treatment of Agricultural Tile Drains for Nutrient Reduction. Sediment Workshop Army Corp of Engineers. Ann Arbor, MI. Presentation.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Asher, Jeremiah and Laura Young. 2016. Groundwater Credit Trading System. Branch County Farmers and Farm Bureau. Experimental Trading Session.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
ONeil, G., A.J. Asher, P. Mantha, J. Duncan, J. Bartholic, S. Gasteyer. 2015. An Integrative Decision Support System for Managing Water Resources Under Increased Climate Variability. Poster presentation at the 2015 NIFA-NIWQP-AFRI Project Directors meeting in Greensboro, NC, July 27-29.
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Progress 10/01/14 to 09/30/15
Outputs
Target Audience:Different management strategies underline the uniqueness of water scarcity (e.g. hydrologic, social culture and economic, laws and regulations) both in the US and overseas, and are being synthesized for their experiences and lessons learned. Major stakeholder's, especially large water users (e.g. agricultural/golf course irrigators, water businesses/investors, municipalities) and community leaders in the Great Lakes, specifically in Michigan, will benefit from the lessons learned from other water scarcity areas regarding their management policies, including economic and financial incentives for water conservation and ecosystem protection. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Several graduate students from Michigan State University and the University of Michigan participated in discussions during the workshop (Economic Summit) organized by IWR. Also, students have been involved through the Army Corps of Engineers and The Nature Conservancy. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The results are being incorporated into a watershed management online course administered by the Institute of Water Research as a teaching case study. In addition, white paper results of the workshop are waiting for approval for release to the public. IWR will make this paper available for download as part of our disseminations. In addition, IWR Director and researchers have been giving presentations at various events; for example, outcomes of the Economic Summit workshop were presented at the Great Lakes Sedimentation Workshop on May 20-21, 2015. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?-Define water scarcity as our baseline used for a comparison of water management and policies from various case studies. -Complete a report drawing a comparison between various case studies (both U.S. and aboard) for their good practices with Michigan's baseline water management conditions and future water scarcity scenarios. -Conclusions about good practices that are applicable for Michigan water management can be drawn and proposed recommendations for changes in the state's water laws.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
-Organized a workshop titled "The Potential for Incorporating Economics into Decision Support Tool" and produced a workshop paper. The outcomes of this project will help support the development of decision tools which emphasize the importance of economic information for managing water resources. -Reviewed cases of water scarcity for a better understanding of various factors underlining the problems. Scarcity issues in Arizona and Nebraska are being summarized and compared to draw on their good practices and how they may be applicable for Michigan.In addition, one of IWR's researchers is working on an overseas project involving implementing economic incentive policies for conservation. Large water users and business enterprises can learn from these good practices and innovative policies (e.g. payment for ecosystem services, bio-carbon financial mechanism) and by working with local communities.
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Young, L. 2015. CrowdHydrology. Michigan Water Environment Association (MWEA) Watershed Summit. March 25 in Bath, MI.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Wolfson, Lois. 2014. Water-Climate Decision Support System. Bulletin of the Institute of Water Research, Michigan State University. 2pp.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Seedang, Saichon, Jon Bartholic, and Frank Lupi. 2015. The Potential for Incorporating Economics into Decision Support Tool. White Paper. Institute of Water Research. May 2015. 23 pages. Supported by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- Type:
Other
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Seedang, Saichon. 2015. Estimating the Economic Value of Ecosystems Services for Supporting the Implementation of Payment for Environmental Services and Bio-carbon Financial Mechanisms in Thailand Watershed Pilot Sites. Under Project "Integrated Community-based Forest and Catchment Management Through an Ecosystem Service Approach". Technical Report (Inception Report). June 2015. 112 pages. Supported by Global Environmental Facility (GEF), Thailand Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP)
- Type:
Other
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Seedang, Saichon. 2015. Estimating the Economic Value of Ecosystems Services for Supporting the Implementation of Payment for Environmental Services and Bio-carbon Financial Mechanisms in Four Watershed Pilot Sites. Under Project "Integrated Community-based Forest and Catchment Management Through an Ecosystem Service Approach". Technical Report (Progress Report). August 2015. 70 pages. Supported by Global Environmental Facility (GEF), Thailand Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Under Review
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Wolfson, L., A. Lewandowski, J. Bonnell, J. Frankenberger, F. Sleeper, and J. Latimore. Developing Capacity for Local Watershed Management: Essential Leadership Skills and Training Approaches. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education. July 2015.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Wolfson, Lois. 2015. Developing Local Watershed Capacity: Four Approaches to Training Watershed Leaders, UCOWR/NIWR/CUAHSI Conference, June 16-18, 2015, Henderson, NV.
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