Water Resources Management Plan for the Redbud-Catalpa Creek Watershed

Catalpa Creek

Restoration and Protection Project

Ecosystem/Habitat + Water Quality + Stream Structure/Function

Agricultural Lands + Urban Stormwater Management

This presentation was developed by the Steering Team of the Redbud-Catalpa Creek Watershed Management Work Group

Demonstration + Research + Education + Application + Management + Sustainability

Giles Bur Oak Preserve

Dairy Unit Prairies

REMNANTS

HISTORY

Best Management Practices

• Agricultural
• Urban

GOALS & APPROACH

Addressing:

• Water quality – sedimentation
• Grazing lands
• Sustainable forestry
• Declining wildlife habitats

In cooperation with NRCS

The WATERSHED

The SOLUTIONS

http://www.ia.nrcs.usda.gov/news/successstories/successstories.html

Apply knowledge from past research

on Best Management Practices

Campus/Urban BMPs

• Demonstration
• Education

South Farm Monitoring Locations

The TEAM

PARTNERSHIPS

STEERING TEAM

21 MSU Units, 4 Colleges, 10 Departments

22 Resource Agency and Stakeholder Partners

Resource Agency and Stakeholder Organizations

Mississippi State University Units

Dr. Bill Herndon - Assoc. VP DAFVM; Interim Director, MWRRI

Dr. George Hopper - Director, FWRC, MAFES; Dean CALS, CFR

Dr. Wes Burger - Associate Director, MAFES; Associate Director, FWRC

Dr. Reuben Moore - Associate Director, MAFES

Dr. Beth Baker - Coordinator, MSU REACH Program; Director, MSU Water Quality Lab

Dr. Joby Czarnecki - Assistant Research Professor, Geosystems Research Institute (GRI)

Dr. Tim Schauwecker - Associate Professor, LA; Coordinator LCM Program

Mr. Wally Cade - Supervisory District Conservationist, USDA NRCS

Mr. David Brunson - Area Conservationist, NRCS

Mr. Jeff Lee - Biologist, USFWS

Mr. Patrick Vowell - Environmental Administrator, MSWCC

Ms. Janet Chapman - Basin Coordinator, MDEQ

Mr. Mike Freiman - Surface Water Division Chief, MDEQ

Ms. Natalie Segrest - Basin Management Branch Chief, MDEQ

Mr. Richard Ingram - Associate Director, MWRRI

1 Mississippi Dept. of Environmental Quality

2 Mississippi Soil & Water Conservation Commission

3 Oktibbeha County Soil & Water Conservation District

4 Mississippi Dept. of Agriculture & Commerce

5 Mississippi Rural Water Association

6 Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks

7 Mississippi State Dept. of Health

8 Mississippi Forestry Commission

9 U.S.D.A Natural Resources Conservation Service

10 U.S.D.A. Agricultural Research Service

11 U.S.D.A. Rural Development Authority

12 U.S.D.A. Farm Service Agency

13 U.S.D.A. Forest Service

14 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

15 U.S. Geological Survey

16 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4

17 Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks Landscape Conservation Cooperative

18 The Nature Conservancy

19 Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District

20 Mississippi Fish & Wildlife Foundation

21 Wildlife Mississippi

22 Tennessee Valley Authority

1 Office of the Vice President, Division of Agriculture,

Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine

2 Mississippi Agricultural & Forestry Experiment Station

3 Mississippi Water Resources Research Institute

4 REACH (Research & Education to Advance Conservation &

Habitat) Program

5 Dept. of Landscape Architecture

6 Geosystems Research Institute

7 Dept. Fisheries, Wildlife, and Aquaculture

8 Dept. of Forestry

9 Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering

10 Mississippi State University Extension Service

11 Forest & Wildlife Research Center

12 Social Science Research Center

13 Dept. of Plant & Soil Sciences

14 Dept. of Geosciences

15 Dept. of Agricultural & Biological Engineering

16 Dept. of Biological Sciences

17 Dept. of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and

Plant Pathology

18 Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering

19 Water Quality Laboratory

20 Office of Sustainability

21 Master Planning Committee

FUNCTIONAL TEAMS

Funding and Incentives Team

Mr.Richard Ingram (Co-lead) - Mississippi Water Resources Research Institute

Dr. Joby Czarnecki (Co-lead) - Geosystems Research Institute

Ms. Jessie Schmidt - Mississippi Water Resources Research Institute

Mr. Jeff Little - MSU Foundation

Education, Experiential Learning, and Outreach Team

Dr. Leslie Burger (Lead) - Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture/Extension Service, MSU

Dr. Beth Baker - Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture/Forest and Wildlife Research Center, MSU

Mr. Wally Cade - Natural Resources Conservation Service

Ms. Janet Chapman - Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality

Dr. Ron Cossman - Social Science Research Center, MSU

Ms. Gaea Hock - School of Human Sciences, MSU

Mr. Richard Ingram - Water Resources Research Institute

Dr. John Linhoss - Agricultural and Biological Engineering, MSU

Dr. Mary Love Tagert - Agricultural and Biological Engineering, MSU

Ms. Deb Veeder - MS Adopt-A-Stream, MS Wildlife Federation

Hydrology/Modeling Work Group

Dr. Beth Baker (Co-lead) - MSU REACH Program; MSU Water Quality Laboratory

Dr. John Ramirez-Avila (Co-lead) - Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Dr. James Martin - Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Courtney Siegert - Fish and Wildlife Research Center - Forestry

Dr. Mary Love Tagert - Dept. of Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Planning and Implementation Team

Dr. Tim Schauwecker (Co-lead) - Dept. of Landscape Architecture, MAFES

Mr. Richard Ingram (Co-lead) - Mississippi Water Resources Research Institute

Dr. Beth Baker - MSU REACH Program; Director, MSU Water Quality Laboratory

Dr. Brian Baldwin - Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences

Dr. Jason Barrett MSU Extension - Center for Government & Community Development

Mr. Robert Brzuszek - Dept. of Landscape Architecture; MSU Extension

Ms. Janet Chapman - Mississippi Dept. of Environmental Quality

Dr. Bill Cooke - Dept. of Geosciences

Dr. Joby Czarnecki - Geosystems Research Institute

Dr. Padmanava Dash - Dept. of Geosciences

Dr. Jamie Dyer - Dept. of Geosciences

Dr. Chris Fuhrmann - Dept. of Geosciences

Dr. Cory Gallo - Dept. of Landscape Architecture

Dr. Toby Gray - Geosciences Research Institute; Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks Landscape Conservation Cooperative

Dr. JoVonn Hill - Dept. of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology &Plant Pathology

Dr. William Kingery - Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences

Dr. James Martin - Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Jay McCurdy - Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences

Dr. John Ramirez-Avila - Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Scott Rush - Forest and Wildlife Research Center; Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture

Ms. Jessie Schmidt - Mississippi Water Resources Research Institute

Dr. Courtney Siegert - Forest and Wildlife Research Center - Dept. of Forestry

Dr. Mary Love Tagert - Dept. of Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Mr. Jason Walker - Dept. of Landscape Architecture, City of Starkville

The D.R.E.A.M.S. CENTER