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Source: Debbie Hagenmaier, 785-532-2560, debbieh@k-state.edu
Web site: http://www.dce.k-state.edu/conf/waterfuture
News release prepared by: Rosanna Vail, 785-532-2720, rvail@k-state.edu
Thursday, March 5, 2009
K-STATE CO-SPONSOR OF 1xbet online casino AND THE FUTURE OF KANSAS CONFERENCE MARCH 26 IN TOPEKA
MANHATTAN -- "Assessing Impacts" is the theme of the 26th annual 1xbet online casino and the Future of Kansas Conference Thursday, March 26, in Topeka.
The conference will be in the Maner Conference Center at the Capitol Plaza Hotel. Sponsors are K-State's Kansas 1xbet online casino Resources Institute and Kansas Center for Agricultural Resources and the Environment, K-State Research and Extension, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Conference plenary topics include: Impacts of a New Administration: Challenges and Opportunities for 1xbet online casino Quantity and Quality; Impacts of Climate Change; The 1xbet online casino -Energy Nexus: Report to the National Academy of Sciences; and The 1xbet online casino Footprint of Energy from Biomass.
Panels and town hall meetings will address the impacts of biofuels production on 1xbet online casino , conservation practices on soil and 1xbet online casino , climate change, and aging infrastructure.
Afternoon concurrent sessions will target the impacts of nutrient and sediment loading in streams; 20 years of progress in subsurface drip irrigation; policy impacts; Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategies case studies; challenges for 1xbet online casino resources management, challenges and opportunities for Kansas Groundwater Management Districts; and Kansas 1xbet online casino Research Institute-funded research.
The 1xbet online casino 's registration fee includes lunch, refreshments, poster session and 1xbet online casino proceedings. The pre-registration deadline is March 12. The fee after March 12 is 0. Full-time undergraduate students may attend for . Registration is available online at http://www.dce.k-state.edu/conf/waterfuture or by calling the K-State Division of Continuing Education 1xbet online casino registration office at 785-532-5569.
