Second Annual Agricultural/Environmental
Symposium: PHOSPHORUS AND THE LAND:A
Symposium For Agricultural, Environmental, Policy MakersAnd The Academic Community.
Wednesday, February 26, 2003 -- EcoComplex,
Bordentown, NJ
PROGRAM AGENDA
8:30
Registration
and continental breakfast
9:00
Welcoming Remarks:
- Harry Janes, EcoComplex
- Priscilla Hayes, Environmental Coordinator, Cook College
9:15
DEFINING OUR CONCERNS:
- Bonnie McCay, Chair, Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers
University
- Keith Cooper, Dean of Research, Cook College, Rutgers
University
9: 30
OVERVIEW OF LAND USES AND AGRICULTURE
STATISTICS:
- Rick Lathrop, Grant Walton Center for Remote Sensing and
Spatial Analysis PowerPoint (6.0
MB)
- Art Brown, former New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture
10:10
Break
10:30
PHOSPHORUS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO AGRICULTURAL
AND OTHER LAND USES:
- Tom Sims, University of Delaware:Science of phosphorus, including why are we worried
about phosphorus, phosphorus cycling in the environment. PowerPoint
(6.2 MB)
- Chris Obropta, Cook College/New Jersey Agricultural
Experiment Station:Introduction
of regulatory issues and status PowerPoint
(12.3 MB)
11:40
Discussion Session:
QUESTIONS AND IDEAS FOR RESEARCH WHICH IS NEEDED
12:40
Lunch (Served on Premises)
1:30
Panel: CASE STUDIES:
- Farmer:Steve
Jany, former President of the New Jersey State Board of
Agriculture
- Watershed Management Area—Relationships between Phosphorus
and Land Use:Amy
Shallcross, New Jersey Water Supply Authority PowerPoint
(6.1 MB)
- Lawn Fertilizer and Surface Water Protection:Sandy Batty, Executive Director, Association of New
Jersey Environmental Commissions; Mountain Lakes Planning
Board
- Treatment plant:James
Cosgrove, TRC Omni Environmental Corp. PowerPoint
(0.12 MB)
