CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
(Training Seminars, Papers, Posters, Exhibits, Displays)

Training, Paper, Poster, Exhibit & Display submission deadline is
August 1, 2005!

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November 14, 2005!

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Ninth Virgin Islands
NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION CONFERENCE

Preventing Pollution in the Caribbean:
Reshaping Our Communities for the Future

November 28 - 30, 2005
The Westin St. John Resort & Villas
St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands

Trunk Bay, St. John, in the Virgin 
	Islands National Park
photos courtesy of the Westin St. John Resort & Villas

"U.S. Virgin Islands Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference 2005"

Oral Presentations

Paper Title

Presenter

Affiliation

Our Past, Our Present and Our Future

May Adams Cornwall

VI WMA

“Just Do It”: Using Marketing Tools for Effective Outreach

Elizabeth Ban

UVI-VIMAS

Watershed Hydrology: New Perspectives from the Southgate Valley, St. Croix, USVI

Arthur G. Gaines, Jr. & Carol Cramer-Burke

WHOI & SEA

Coral Bay Watershed: Management Measures and Activities to Address Non Point Source Pollution

Barry Devine, Ph. D.

UVI-Eastern Caribbean Center

Island Green Building Association

Barry Devine, Ph. D.

UVI-Eastern Caribbean Center

VI Wetlands & Riparian Areas Inventory

Barry Devine, Ph. D.

UVI-Eastern Caribbean Center

Using Gabion Baskets and Retaining Structures Early in Steep Slope Development

Sharon Coldren

PERSONAL

Starting a Landuse Planning and Watershed Community Association

Sharon Coldren

Coral Bay Community Council

Virgin Islands Sediment Monitoring Program

Jeremiah Blondeau, et. al.

UVI

Managing NPS Pollution in the Coastal Zone

Susan Curtis

DPNR-CZM

Innovative Telephone Constructed Wetlands System

Elizabeth Goggins & Carlos Ferreyra

Innovative Telephone

VI Clean Marina Project: A Education Outreach Program to Promote Best Management Practices for Marinas

Kent Bernier

DPNR-DEP

The Earth Change Program: A Report on the Transition & Current Status

Syed Syedali

DPNR-DEP

Guts in the Landscape

Rudy G. O’ Reilly, Jr.

USDA-NRCS

Illegal Dumping of Solid Waste in the USVI

Jason Henry

DPNR-DEP

Current & Forthcoming Laws for NPS Pollution Management

Aaron Hutchins

DPNR-DEP

Update on the VI TMDL Program

Amanda Sackey & Christopher Crawford, Ph. D.

DPNR-DEP

Scale Issues in Groundwater Water Modeling for Spatial Decision Support

Christopher Crawford, Ph. D.

PERSONAL

Water Quality in the USVI: The Revised Water Quality Standards for the USVI

Hector Squiabro

DPNR-DEP

At Arm’s Length: The Process of Negotiating, Executing & Fulfilling a Contract

Dwayne Henry, B.S., J.D.

DPNR-DEP

VI Beach Water Quality Monitoring Program

Leah Motta

DPNR-DEP

The EQIP Program

Dr. Lawrence Lewis

Department of Agriculture

Mon Bijou Flood Control Channel

David E. Baird

Virgin Islands Paving, Inc.

How Large Capacity Septic Systems Are Regulated by the EPA on the US Virgin Islands

Robert Ferri

USEPA-Region 2

Assessing Contaminants and Coral Health in Southwestern Puerto Rico: Towards an Understanding of Nonpoint Source Pollution Impacts on Coral Reefs

Anthony S. Pait, et. al.

NOAA, et. al.

Habitat Restoration: The NOAA Community Based Restoration Program, EPA Gulf of Mexico Program and Gulf of Mexico Foundation Partnership

Quenton R. Dokken, Ph. D., et. al.

Gulf of Mexico Foundation, et. al.

Sanitary Water Treatment Systems

Justino R. Ferrer Hopgood

Specco Environmental

Record of Sediment Input in Coastal Environments of St. Thomas and St. John, USVI

Brooks, G. R, et. al.

Eckerd College

Thinking Sustainably: Empowering Secondary School Students to Protect the Environment

Mary Beth Sutton & Crispin D’Auvergne

Caribbean Student Environmental Alliance & St. Lucia Ministry of Physical Development, Environment and Housing

Advanced Wastewater Treatment Using A Textile-Based Packed Bed Filter

Terry R. Bounds, P.E. & Geoffrey S. Salthouse, MS, EIT

Orenco Systems

 

An Alternative Animal Waste Management System for Small Scale Livestock Operation in Island Countries

Dr. Allan Castro Sabaldica

NMC-CREES

 

Reefs at Risk From Watershed-based Threats in the US Virgin Islands

Lauretta Burke

WRI

Clean Marinas & Boatyards – Keys to Successful Partnerships to Address Non-point Pollution

Thomas J. Murray

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Phosphorus Removal in Soil-Based Wastewater Dispersal System

Mark Gross

University of Arkansas

STJ-EROS: A GIS-based Application to Assess the Impact of Unpaved Roads on Watershed-scale Sediment Yields

Dr. Carlos E. Ramos-Scharron

Island Resources Foundation

 

Development Impacts on the Environment

Kolakaluri Mohan Krishna & Savalia Ramesh

Centre of Environment Education

Mangrove Oysters as Indicators of Anthropogenic Effects in Areas of High Activity: La Parguera, Puerto Rico

H. A. Minnigh, et. al.

RCAP, Inc.

Watersheds in Urban Areas: Quebrada Mundaca, Caguas, PR

H. A. Minnigh, et. al.

RCAP, Inc.

The Environmental Profile of the USVI: Bench Marking with the USA and the Caribbean

Carl-Axel P. Soderberg, P.E.

USEPA-CEPD

Summit-to-Sea Mapping and Change Detection: Using Landsat Imagery Coastal Zone Management

Aurelie Shiparo & Stephen O. Rohman

NOAA

Cruise Ship Management in the USVI & the BVI – A Tale of Three Islands

Nick Drayton

Ocean Conservancy

The Comprehensive Land and Water Use Plan

Marjorie Emmanuel

DPNR-CZZP

Integrated Solid Waste Management Models

Leslie Hamdorf

North Carolina State University

TRAINING SEMINARS

Seminar Title

Presenter

Affiliation

Application of GIS and Remote sensing to evaluate land-based treat to coastal ecosystems

Lauretta Burke & Aurelie Shapiro

WRI & NOAA

Bringing your large capacity septic system into compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act

Robert Ferri & Luis Rodriquez

USEPA-Region 2

 

 

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Check out information from our December 2003: Eighth Virgin Islands Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference


Last Updated on November 22, 2005 by Julie Wright, RC&D Coordinator, USDA-NRCS