169 Conservation Practices to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change: I

Oral Session
Z01 Z Series Special Sessions This will be a joint symposium on between SSSA and SWCS. It will contribute to expanding the discussion between NRCS staff, scientists, extension educators, policymakers, and others about how conservation practices may be able to mitigate the effects of climate change. Speakers will present infomration to soil scientists and conservation practitioners, information that will, among other benefits, show the importance of science and conservation practices in the discussion of a changing climate.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Henry Gonzalez Convention Center, Room 006D

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Organizer:
Jorge Delgado
Presider:
Warren Busscher
9:05 AM
Conservation Practices to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change.
Jorge Delgado, USDA-ARS; Peter Groffman, Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Mark Nearing, ARS; Tom Goddard, Government of Alberta; Don Reicosky, ARS (Retired); Rattan Lal, The Ohio State University; Charles W. Rice, Kansas State University
9:35 AM
Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Landscape Conservation Practices.
Peter Groffman, Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Arthur Gold, University of Rhode Island
10:35 AM
10:50 AM
Farm-Level Accounting of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions: Can Farmer's Be the New Carbon Accountants?.
Keith Paustian, Colorado State University; Kris Peterson, Colorado State University; Shawn Archibeque, Colorado State University; Kevin Brown, Colorado State University; Eleanor Campbell, Colorado State University; Karolien Denef, Colorado State University; Mark Easter, Colorado State University; Amy Swan, Colorado State University; Steve Williams, Colorado State University; Carolyn Olson, Climate Change Program Office of the Chief Economist; Adam Chambers, NRCS; Greg Johnson, NRCS
11:20 AM
Nitrogen Management for Carbon Credit.
Neville Millar, Michigan State University; Philip Robertson, W.K.Kellogg Biological Station
11:50 AM
Conservation Practices and Their Potential to Mitigate Climate Change.
Jerry Hatfield, USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment; Tim Parkin, USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment; Tom Sauer, USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment; John Prueger, USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment
12:20 PM