Watershed Management Strategies for Water-Quality Benefits in Kansas

Aleksey Sheshukov, associate professor of biological and agricultural engineering, discusses water quality conditions in Kansas streams and lakes, various water impairments and their causes, and watershed management strategies to reduce nonpoint sources of water pollution. He also touches on challenges in management, adaptations to climate variability and change, land-use changes in rural and urban areas, and partnerships between local stakeholders, state agencies and academic institutions that affect policymaking decisions.
This talk was presented for students participating in the capstone course of the Natural Resources and Environmental Science (NRES) Secondary Major and was open to the general public as part of the NRES Seminar Series.
The NRES Secondary Major and its seminar series are generously supported by the Office of the Provost, College of Agriculture, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, and Department of Geography.