Announcing the 2024 Arkansas Groundwater Summit, bringing together experts and thought leaders from across the field giving insight to groundwater in Arkansas.

Lunch is provided by the Rice Stewardship Partnership.

Below is our lineup of speakers and presentations:



• Efforts to Understand Groundwater Availability in Arkansas: Insight into the Mississippi Alluvial Plain Region and Critical Groundwater Areas with Dr. Laura Ruhl-Whittle and J.P. Traylor, United States Geological Survey (USGS)
• Groundwater Sustainability: Delta Water Management Research Unit Update with Dr. Michelle Reba, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
• Groundwater Conservation Programs: Well Timers and Supply Chain Incentives Programs to Promote Sustainability Water Use with Dr. Jeff Fore, The Nature Conservancy
• Arkansas Irrigation Yield Contest with Dr. Qiuqiong Huang, University of Arkansas
• Pipe Planner Acreage and Savings Report 2024 with Chris DeClerk, Delta Plastics of the South
• Interactive Producer Programs to Advancing Learning and Action Related to Advanced, Precision, and Conservation-Oriented Management with Amy Kremen, Irrigation Innovation Consortium
• WATER: A Winthrop Rockefeller Institute Program with Kimberly Bolin, Winthrop Rockefeller Institute
• Arkansas Water Use Data: How Much Water is Being Used and How Do the Data Inform Models? with Melissa Harris, USGS
• USDA/NASS 2023 Irrigation and Water Management Results with Michael Klamm, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
• Sparta Aquifer Recovery - We're Not California, but we Coulda' Been! with Robert Reynolds, Shuler Drilling, Inc
• 40 Years of Insights from Incentives with Christy Steward, Natural Resources Division
• Panel: Irrigation Water Management Panel with Clay Smith, Farmer; Jake Rieves, Irrigation Specialist; Katie Womack, Resource Conservationist; Adam Eades, District Conservationist; Lance Blythe, County Extension Agent; Mike Hamilton, Extension Irrigation Instructor; Rodney Wright, Water Management Engineer

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