Research

Current Projects & Resources

Please visit the links below, to view research projects within each state of the NPM region. Projects are related to the four regional themes: Watershed Monitoring and Management, Ag Water Conservation and Protection, Drinking Water: Human and Livestock Health, and BMP Development, Training, and Assessment.

The research projects presented are taken primarily from the Current Research Information System (CRIS). CRIS is the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) documentation and reporting system for ongoing and recently completed research projects in agriculture, food and nutrition, and forestry. Projects are conducted or sponsored by USDA research agencies, state agricultural experiment stations, the state land-grant university system, other cooperating state institutions, and participants in a number of USDA-administered grant programs, including Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), National Research Initiative (NRI), and Biotechnology Risk Assessment (BRAG). CRIS is a part of Information Systems and Technology Management (ISTM), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).

Project material is based upon work supported in part by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, US Department of Agriculture, under Agreement No. 2008-51130-19548. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the US Department of Agriculture.

Current Research Information System (CRIS)
National Information Management & Support System (NIMSS)


Watershed Monitoring & Management

  1. A Watershed-Scale Planning Tool for Evaluation of Agricultural Conservation Practices
  2. Coordinated Agricultural Water Quality Programming For The Northern Plains And Mountains Region
  3. Delivery of a Prototype Field-to-Watershed Scale Model For CEAP Using An Enhanced OMS
  4. Effects of Irrigated Agriculture & Riparian Vegetation on Fish Habitats in the Arikaree River Basin of Colorado
  5. South Platte Mapping & Analysis Program (SPMAP): Remote Sensing, Consumptive Use & Augmentation Accounting
  6. Toward Successful Pilot Implementation of Strategies for Remediation of a Salinity-Threatened Irrigated Watershed

Agricultural Water Conservation & Protection

  1. Crop & Soil Management Systems in Water Limited Agroecosystems
  2. Describing & Developing Plans to Manage Selenium & Salinity Contamination in an Irrigated River Valley
  3. Enhanced System Models And Decision Support Tools To Optimize Water Limited Agriculture
  4. The Effects Of Ethylene On Growth, Water Use Efficiency And Yield Of Corn Grown Under Different Levels Of Irrigation And Water Deficit
  5. Irrigation & Precision Management Strategies to Sustain Agriculture with Limited Water Supplies
  6. Irrigation, Tillage, & Weed Management to Maintain Agriculture Profitability with Limited Water
  7. Parameter Estimation Framework for Studying the Influence of Agricultural Water Use on Surface & Groundwater Flow Interaction in the Ark
  8. Public Values & Attitudes Toward Agricultural Water Use in the West

Drinking Water: Human & Livestock Health

  1. Interpretation of Hummocks Relative to the Condition of Riparian Areas & Wetlands
  2. Improving Water & Nitrogen Use Efficiency with Manure & Compost

BMP Development, Training & Assessment

  1. Wastewater Reuse in Turfgrass Systems
United States Department of Agriculture Colorado State University Montana State University North Dakota State University South Dakota State University Utah State University University of Wyoming National Water Program