Consortium for Irrigation Research and Education - Texas Water Resources Institute

CIRE Materials

2009 Annual Meeting May 27-29, 2009, Amarillo, Texas

Presentations

Welcome
- Conservation and Production Research Laboratory, Bushland, TX by Nolan Clark
Invited Regional Water Issues Presentations
- Water Planning in the Texas High Plains by Steve Amosson
- Wind Energy Basics by Nolan Clark
- Texas Water Management 2008 Update by C.E. Williams (presented by Thomas Marek)
Example Regional & Statewide Project Presentations
- Texas High Plains Irrigated Research & Extension Projects and "The Big Water Picture" by Thomas Marek
- Precision Irrigators Network - High Plains & Wintergarden by Danielle Supercinski
Potential RFAs
- Agricultural Water Conservation Program by Aung Hla
- Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) by Cleon Namken
Technical Project Reports
- An Overview of ADI Water Conservation Projects in the Lower Rio Grande Valley by Shad Nelson
- An Integrated Approach to Water Conservation by Rick Kellison
- Rio Grande Basin Initiative – Efficient Irrigation for Water Conservation in the Rio Grande Basin by Danielle Supercinski
- Irrigation Programs by Xavier Périès

2008 Annual Meeting May 21-22, 2008, Uvalde, Texas

Presentations

Bob Wiedenfeld, professor
Texas AgriLife Research, Weslaco
Dana Porter, associate professor and Extension agricultural engineer specialist
Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Lubbock
Daniel Leskovar, professor
Texas AgriLife Research, Uvalde
Evelyn Steglich, senior research associate
Texas AgriLife Research, Temple
Giovanni Piccinni, associate professor
Texas AgriLife Research, Uvalde
Juan Enciso, associate professor and Extension specialist–irrigation & water management
Texas AgriLife Extension Service and Texas AgriLife Research, Weslaco
Norman Meki, post-doc research associate
Texas AgriLife Research, Temple
Shad Nelson, assistant professor
Texas A&M University–Kingsville
Zhuping Sheng, associate professor
Texas AgriLife Research, El Paso
Terry Howell, agricultural engineer
USDA–Agricultural Research Service, Bushland
Thomas Marek, senior research engineer
Texas AgriLife Research, Amarillo
Tom McLemore, Agricultural Demonstration Initiative project manager
Harlingen Irrigation District, Harlingen

Initial CIRE Meeting October 29-30, 2007, College Station, Texas

Initial Meeting Minutes
Current Research and Education Project Reports
Brief summaries from meeting attendees on October 30 about their current irrigation projects.