Presentations from the September 2008 Biofuels Symposium

*  Constructing Local Ownership:  An Assessment of ethanol plant ownership in Iowa
*  Ethanol Impact on Kansas Grain Production
*  The Food Price Crisis
*  Do Biofuels Reduce Greenhouse Emissions?
*  Next Generation Biofuels:  Future Directions and Challenges
*  ICM:  The Energy of Innovation
*  Economic Impacts of Biofuels Production
*  Conflicting Environmental Claims:  Analysis of the Media Discourse Surrounding Biofuels Development in Russell, KS
*  Issues Surrounding Cellulosic Ethanol
*  Food vs. Feed vs. Fuel
*  Utilization of Distiller's Grains:  Impacts for Cattle Feeders
*  Irrigation Resources to Grow Biofuel:  A National Overview
*  The Biofuels Revolution?  The Promises and Perils of Biofuels Development for Rural Communities in Kansas

• Contact Kansas' Watershed Specialists
• Kansas Urban Water Quality Protection Initiative
• Regional Water Quality Coordination Initiative

• WRAPS Reports:

• Big Creek and Smoky Hill Watersheds (PDF)
       ***New TMDLs for Big Creek/Middle Smoky Hill Watersheds

• Little Ark Watershed (PDF)

• Fall River Watershed (PDF)  

The Kansas Center for Agricultural Resources and the Environment was established to coordinate and enhance research, extension and teaching activities pertaining to environmental issues related to agriculture.

Our Mission: To develop and deliver knowledge that helps Kansans balance 'utilization' and 'protection' of natural resources today and into the future.