Agenda - Nebraska Water Center - University of Nebraska–Lincoln

FINAL ITINERARY
TOUR
1994 NEBRASKAWATER RESOTIRCES
JuIy
25th
through
28th
Nebraska-I owa-r I I ino is-Missour
Co-sponsors:
DAY ONE:
i
Nebraska Water Conference Council
and Nebraska
Natural
Resources Commission with Conservation
survey Division
and Water Center/Environnental
Prograns,
of Agriculture
and Natural
Institute
Resources, University
of Nebraska-Lincoln
Monday, JuIy
25,
and
l-994
Bosselman Truck Stop south
Travel 20 niles.
#3L2.
5:30
am
leave
Arrolt Stage Bus will
of Grand Island,
I-80 Exit
5:50
am
stop for tour
Bus will
Exit #332 near Aurora.
7:00
am
pick up tour participants
Bus will
in Lincoln
at the
(33rd and
Hardin Center for Continuing
Education
at covered walkway on south side of building
Holdrege)
and head east.
Travel 43 uriles.
8:00 am
30 am
participants
Hampton fnn,
Travel 21 rniles.
I-80
juice
Pick up tour participants
and stop for coffee,
and rolls
at the Papio-Missouri
River Natural
Resources District
headquarters
near I-80 and NE I{WY
50 intersection.
Welcome to the tour by Vice
Chancellor
Irvin
T. Omtvedt, Institute
of Agriculture
and Natural
Resources, University
of Nebraska-Lincoln
and Steve Oltruans, Manager, Papio-Missouri
River
(PMNRD).
Natural
Resources District
past Papio Creek flood
Leave and travel
control
projects
in Onaha with enroute briefing
by Martin
Cleveland
and Terry Atkins
of the PMNRD. Continue
east on I-80 into lowa.
Al Austin,
Iowa State
(ISU), will
University
meet bus at Exit #60 and will
give an overview
of ISU agriculture-related
activities.
Video on board of 1993 flooding
in Des
Moines.
Travel 150 miles.
L L o0 am
Leave f-80 at intersection
with fA HWY 28 in West Des
Moines to be net by Don Staley,
Des Moines Water
Works, and Jin Gulliford,
Director,
and Ken Tow and
Jin Gillespie,
Bureau Chiefs,
Iowa Division
of Soil
Conservation
of the Iowa Departnent
of Agriculture
and
Land Stewardship,
for tour of areas flooded in 1993 to
the Des Moines Waterworks Park.
include
Travel
10
niles.
Ll_ 30 am
Stop at the Wallace State Office
Building
for a
presentation
on 1993 flooding
and Iowa conservation
proltrams by Jin Gulliford.
L 2 30 pn
Leave and travel
Folks Restaurant
4 niles
for Bar-B-Que
in Des Moines.
(continued
on reverse)
Lunch at
Kin
1:30 pn
east on I-80 with a rest stop at the
Leave and travel
(# ZZS1. Tour wilt
Anana Exit
be joined there by
Peter Weyer, Project
Coordinator,
Cent,er for Health
Effects
of Environnental
Contamination,
and ilulie
Sessions,
Project
Assistant,
Institute
of Agricultural
University
Medicine,
of Iowa (UI), who will
discuss
research
at UI in areas of agriculture
health
and
safety.
Travel 129 miles.
5:00 pn
Check in at the
(3oe-762-8811).
Holiday
5 : 4 5 p m Leave and travel
docked
7:00 pn
Inn
in Moline,
12 miles for buffet
in Rock Island,
IL.
riverboat
Bus returns
to motelr of, option to
trip
on the Mississippi
niver with
by bus. Travel 12 miles.
DAY TWO: Tuesday,
JuIy
26,
IL.
dinner
on a
take a casino boat
return
at 9:15 pn
1994
6:30 am
Buffet
7:30
am
Briefing
on darnage fron 1993 floods by Gary Loss, U.
(COE) Rock Island District,
S. Arny Corps of Engineers
8:OO am
g miles to John Deere Adninistrative
Leave and travel
Headquarters
in Moline for a tour of the headquarters.
Host will
be Donna HiII.
9:30 an
Leave and travel
south to Beardstown, IL.
Soft drinks
on the bus.
Travel 134 miles.
Noon
1:00
pn
2:00 pm
Breakfast
Holiday
Inn.
Buffet
lunch at The Arrow in Beardstown.
Joined by
Jin Blanchar,
COE Rock fsland District,
and Don
Vonnhane, Director,
and Bruce Barker, Assistant
and Arlin
Director,
JuhI from the Illinois
Division
of
Water Resources.
Leave and travel
16 miles for a stop at the COE l{icket
Dam and Lock on the Illinois
River at LaGrange with a
presentation
by Jin Blanchar.
Leave and travel
with presentations
Arlin
Juhl.
Soft
4:00 prn Rest stop
Park.
5:30 pm
at Moline
with
103 miles south along fllinois
River
by Don Vonnhame, Biuce Barker,
and
drinks
on the bus.
refreshments
Travel 3o miles and check
rL (618-463-0800).
(continued
at Pere Marquette
in
at Ramada Inn
on next page)
in
State
Alton,
7:00 pn
Dinner at Ramada Inn with presentation
on area
flooding
in 1993 by Enrnett Hahn, Chief of the
Readiness Branch, COE St. Louis District,
and Don
Vonnhame.
DAY THREE:
I{ednesday,
JuIv
22,
1994
6:00 am
Buffet,
7:00 am
Leave and travel
L4 uriles for tour of newly
constructed
COE Lock and Dan 26 at Alton.
Tour
Julie
Ziino,
Park Ranger, and Pat McGinnis.
9:00 am
11:00 am
Breakfast
at
Alton
Ramada Inn.
guides
Met by Petra Haws, Public Infornation
Specialist
for
St. Charles County Emergency Management Agency, and
Danny Kluesner,
farmer from near West Alton,
MO.
Leave and travel
through Missouri-Mississippi
confluence
area flooded in 1993.
Continue-Lhrough
historic
St. Charles,
MO. Travel west on I-ZO ana
south on MO HWY 19 with soft drinks
on the bus.
Travel 103 miles.
Arrive
at Hermann, MO. and stop
for lunch and tour.
at
Stone HiIt
Winery
1:00 pm
Leave Hernann and traver
48 niles
west to Jefferson
City along Missouri
River parallel
to Katy Railroad
Bika_ rraii
w,rth presentati'on
uy-o-uuie- s-irnaclc, state
TraiIs
Coordi.nator for the Missouri
Division
of State
Parks
3:OO pm
Guided Tour by Mrs. Don WoIf of the Missouri
Governorts Mansion and self-quided
tour of the
Missouri
State Capitol
and l,lriseun.
5:00 pn
Travel 2 miles
Jefferson
City
5:30 pn
Buffet
Dinner at Capitol
Plaza Hotel with presentations
Don worf, Director,
Missouri
soir and watei pistricts
Conrnission and Ron Kucera, Director
of
Intergovernnental
Affairs,
Missouri
Departnent
of
Natural
Resources.
DAY FOIJR: Thursday,
JuIy
and check in at capitor
(314-635-L234) .
28,
praza
Hotel
1994
plaza
6:0O am
Buffet
7:00
Travel 20 niles
to Hartsburg on the Missouri
River
view work on reclamation
of-flooded
land with a
presentation
prograrn
by.Dave Baker, Assistant
D_irectorr an{ Rick C}ark, University
Extension,
University
of Missouri.
am
Breakfast
at
in
Capltol
(continued
Hotel.
on reverse)
to
by
8:30 am
Leave Hartsburg and travel 159 niles through Colunbia
and Boonville to Kansas City, l{o. Soft drinks on the
b u s.
11:30 am
Arrive in Kansas City, MO to be met by James L.
Goering, Chief of the Planning Division,
COE Kansas
City District,
for presentation and tour of Brush
project.
Creek flood protection
Travel 4 miles.
L2:30 pn
Stop at Country Club Plaza in Kansas City
your own.
2:00 pm
for
lunch on
Leave Kansas City and travel 158 niles to Nebraska
City.
Soft drinks on the bus.
There Omaha
participants
wiII be met by van for return to
Papio-Missouri
River NRD in omaha by about 6 pn.
Bus
should reach Hardin Center in Lincoln about 6 pm and
continue west with a stop in Aurora at about 7:10 pn
arriving
at Grand Island about 7:30 pn. Total of L426
mj-Ies traveled by bus.
HAVE A SAFE RETI'RN TO YOT'R HOI,IE!
PI,AN NOW TO ATTEND THE 1995 NEBRASKA WATER CONFERENCE
AT THE CORNHUSKER CONVENTION CENTER IN LTNCOLN ON
II{ARCH 14TH AND 15TH.