USGS Webinar: Open Access Publications and Data Requirements
USGS will host a webinar on updated federal requirements for open access to publications and data resulting from WRRA-funded research. This session is relevant to Institute Directors, grants administrators, and principal investigators. Open Access Publications and Data Requirements Thursday, May 7, 2026 | 1:30 – 2:30 PM Central See slides and recording here. (This webinar […]
Webinar – Assessing Source Springs and Fish SGCN in the Northwest Karst Region of Arkansas
Date & Time: Oct 15, 2026, at 1:00 PM ET Registration: Webinar Registration – Zoom Springs create unique aquatic habitats which support high levels of biotic diversity. Despite this, they are globally understudied and subsequently under protected. Northwest Arkansas geology is characterized by a mantled karst consisting of a highly fractured soluble limestone bedrock with […]
Webinar – Floodplain Restoration & CommuniTree Program
Date & Time: Sep 17, 2026, at 1:00 PM ET Registration: Webinar Registration – Zoom The Arkansas CommuniTree Project is the first community supported tree bank in Arkansas. Partners are working together to grow high quality potted trees from bare root seedlings. These ‘communitrees’ are then donated to reforestation projects around the state focused on […]
Webinar – Working Lands, Shared Waters: A Collaborative Conservation Case Study in War Eagle Creek
Date & Time: Aug 20, 2026, at 1:00 PM ET Registration: Webinar Registration – Zoom The Beaver Watershed Alliance, in partnership with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Beaver Water District, Watershed Conservation Resource Center, Northwest Arkansas Land Trust, Farm Bureau – eighteen project partners total, have been working together to implement a Regional Conservation Partnership […]
Webinar – Long-term monitoring reveals the seasonal and annual pulse of a Central Arkansas drinking water reservoir
Date & Time: June 18, 2026, at 1:00 PM ET Registration: Webinar Registration – Zoom Brewer Lake is a mesotrophic drinking water reservoir serving >80,000 people in Central Arkansas. In recent years, this reservoir has exhibited occasional harmful algal blooms and seasonal nuisance taste-odor issues. Toward an ecological diagnosis of the cause, we have monitored […]
Webinar – Land Use Impacts on Water Quality in Central Arkansas: A Three-Year Comparative Study of Urban, Agricultural, and Protected Drinking Water Watersheds
Date & Time: May 21, 2026, at 1:00 PM ET Speaker: Heather Black, PhD, Department of Geology, UALR Registration: Webinar Registration – Zoom Agricultural and urban expansion increasingly impacts water quality in the southeastern United States, yet comprehensive studies comparing agricultural watersheds to other land uses are relatively rare. Understanding these different impacts is critical […]
Webinar – Retrofitting the Urban Landscape for Water Quality
WHEN: April 16, 2026, at 1 PM ET SPEAKER: Annie Sales, Illinois River Watershed Partnership Director of Restoration Services, and Chris Herrera, Stormwater Coordinator for the City of Springdale REGISTRATION: Webinar Registration – Zoom Most urban stormwater infrastructure was designed to move water away quickly, not to protect downstream water quality. In highly impervious cities, this has resulted […]
USGS Webinar: Water Data for the Nation – New Features and NWISWeb Decommissioning
Date: January 15, 2026 Time: 2 – 3 PM ET Location: MS Teams From the USGS Water Data for the Nation (WDFN) team: You’re invited to a public USGS Webinar: Water Data for the Nation – New Features and NWISWeb Decommissioning We want to make you aware of some important upcoming changes coming to how we deliver water […]
Tackling Invasive Mussels with Science and Strategy Webinar
Friday’s Findings is a public webinar series hosted by the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area. Each 30-minute session provides an overview of a current science topic and includes an opportunity for attendees to engage directly with USGS scientists through a question-and-answer segment. Date: February 20, 2026 Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET Presenter: Diane Waller, Research Fishery […]
The Changing Water Table in North America Webinar
As part of the online Water Seminar Series, doctoral student Mohammad Haghiri of the University of Illinois Chicago will present a project on climate-induced water table fluctuations from 1800 CE to 2100 CE. The project used a Water Table Model and climate data to simulate changes in groundwater supply due to different climate forcing. The seminar […]
