Webinar Library
Upcoming
August 2025
Projecting Climate-induced Changes in River Discharge and Water Temperature Across the Mississippi River Watershed
The webinar by Jason Knouft will focus on the development of high-resolution hydrologic and water temperature models that predict river discharge and water temperature across the Mississippi River basin from 1950 – 2099. Spatial variation in model outputs will be discussed in the context of system level transboundary water issues within the basin.
August 19, 2025
12:00 -12:30 PM CT
September 2025
Pallid Sturgeon and Missouri River Recovery
Dr. Robert Jacobson
For the last 30 years, most conservation efforts on the Missouri River have been driven by efforts to avoid jeopardy to the endangered pallid sturgeon. Despite strong research efforts to define cost effective and minimally disruptive management actions, recent experience has shown that the Endangered Species Act doesn’t have the power to overcome stakeholders’ resistance. The next wave of conservation will be driven by flood-risk reduction, with species conservation as a by product.
September 22, 2025
12:00 -12:30 PM CT
Past
July 2025
In a Changing Climate: The Need for Comprehensive Hydrologic and Water Quality Monitoring in the Mississippi River Watershed
Larry Weber, director of Hydroscience & Engineering at the University of Iowa, will discuss the need for hydrologic and water quality monitoring data across the Watershed.
June 2025
The Nation’s Inland Waterways: A Washington Perspective
Tracy Zea, President/CEO of Waterways Council, Inc., will discuss the organization’s mission, its legislative priorities, and the critical importance of the nation’s inland waterways to its many beneficiaries.
May 2025
The Importance of the Inland Waterways to Illinois Farmers
Join the executive director of the IL Corn Growers Association and IL Corn Marketing Board, Rodney Weinzierl as he addresses drought and high water issues and their impact on Illinois farmers.
April 2025
The Silt is Gone-
Where’d them Muddy Waters go?
Join AWI Board of Directors member and Tulane University Research Professor, Dr. Barbara Kleiss as she discussed the decline in the sediment load of the Mississippi River over the last 100 years ago. Learn about the factors that have caused the change and its impact on the Gulf and Louisiana.