ADMS Action Plan - Accomplishments through 2005
Objective/Goal	Resource Name	Comments	% Complete
1.  Provide additional scientific and technical information on the development of environmental and societal goals and objectives, and performance measures for improved drainage water management practices and systems.
1.1  Prepare technical journal articles for Soil & Water Conservation Society - special issue on “Controlled Drainage Practices to Reduce Nitrate Loss from Cropland.”	Sheryl Kunickis,Charlie Schafer	Per Fouss	100
1.2  Organize a science and technical session for the ASAE 8th International Drainage Symposium entitled “Drainage Water Management for the Midwest.”	Norm Fausey,Richard Cooke	Per Fouss	100
1.3  Propose a NAS, Water Resource Research, Water Science and Technology Board study or a Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) study on the merits, potential benefits and limitations associated with improved drainage water management.	Ron Marlow,Dale Bucks,Tom Spofford	Revise to exclude NAS and stipulate CAST Study dependent upon funding
1.4 Conduct Drainage Water Management Symposia at National SWCS meeting	Kunickis et al	Symposia completed at 2004 and 2005 National meetings	100
1.5  Prepare informational and educational materials	Bucks, Spofford, ADMC, Fouss, Fausey, Frankenberger, Jacobsen	Articles prepared/presented in Iowa Farmer Today, Farm Industry Today, Drainage Contractor, ARS magazine, Resource Magazine	100
1.6 Plan field tours/workshops	Cook, Pitts, Brown, ADMC	Illinois Bus Tour, Field Day for EPA, Drainage/Water Table Workshop, Preferential Flow Workshop	100
1.7  Provide information to NACD in the development of Policy Statement regarding Drainage Water Management	Sullivan, ADMC	Resolution adopted at National NACD meeting - 2/9/05 supporting District cooperation and sponsorship of demonstration projects.	100
2.  Make sure that the completed and ongoing data sets for drainage improved water management systems are catalogued, cross referenced, and integrated into a national agricultural database.
2.1  Compile surface and subsurface drainage information along with nitrate-nitrogen water quality data for Midwestern States.	Mike Burkhart,Dan Jaynes,Don Pitts	Drained land estimate for 8 state region is complete.  Linking of drained lands back to stream nitrate concentrations is essentially complete for IL and IA. - Jaynes.  Drained land estimates linked to water quality data for IL and IA	70
2.2  Conduct a cost-benefit analysis/modeling assessment.	Don Pitts,Wayne Skaggs,Dale Bucks,Dan Jaynes,Ramesh Kanwar,Richard Cooke,Larry Brown	White Paper prepared per Fouss.  ASAE paper published.  Next version change to economic benefit of drainage water management.	100
3.  Provide coordination of the technical, educational, and extension materials on the design, implementation, and operation of drainage water management systems that supports its success and sustainability.
3.1  Revision and update of the Agricultural Drainage Technical Bulletin 871 entitled “Water Quality Impacts and Subsurface Drainage Studies in the Midwest,” that was originally published by The Ohio State University.	Larry Brown,Norm Fausey,Gary Sands	Remove Brown	70
3.2  Preparation of a NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service) Tech Note on Drainage Water Management, including information on ADMS Task Force and improved drainage management	Pat Willey,Bill Boyd	Per Fouss	100
3.3  Increase emphasis on the collection of drainage management data in NRCS’s PRMS Reporting.	Pat Willey,Bill Boyd	Per Fouss	100
3.4  Design and implement an ADMS Task Force Web site.	Norm Fausey,Robert Evans,Jim Fouss,Gary Sands	Work in progress.  Specifics for next year?	ongoing
3.5  Develop revised engineering practices for surface and subsurface drainage water management systems in cooperation with the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers beginning with prototype engineering practices for the Midwest.	Robert Evans,Pat Willey,Gary Sands,Jim Fouss	Add Brown	10
4.  Identify key technology gaps in drainage water management systems and related agricultural management systems and propose coordinated research, inventory, data collection, modeling, and technical assistance information programs to address the gaps.
4.1  ID and invite add'l participants for the ADMS TF from MW States - NRCS, CSREES,researchers, LICA, Farm Bureau, State agencies, Local districts, Corn Growers, etc.	Jim Fouss,Wil Fontenot,Dale Bucks		100
4.2  Presentation of ADMS Task Force activities to NRCS State Conservationists at their quarterly meetings.	Wil Fontenot,Fred Kollman	More likely needed (Change names if continue item)	100
4.3  Presentations and interactions with the USDA Partnership Management Team regarding ADMS activities and progress.	Dale Bucks,Jim Fouss,Wil Fontenot,Stu Melvin,Wayne Skaggs	More likely needed (Change names if continue item)	100
4.4  Plan/conduct a customer-stakeholder workshop in 2004/05 to ID technology gaps and DWM practices/systems and propose future research, education, extension, and tech. assistance priorities for State Univ. and Federal agencies involved in MW Ag.	Dale Bucks,Wayne Skaggs,Norm Fausey,Eileen Kladivka,Jim Fouss	ID needs for each entity (ref. Charter Item 7 - Coordinated Science and Research Program), PMT support for future federal line item requests identified?   Input provided to ARS at NP201 meeting in Denver, CO	50