National Program Leader For:

• Combined Water Quality Initiative
  
  Accession Number: 400110
  
  
• Computational Tools and a Decision Support System for Management of Sediment and Water Quality in Agricultural Watersheds
  
  Accession Number: 430609
  
  
• Agricultural Water Management in Poorly Drained Midwestern Agroecosystems
  
  Accession Number: 432087
  
  
• The Use of Treated Municipal Waste Water as a Source of New Water for Irrigation
  
  Accession Number: 432143
  
  
• Uncertainty of Future Water Availability Due to Climate Change and Impacts on the Long Term Sustainability and Resilience of Agricultural Lands in the Southern Great Plains
  
  Accession Number: 432214
  
  
• Long-term Management of Water Resources in the Central Mississippi River Basin
  
  Accession Number: 432224
  
  
• Agroecosystem Benefits from the Development and Application of New Management Technologies in Agricultural Watersheds
  
  Accession Number: 432305
  
  
• Resilient Management Systems and Decision Support Tools to Optimize Agricultural Production and Watershed Responses from Field to National Scale
  
  Accession Number: 432310
  
  
• Towards Resilient Agricultural Systems to Enhance Water Availability, Quality, and Other Ecosystem Services under Changing Climate and Land Use
  
  Accession Number: 432323
  
  
• Precipitation and Irrigation Management to Optimize Profits from Crop Production
  
  Accession Number: 432324
  
  
• Improving the Sustainability of Irrigated Farming Systems in Semi-Arid Regions
  
  Accession Number: 432342
  
  
• Advancing Water Management and Conservation in Irrigated Arid Lands
  
  Accession Number: 432371
  
  
• Develop Water Management Strategies to Sustain Water Productivity and Protect Water Quality in Irrigated Agriculture
  
  Accession Number: 432372
  
  
• Improving Water Use Efficiency and Water Quality in Irrigated Agricultural Systems
  
  Accession Number: 432376
  
  
• Understanding Water-Driven Ecohydrologic and Erosion Processes in the Semiarid Southwest to Improve Watershed Management
  
  Accession Number: 432380
  
  
• Strategic Investigations to Improve Water Quality and Ecosystem Sustainability in Agricultural Landscapes
  
  Accession Number: 432381
  
  
• Developing Agricultural Practices to Protect Water Quality and Conserve Water and Soil Resources in the Upper Midwest United States
  
  Accession Number: 432419
  
  
• Managing Water Availability and Quality for Sustainable Agricultural Production and Conservation of Natural Resources in Humid Regions
  
  Accession Number: 432460
  
  
• Conservation Practice Impacts on Water Quality at Field and Watershed Scales
  
  Accession Number: 432501
  
  
• Managing Water and Sediment Movement in Agricultural Watersheds
  
  Accession Number: 432519
  
  
• Utilizing Acoustic and Geophysics Technology to Assess and Monitor Watersheds in the United States
  
  Accession Number: 432521
  
  
• Enhancing Water Resources, Production Efficiency and Ecosystem Services in Gulf Atlantic Coastal Plain Agricultural Watersheds
  
  Accession Number: 432526
  
  
• Sustaining Agroecosystems and Water Resources in the Northeastern U.S.
  
  Accession Number: 432574
  
  
• Assessing and Enabling Agroecosystem Sustainability of Southeastern U.S. Suptropical Humid Grassland and Shrub Landscapes
  
  Accession Number: 433075
  
  
• A Systems Approach to Improved Water Management for Sustainable Production
  
  Accession Number: 433076
  
  
• Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network: Kellogg Biological Station LTAR Site
  
  Accession Number: 438125
  
  
• A Systems Approach to Improved Water Management for Sustainable Production
  
  Accession Number: 438377
  
  

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

A strategic plan for future USDA- Agricultural Research Service erosion research and model development - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Water Availability for Agriculture in the United States ()

Quantifying the impacts of the conservation effects assessment project watershed assessments: The first fifteen years - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Moriasi, D.N., Duriancik, L.F., Sadler, E.J., Tsegaye, T.D., Steiner, J.L., Locke, M.A., Strickland, T.C., Osmond, D.L. 2020. Quantifying the impacts of the conservation effects assessment project watershed assessments: The first fifteen years. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 75(3):57-74. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.75.3.57A.

Overview of the impacts of CEAP for the first 15 years - (Abstract Only)

Riparian forest buffers of the Susquehanna-Chesapeake Watershed: observations, assessments, and recommendations ()

Kleinman, P.J., Brooks, R.P., Fernandez, C., Nassry, M., Veith, T.L., Mccarty, G.W., Wallace, C., Hagan, E., Saporito, L.S., Hyberg, S., Iovanna, R., Claggett, S., Duriancik, L., Tsegaye, T.D. 2019. Riparian forest buffers of the Susquehanna-Chesapeake Watershed: observations, assessments, and recommendations. Government Publication/Report. Pg. 1.

Managing agricultural nonpoint sources of contaminants under a changing climate: USDA Agricultural Research Service perspectives - (Abstract Only)

Bryant, R.B., Buda, A.R., Baker, J.M., Bosch, D.D., Garbrecht, J.D., Smith, D.R., Kleinman, P.J., Tsegaye, T.D. 2019. Managing agricultural nonpoint sources of contaminants under a changing climate: USDA Agricultural Research Service perspectives[abstract]. American Chemical Society Abstracts. Pg. 1.

Advancing the sustainability of US agriculture through long-term research - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Kleinman, P.J., Spiegal, S.A., Rigby Jr., J.R., Goslee, S.C., Baker, J.M., Bestelmeyer, B.T., Boughton, R., Bryant, R.B., Cavigelli, M.A., Derner, J.D., Duncan, E.W., Goodrich, D.C., Huggins, D.R., King, K.W., Liebig, M.A., Locke, M.A., Mirsky, S.B., Moglen, G.E., Moorman, T.B., Pierson Jr., F.B., Robertson, G., Sadler, E.J., Shortle, J., Steiner, J.L., Strickland, T.C., Swain, H., Williams, M.R., Walthall, C.L., Tsegaye, T.D. 2018. Advancing the sustainability of US agriculture through long-term research. Journal of Environmental Quality. 47(6):1412-1425. https://doi.org/doi:10.2134/jeq2018.05.0171.

USDA Long Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) Network and earth observation research - (Abstract Only)

Tsegaye, T.D., Coffin, A.W. 2018. USDA Long Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) Network and earth observation research. Workshop: Emerging Technologies and Methods in Earth Observation for Agricultural Monitoring. Abstract.