Advancing water resource management in agricultural, rural, and urbanizing watersheds: Why land-grant universities matter

Arthur J. Gold is a professor in the Department of Natural Resources Science at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island. Doug Parker is the director of the California Institute for Water Resources at the University of California, Oakland, California. Reagan M. Waskom is the director of the Colorado Water Institute/ Water Center at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. Jim Dobrowolski is a national program leader at USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Washington, DC. Mike O’Neill is an associate dean and associate director at the University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System, Storrs, Connecticut. Peter M. Groffman is a microbial ecologist a the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York. Kelly Addy is a research associate in the College of Environment and Life Sciences at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island. Michael Barber is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington; Sandra Batie is a professor emeritus in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan; Brian Benham is an associate professor and extension specialist in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia; Mary Bianchi is a horticultural farm advisor at the University of California Cooperative Extension, San Luis Obispo, California; Tom Blewett is a professor in the DepartAdvancing water resource management in agricultural, rural, and urbanizing watersheds: Why land-grant universities matter