GLIN==> Michigan Chapter SWCS Seminar registration extended

 Notice: The deadline for early registration for this Seminar has been extended to March 5.

 
A Matter of Balance – Peak Phosphorus: Balancing Demand, Supply and the Environment 

Wednesday, March 10
8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center, Michigamme Room, East Lansing, Michigan
Sponsor: Michigan Chapter, Soil and Water Conservation Society
“Peak phosphorus” is the point atwhich the mining of phosphorus will peak and begin to decline. It isassociated with increasing cost of extraction, decreasing availabilityand increasing costs to the consumer. There is no substitute forphosphorus. Current sources of readily available mined phosphorus willbe exhausted in 50 to 130 years, according to many sources.
Phosphorus is one of the keyessential elements in modern agriculture. Yet phosphorus, along withnitrogen, is being discharged into surface waters from many sources andcontributes to high phosphorus levels in lakes and rivers in Michiganand elsewhere. These high nutrient levels can result in majorenvironmental damage, such as the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
This seminar will introduce theissue of peak phosphorus; review the phosphorus cycle and explore howphosphorus behaves in the environment, including the pathways for wasteor loss; consider how phosphorus behaves in the food chain; examine thesoil and water quality relationships of phosphorus; and considermanagement practices that can reduce loss of this resource and theresulting environmental impacts.
To get more information, an agenda or to register, go to www.miswcs.org or e-mail Daniel.Kesselring at miswcs.org.

Daniel F. Kesselring, Secretary
Michigan Chapter SWCS
113 North Dr. E.
Marshall, MI  49068


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