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Vendor Set up
Food and Frac
Registration/Trade Show opens
Hors d’oeuvres
Keynote Speaker: Reclamation: A Landscape for the Future
Lynn Helms, ND Industrial Commission, Department of Mineral Resources
Food and Frack Forum’s activities will highlight our Keynote Speaker, Mr. Lynn Helms and our vendors in a trade show atmosphere. Mr. Helms will provide information on the status of oil related development in North Dakota, as well as address some of the issues related to the play.
Registration
Welcome and Introduction
Water Appropriation and Management in North Dakota
Mr. Daniel Farrell, ND Water Commission
Bakken Production Optimization Program
Beth Kurz, Energy and Environmental Research Center
[lunch time=”9:15-9:30am”]Break[/lunch]
Application– Mark Hoffman, Frac Water Solutions
Application- Stacy Aguirre, Continental Resources, Inc.
[lunch time=”10:30-11:00am”]Break, Tradeshow[/lunch]
Regulation – Mr. Kris Roberts, ND Department of Health
Chemistry of Sodium-Affected Soils
Dr. Tom DeSutter, NDSU
[lunch time=”12:00-1:30pm”]Lunch, Tradeshow[/lunch]
Case Study: Using sub-surface tile drainage, calcium amendments (gypsum and calcium nitrate), straw, and forage to remediate brine-contaminated soil
Ms. Jennifer Nielsen, Good Lands Environmental, Inc.
Application- Carmen Waldo, U.S. Forest Service
Seeding and revegetation Regulations in North Dakota
Cory Barth, ND Department of Trust Lands
The Ecology behind Seeding Strategies
Dr. John Hendrickson – USDA-ARS, Wayne Duckwitz and Jeff Printz
[lunch time=”3:30-4:00pm”]Break, Tradeshow[/lunch]
Challenges in Restoration Across the State of North Dakota
Carl Piper, Piper Land Resource Services, LLC
Application– Gene Harris, Crosby Creek Consulting, LLP
Wrap-up