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| Brent
T. Ladd Outreach & Education Center for the Environment Purdue University |
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| Brent
directs education and outreach activities with Purdue University's Center for the Environment at Discovery Park. He is responsible for co-coordinating the Ecological Sciences & Engineering Graduate Program, and the annual environmental entrepreneurship competition at Purdue. He is a certificate holder in Permaculture
Design with interests in renewable agriculture and mimicing natural systems. Prior to joining the Center in 2007, Brent conducted water quality projects and served as an Extension contact for water quality programming and education. His recent and past projects include chairing the inaugural Indiana Rivers Rally conference, co-developing and coordinating the Indiana Watershed Leadership Program, Theme Coordinator for the Great Lakes Regional Nutrients & Water Quality Team, Extension contact for drinking water and farm environmental assessments, as well as managing Purdue water quality web sites and the Extension Water Quality Common Interest Group. Brent was raised on a small farm within the "prairie peninsula"
of Benton and Warren counties of Indiana. He resides with his wonderful wife and three children in rural Tippecanoe County near the great Wabash River, where they play and work toward a more sustainable lifestyle. Recent Professional Positions Water Quality Specialist, Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Purdue University (2001-2007) Environmental Assessment Coordinator, Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Purdue University (1999-2001)
Teaching and Outreach Experience Stream ecology and assessment undergraduate labs, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, Purdue University, 2000 – 2006. Watersheds and water quality, Purdue University Extension, 1999 – 2007. Working lands environmental assessments and outreach, Purdue University Extension, 1999 – 2004.
Selected Publications Ladd, B.T. and J.R. Frankenberger. 2004. On-Farm Soil Monitoring for Water Resource Ladd, B.T. and J.R. Frankenberger. 2004. Field Assessment for Water Resource Protection, WQ-42. 24 pgs, Purdue Extension. Ladd, B.T. and J.R. Frankenberger. 2003. Management of Ponds, Wetlands, and Other Water Reservoirs to Minimize Mosquitoes, WQ-41-W. 8 pgs, Purdue Extension. Ladd, B.T. and J.R. Frankenberger. 2001. Livestock Confinement Assessment for Water Resource Protection. WQ-40. 12 pgs, Purdue Extension.
Synergistic Activities 4) Indiana Watershed Leadership Program 5) Environmental and Socials Indicators Project. http://www.purdue.edu/indicators 6) Water quality Extension programming
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Education M.S. Animal Sciences, Purdue University (1993) B.S. Animal Sciences, Purdue University (1990)
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