Matt Komiskey is a Physical Scientist with the Upper Midwest Water Science Center.
He is currently involved with multiple projects that are evaluating the impact of agricultural activities on water quality from small streams (HUC12) to the edge-of-field throughout Wisconsin and the Great Lakes Region. His primary focus is establishing field-based monitoring efforts, at multiple scales, and developing partnerships to identify the potential effect of agricultural conservation practice, as well as create an understanding of how and when agricultural activities impact water quality.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
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- Design, instrumentation, and implementation of projects focused on measuring and interpreting water-quantity and water-quality data from nonpoint sources including:
- Agricultural land at edges of fields, streams, and subsurface-tiles, and
- Military owned land/streams impacted by agriculture and training activities
- Development and implementation of projects focused on real-time water-quality monitoring and regression development with sampled parameters
- Stream, edge-of-field, and subsurface tile discharge and water-quality load computations
CURRENT PROJECTS
- Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Priority Watersheds, Team Leader
- University of Wisconsin Discovery Farms Program
- Effects of agricultural and military training on streams at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin
- Real-time water quality monitoring of the Black Earth Creek Watershed
Education and Certifications
B.S. Water Resources – University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, 2002
Science and Products
Edge-of-field monitoring
Edge-of-field monitoring focuses on identifying and reducing agricultural sources of excess nutrients which can threaten the health of streams, rivers, and lakes. Edge-of-field monitoring assesses the quantity and quality of agricultural runoff and evaluates the effectiveness of conservation practices that aim to reduce nutrient loss.
Edge-of-field monitoring: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI)
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative edge-of-field monitoring focuses on identifying and reducing agricultural sources of excess nutrients which threaten the health of the Great Lakes. The USGS supports these efforts by utilizing edge-of-field monitoring to assess the quantity and quality of agricultural runoff and evaluate conservation practices that aim to reduce sediment and nutrient loss.
Edge-of-field monitoring: Discovery Farms
The USGS is cooperating with Discovery Farms to understand agriculture’s impact on the environment and help producers find ways to minimize their impact while remaining economically viable. Edge-of-field or subsurface tile monitoring stations measure runoff-event volume, including snowmelt, and collect samples which are analyzed for suspended sediment, phosphorus, nitrogen, and chloride.
Science and Products
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- Science
Edge-of-field monitoring
Edge-of-field monitoring focuses on identifying and reducing agricultural sources of excess nutrients which can threaten the health of streams, rivers, and lakes. Edge-of-field monitoring assesses the quantity and quality of agricultural runoff and evaluates the effectiveness of conservation practices that aim to reduce nutrient loss.Edge-of-field monitoring: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI)
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative edge-of-field monitoring focuses on identifying and reducing agricultural sources of excess nutrients which threaten the health of the Great Lakes. The USGS supports these efforts by utilizing edge-of-field monitoring to assess the quantity and quality of agricultural runoff and evaluate conservation practices that aim to reduce sediment and nutrient loss.Edge-of-field monitoring: Discovery Farms
The USGS is cooperating with Discovery Farms to understand agriculture’s impact on the environment and help producers find ways to minimize their impact while remaining economically viable. Edge-of-field or subsurface tile monitoring stations measure runoff-event volume, including snowmelt, and collect samples which are analyzed for suspended sediment, phosphorus, nitrogen, and chloride. - Data
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