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Jon F Bartholic, Director

Institute of Water Research

Michigan State University

1405 S Harrison Rd.

101 Manly Miles Bldg

East Lansing, MI 48823-5243

Phone: 517-***-****

Fax: 517-***-****

Email:aboqro@r.postjobfree.com

Website: http://www.iwr.msu.edu

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Jon Bartholic is Director of the Institute of Water Research and Professor in the

Department s of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies (formerly Resource

Development) and Crop and Soil Sciences at Michigan State University. The Institute team

works closely with local, county, state, regional, and federal government agencies and

organizations focusing on water quality and land use in determining susceptible

groundwater contamination areas and utilization of appropriate land use practices.

He has and continues to work closely with MSU colleagues on water quality and quantity

issues, and land use and whole-farm planning from a watershed perspective. He works

closely with others to develop an accessible integrated environmental information web

based system including remote sensing and GIS technologies to aid users in making sound

environmental, resource, and land use decisions. This approach is utilized in the

"Restoring Great Lakes Basin Water through the Use of Conservation Credits and Integrated

Water Balance Analysis System" funded by the Great Lakes Protection Fund (GLPF).

Most notably, Dr. Bartholic has contributed significantly to the design and

implementation of a highly successful series of MSU Virtual University Watershed Courses.

Enrollment has grown to well over 100 students per year seeking either academic credit or

a certificate. The course is currently being considered as a partnership course offering

with other colleges/universities. It has also received considerable international

attention.

Dr. Bartholic has authored many published articles and presented at multiple conferences,

public Senate hearings, meetings, etc. focusing on water/watershed concerns and wise land

use decision making. He has testified before Congress on behalf of the National Institutes

for Water Resources in support of the federally mandated Water Resources Research

Institutes Program, and served two terms as president of the Universities Council on Water

Resources.

He works closely with EPA, USDA, USGS, Corps of Engineers, and a multitude of other

federal, regional, state, and local agencies and organizations.

Dr. Bartholic also contributes significantly to multiple committees addressing statewide

issues of concern -- FOTG, EQIP, GLC, MTC, MAEAP, NCS-5, GAAMPS, Bio-Security/Bio-

Terrorism Research Initiative Sub-Committee on Microbes in a Water Environment, MSU-UM,

May 2002-Present; the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Multi-

State Project S-1004 Sub-Committee: Development and Evaluation of TMDL Planning and

Assessment Tools and Processes.

Education

Ph.D. (Soil Physics), South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, 1964

Employment

1996-Present - Director, Institute of Water Research

;

Professor, Departments of Crop and

Soil Sciences and Resource Development, Michigan State University

1989-1996 - Director, Institute of Water Research

;

Coordinator, Center for Remote

Sensing; Professor, Departments of Crop and Soil Sciences and Resource Development,

Michigan State University

1983-1989 - Chairperson and Professor, Department of ResourceDevelopment; Director,

Institute of Water Research

;

Coordinator, Center for Remote Sensing; Professor, Department

of Crop and Soil Sciences,

Michigan State University; Associate Program Director, W. K.

Kellogg Foundation, March 1987

1978-1983 - Assistant/Associate Director,

Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station;

Acting Director, Institute of Water Research

;

Acting Coordinator, Center for Remote

Sensing; Professor, Departments of Crop and Soil Sciences and Resource Development,

Michigan State University

1971-1978 - Professor of Climatology, Department of Fruit Crops, Institute of Food and

Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida

1966-1971 - Research Scientist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Research Service,

Weslaco, Texas

1964-1966

- United States Armed Forces

Professional Interests

Regional and Environmental Planning; Spatial Information Systems; Hydrology; Agricultural

Meteorology and Climatology; Remote Sensing; Resource Development; Land Use Management and

Education from a Watershed Perspective

Past/Present Professional Organizations

American Geophysical Union; Soil and Water Conservation Society of America; American

Water Resources Association (AWRA)--National and State; Michigan Association of

Conservation Districts; Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR); National

Institutes of Water Resources (NIWR); Community Development Society; National Association

of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC); Water Environment Federation

(WEF)

Activities and Memberships

Agricultural Research Institute Environmental Issues Panel Member

National Research Council Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate Member

Joint ESCOP/ECOP Ag Weather Committee Member

Michigan Department of Natural Resources Statewide Groundwater Data Base Advisory Board

Member

EPA Region 5 Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative Public Participation Group Member

Past Chair, North Central Groundwater Resources Coordinating Committee, NCS-5

Board Member/Past President, Universities Council on Water Resources

Coordinator, MSU/Alliance for a Changing Environment (ACE)

Cooperator, Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Cooperator, Michigan Department of Agriculture

Coastal Nonpoint Source Advisory Committee, Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Subgroup, Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Principal Investigator on Data Integration Portion of the Great Lakes Commission (Great

Lakes Protection Fund supported) Ag Profile Project

Principal Investigator on Natural Resource Conservation Service (USDA/NRCS), Advisory

Information Project

Vice President, American Water Resources Association (AWRA), Michigan Chapter, 1998

President Elect, National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR), 1998

Coordinator for "Effective Watershed Management for a Clean Michigan" conference, 3/31-

4/1/99

Program Chair, National Institutes for Water Resources Annual Meeting, March, 1999

President, Michigan Chapter American Water Resources Association, 1999

President, National Institutes for Water Resources, 10/1/99-09/30/2000

Past President, National Institutes for Water Resources, 2001

President Elect 2002--President, Universities Council on Water Resources, 2003

Member National Association of Environmental Professionals (#11341), 2003

Member American Water Resources Association, 1991-Present March 19, 2007. Invited by

Mayor Virg Bernero to participate in the GO GREEN! GO LANSING! workshop. Lansing Center

Banquet.

Accomplishments/Committees, etc.

Principal Investigator on Grants (examples since 1972): Graduate school ($5,000); NOAA

($14,500); Office of Water Resources Research ($75,000); U.S. Department of

Transportation, Climatic Impact Assessment Program (CIAP) Contract ($250,000; NASA

(~$500,000); at MSU: NASA ($120,000); NOAA ($25,000); USDA ($55,000); OWRT ($25,000); W.K.

Kellogg Foundation ($250,000)

Chairman of CIAP Monograph VC.4 to evaluate "Agroecosystem and Natural Ecosystem

Implications of Climatic Change" resulting from a fleet of supersonic transports. The

chapter pulls together inputs from 30 scientists from throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Consultant for the Institute for Defense Analysis, Arlington, Virginia on the effects of

climatic change on agricultural productivity; Gulf-Western; Innotech; ORI; and Brigham,

Moore, Muir, Gaylor, Schuster, and Sachs, Miami, Florida; W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Chairman of Supervisory Committee for Outstanding Thesis Award, IFAS, University of

Florida, 1979.

Mapping Science Advisory Committee, Ann Arbor Press, 1995

Participant on Natural Resource Conservation Service team to help coordinate and set in

place a structure for all of the Michigan Partnership, 1997

Participant on Michigan Applied Public Policy Research Program project team to

demonstrate the collaboration needed to address complex land use issues, 1998

Implementation of Governor's Conference on Agriculture team, 1981

Resource Development, Endowment for Scholastic and Program Student Awards Committee, 1999

Selection Committee for Outstanding Senior Leadership Awards, 1996

USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Michigan Technical Committee Subgroup

Member: Wetland Reserve Program Subgroup, 1996

MSU-RD, Endowment for Scholastic and Program Awards Committee, 1999

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Resource Development, 1999-2000

Graduate Affairs and Curriculum Committee, Resource Development, 1999-2000

Natural Resources Coalition Group, 1999-2000

Joe Ritchie Retirement Planning Committee, 2000-2001

National Institutes for Water Resources President, 2000

Michigan State University-College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Dean

Responsibilities Review Committee, 2000

Michigan State University, Virtual University Course Development, Watershed Management

Concepts Course, 2000-2001

Michigan State University: MSU-Water Advisory Committee, 2000-2001

Michigan State University, Resource Development, Graduate Affairs Committee, 2000-2001

MSU-RD, John Kerr Tenure-Track Mentoring Committee

NASULGC Board on Natural Resources Executive Committee, 2000-2001

MAES Representative on the Natural Resource Conservation Service "Michigan Technical

Committee" 2001-

MAES appointed contributor to a "Vision Statement Linking Food, Agriculture, and

Environment in African Nations" white paper for President Peter McPherson, 9/2001

MAES appointed contributor to a "Vision Statement for a School for Environmental

Sciences" white paper for Provost LuAnna Simon, 9/2001

MSU Environmental Sciences/Studies Initiative Planning Meeting; 10/2001

Regional NCS-5/CSREES Workshop Planning Committee, 2001/02

Universities Council on Water Resources July 2002, Traverse City, MI Conference Planning

Committee, 2000-02

Great Lakes Regional Water Quality Leadership Team, 2000-2001

Generally Accepted Agricultural and Management Practices (GAAMPs) Committee for Site

Selection and Odor control for New and Expanding Livestock Production Facilities, 2001

Homer Nowlin Endowed Chair Search Committee, Chair, 2001-2002

Serves on MSU's Victor Institute for Responsible Land Development and Use, USFS Project

Management Team, 2000-Present

Bio-Security/Bio-Terrorism Research Initiative Sub-Committee on Microbes in a Water

Environment, MSU-UM, May 2002-Present

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service MultiState Project S-1004

Sub-Committee: Development and Evaluation of TMDL Planning and Assessment Tools and

Processes, 2002

Natural Resource Coalition Special Task Group on Natural Resource Stakeholder

Development, May 2002

Honored in "The Laureate-Journal of Computerworld Honors Program: A Search for New

Heroes," June 2002 for outstanding contributions in creating a benefit for society; MSU

Landscan CD a set of 143 CD-ROMS providing access to more than 80,000 aerial

photographs, helping to guide on-land action decisions by several hundred diverse

organizations (Nominated by Morgan Stanley)

MDEQ recognized USGS Team (IWR part of this team) for "their outstanding contributions to

the Groundwater Mapping Project" so noted in USGS s "internal weekly highlights, Sept.

2005."

CANR Distinguished Service Award Selection Committee member, January 2006

Honors/Awards

Universities Council on Water Resources, 8/95 received highest honorary award Friends of

UCOWR

John Hannah Award for Program Excellence, 1998, as one of four cooperators in the

development of CoastWatch (an internet based program providing Great Lakes surface water

temperature information to Charter Boat captains)

Honored in "The Laureate-Journal of Computerworld Honors Program: A Search for New

Heroes," June 2002 for outstanding contributions in creating a benefit for society; MSU

Landscan CD a set of 143 CD-ROMS providing access to more than 80,000 aerial

photographs, helping to guide on-land action decisions by several hundred diverse

organizations (Nominated by Morgan Stanley)

Courses/Teaching/Lectures

RD 491 Adaptive Spatial and Environmental Processes (Methods and Modeling in Regional

Analysis a Primer)

ANR 489 - Integrated Approaches to Agriculture and Natural Resources Problems

Virtual University Watershed Courses: RD452-Watershed Concepts; RD891/section 731-

Building and Implementing Watershed Management Plans; RD891/section 732-Watershed

Assessments and Tools; RD891/section 733-Legal, Financial and Institutional Frameworks for

Watershed Management; RD491/section 732-Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control;

RD491/section 731-Watershed Concepts and Management for Local Officials, Public

Administrators and Practitioners www.iwr.msu.edu/vu/watershed.html All courses are

offered each semester

ANS 490 Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning - Guest Lecture, SS2001

Presentations/Papers/Lecture/Discussion/Invited Speaker (submitted/invited)

Discussed groundwater education needs at Extension In-Service Training, East Lansing, MI,

October 21, 1987

Discussion with Dave Dempsey, Joe Vandermuellen, Ron Nelson, David Wade on groundwater

policy, East Lansing, MI October 29, 1987

"The Role of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)." ARI Workshop on Research Needs for

Unsaturated Zone Transport Modeling of Agricultural Chemicals, Annapolis, MD, November 2-

4, 1987

"The Ground Water Situation in Michigan," Michigan Pesticide Association Fall Conference,

Lansing, MI November 3-5, 1987

Committee Report to UCOWR Communications Subcommittee, Salt Lake City, UT, November 6,

1987

Groundwater Discussions with Groundwater Committee of the Michigan Potato Commission,

Lansing, MI, November 9, 1987

Presented to Ag Leadership Group on groundwater policy situation and strategies, Lansing,

MI, November 13, 1987

Reported to CES, ARS, CSRS, NESS on AgWise Project, Washington, D.C., November 17, 1987

Reported to Myron Johnsrud, Denzil Clegg, A.J. Dye, et al. On AgWise Project (in

preparation for recommendations for action to Assistant Secretary Bentley), Washington,

D.C., November 18, 1987

Forum on water, "Water At Risk: Environmental Impact of Home, Yard, and Landfill,"

featured speaker, June 26, 1990

Lectured at University of Illinois class on "Multi-Agency/University Input to an Applied

Land Use Planning System," November 1997

AWRA/IWR/MWEA/MSUE/MDEQ sponsored conference "Effective Watershed Management for a Clean

Michigan," Plenary Session Moderator, March 31, 1999

Presented at the Michigan County Drain Commissioners Winter Conference, "Watershed

Management Training and Certification Program for Michigan Drain Commissioners and

Association Members," an overview of MSU's internet based watershed management program,

March 2, 2000/

Testified before Congress on behalf of the National Institutes for Water Resources in

support of the Water Resources Research Act Water Institutes Program requesting a $1

million increase in appropriations for the National program, April 6, 2000.

Presented at EPA/Extension Water Quality Issues Partnership meeting, "A Michigan Water

Quality Update: Choices and Challenges for our Watershed," in Chicago, IL, Dec. 7, 2000.

Presented at MSU Extension program: Choices & Challenges for our Watershed; "Michigan

Water Quality Overview," in White Cloud, MI, on October 7, 2000.

Presented at the Integrated Decision-Making for Watershed Management Symposium: Processes

and Tools. Interactive Distributed Conservation Planning. Blacksburg, VA, January 7-9,

2001.

Program 516(e) - All Hands Meeting, May 22, 2007, Hampton Inn, Detroit, Michigan.,

Presented at the Midwest Spatial Decision Support System (MSDSSP) Partnership Tools

Meeting with Illinois Lt. Governor s OfficeChicago, Illinois Metcalf Federal Building, 77

West Jackson Blvd., Water Program Offices 16th Floor Conference Room A

Papers/Proposals Reviewer

Integrated Technologies Curricular Development Grant Program, Computing and Technology,

Michigan State University

All-University Research Initiation Grants, Office of Vice President for Research,

Michigan State University

Great Lakes Protection Fund, Draft of the Great Lakes Protection Fund Report

Data Integration Strategy for the Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative for EPA, "Saginaw Bay

National Watershed Initiative Data Management and Integration Strategy," Michigan

Department of Natural Resources

Michigan Academy of Science Arts & Letters, The Michigan Academician, article peer

review, "An Analysis of surface Water Quality: Rouge River, South Eastern Michigan,

October 1996

U.S. Geological Survey North Central Regional Competitive Grants Program, 1997-98

U.S. Geological Survey North Central Regional Competitive Grants Program, 1998-99

USDA/CSREES/NRI, "Implications for Novel Water Management Practices," 3/99, proposal peer

review

USDA/CSREES/NRI, "The relationships of forest gaps and snow drifts using spatial

statistics," 3/99, proposal peer review

NASA, "Remote Sensing Applications Research in Agriculture, Forestry, and Range Resources

Management," 2/99, proposal peer review

Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station Research Project Outline Evaluation, "Land

Transformation in the Rural-Urban Interface," 1996

1999 Reviewed six (6) proposals for AAAS

2000 Reviewed nine (9) proposals for AAAS

1999 Reviewed four (4) proposals for Michigan Ag Experiment Station

2000 Reviewed seven (7) proposals for Michigan Ag Experiment Station

2000 Reviewed eleven (11) papers/proposals for outside organizations

2001 Reviewer for Wayne State University Press publication; 09/01

2003 United States Environmental Protection Agency, National Exposure Research

Laboratory. "Texas Institute for Environmental Assessment and Management (TEAM). Proposal

review

Land Policy Institute Grants Initiative Advisory/Review Committee 2004-Present

2005 Reviewer for eight (8) papers/proposals for outside organizations

2006 Reviewer for nine (9) papers/proposals/articles for outside organizations and

publishers

2008-National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Experimental Program to

Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), South Carolina, "Environmental Enhancement

Utilizing Space-Based GPS Technology Developed by NASA to Determine Hydrological

Properties for Watershed Management"

2009 Review Manuscript for Springer Publications: Atmospheric moisture budget and floods

in the Yangtze River Basin, China

2010 Review Manuscript Proposal review for the 2010 NASA EPSCoR REAP Program, "Utilizing

Space-Based Technology to Determine Hydrological Properties for Watershed Management-Phase

II

2011 Reviewed Manuscript for Environmental Management-Springer (Scholarone Manuscripts):

"Modeling agricultural non-point source pollution using a GIS approach"

Master of Science Theses/PhD Dissertations Committee Chair/Member

Kittleson, Kyle M., 1983. Bioenergy Industrial Location Decisions Emphasizing Raw

Material Transportation Costs. PhD. Dissertation, Department of Resource Development,

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.

Siems, Vicki S., 1992. Master of Science Plan B, "Planning for the Successful

Implementation of Technological Innovations in Natural Resource-Oriented Organizations."

Department of Resource Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.

Kearns, Kimberly A., 1992. The Possibility and Procedures Used for Implementing a

Biological Control Program to Manage Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria L.) in Wetland

Habitat. Master of Science Plan B Research Paper, Department of Resource Development,

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.

Zimont, Ben A., 1992. The National Wetland Inventory and the Michigan Resource

Information System: A Review and Digital Comparison of Wetlands Using Geographic

Information Systems. Master of Science Plan B Research Paper, Department of Resource

Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.

Sandberg, Brenda C., 1992, Master of Science. "A Geographic Information Systems User

Survey: The Emerging GIS Community in Michigan." Department of Resource Development,

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824. (committee member)

He, Chansheng, 1992, An Adaptive Water Resources Management System for Water Policy

Development in the Saginaw Bay Area of Michigan, PhD Dissertation, Department of Resource

Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.

Chou, Tiang Hong, 1993. Energy and Economic Analyses of Comparative Sustainability in Low-

Input and Conventional Farming Systems. Master of Science Thesis, Department of Resource

Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.

Zylstra, David, 1996. Master of Science, "Local Environmental Decision Making."

Department of Resource Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.

Lee, Yuan Shuing, et al. 1997. Estimating Spatial Distribution of Nitrate: Case of

Kalamazoo and Livingston Counties, Michigan--Applying GIS and Spatial Statistical Methods.

Master of Science Degree-Plan B, Department of Resource Development, Michigan State

University, East Lansing, MI 48824, May 4.

Ma, Kin M., 1997. Water Quality Assessment of the Chilung River Using Landsat Thematic

Mapper and Airborne Multi-Spectral Scanner Images: Taipei, Taiwan. Master of Science

Degree, Department of Resource Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

48824.

Prapassara, Nilagupta, 1999, PhD Dissertation. "Modeling Future Demand for Energy

Resources: A Study of Residential Electricity Usage in Thailand." Department of Resource,

Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.

Kang, Yung-Tsung, 1999. PhD Dissertation, "A Watershed Based Optimization Approach for

Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution Management." Department of Resource Development,

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.

Machemer, Patricia, 1999. PhD, "Evaluating Transfer of Development Rights Programming in

Landscape Management." Department of Resource Development, Michigan State University, East

Lansing, MI 48824.

Prapassara, Nilagupta, 1999, PhD Dissertation. "Modeling Future Demand for Energy

Resources: A Study of Residential Electricity Usage in Thailand." Department of Resource,

Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.

Lee, Kying-Hyuk, 2000. "The Effects of Ozonation on Formation of Biodegradability in

Drinking Water." PhD Dissertation, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.

Ann Wilson, 2001, PhD Dissertation, "Michigan Iron Ore Mining Safety; Policies, and

Fatalities, 1880-1979." Department of Resource Development, Michigan State University,

East Lansing, MI, 48824. (committee member)

Yi Shi, 2001-present, PhD, Department of Geography-committee member

Bruhn, Laura C. 2002, Master of Science, "A State-Wide Assessment of Water Clarity Trends

in Michigan Lakes: 1974-2001." Department of Resource Development, Michigan State

University, East Lansing, MI 48824. (major advisor)

Chia-Yii Yu, 2002, PhD Dissertation, "The Integration of the Geographical Information

System (GIS) and the Scientific Visualization System (SVIS) for the Simulation of the

Water Runoff in a Watershed." Department of Agricultural Engineering, Michigan State

University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48823. (committee member)

Ouyang, Da, 2003. PhD, "Modeling Sediment and Phosphorus Loading in a Small Agricultural

Watershed." Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing,

MI 48824

Diane Hickling-Hornbrook, 2003, Master of Science. "Assessment of Threshold Values for

Ephemeral Gully Initiation: GIS Applications in Allegan County, Michigan." Department of

Resource Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824. (major advisor)

Lang, Michael J., 2003, PhD Dissertation, "A Study Focused on the Risk of Illness from E.

Coli In Recreational-Use Water, Using the Red Cedar Watershed as a Model." Department of

Resource Development / Institute of Environmental Toxicology, Michigan State University,

East Lansing, Michigan, 48823.

Aurela Biniaku, 2003-present, M.S., Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation, and

Resource Studies, major advisor.

Patricia Harlow, 2003-present, M.S., Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation,

and Resource Studies, committee member.

Leroy P. Kettren, PhD, 2000-2006, Department of Resource Development, Tentative Topic:

Michigan s regulation of high-capacity groundwater withdrawal and the technology to

support regulations - major advisor

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