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Graduate student wins Best Paper Award

April 14, 2004

KALAMAZOO--Laurence Picq, a Western Michigan University graduate student pursuing a master's degree in geography, received a Best Paper Award from the Association of American Geographers Water Resources Specialty Group during the association's centennial meeting in Philadelphia in March.

Her paper, "Assessing Total Maximum Daily Load Implementation in the Macatawa Watershed, Mich., Using Soil and Water Assessment Tools" was about simulating and evaluating effects of best management practices in reducing phosphorous loading in the Macatawa watershed, which is located in Holland, Mich.

Media contact: Cheryl Roland, 269 387-8400, cheryl.roland@wmich.edu

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