Journal of Soil and Water Conservation back issues from January 2002:
Coming together: A viewpoint from the Soil and Water Conservation Society's executive vice president. (Home Front).
Jan 01, 2002; ... Welcome to the first issue of the new Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. The Journal's new format brings together the best of Conservation Voices and the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. It will be the flagship publication of the Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS)--the ...
Authors join together to save trees. (Notebook).
Jan 01, 2002 ... The Green Press Initiative is bringing authors together from around the country to contractually require their publishers to print their future books on recycled paper. The hope is that the initiative will save trees. The following authors are serving as founding authors and spokespeople ...
Hudson is new director of Soil science division. (Notebook).
Jan 01, 2002 ... As of January 13, Dr. Berman D. Hudson is the new director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service's (NRCS) Soil Survey Division. Hudson replaces Horace Smith who retired earlier this year. As director of the Soil Survey Division, Hudson ...
What Americans are saying about natural resources. (Notebook).
Jan 01, 2002 ... A new Ducks Unlimited survey has shown that the majority of American are outdoor enthusiasts who participate in activities, such as bird watching, camping, and hiking, but they aren't members or contribute on an organization that protects our natural resources. Seventy-six percent of the ...
Michael Keaton. (Notebook).
Jan 01, 2002 ... Actor Michael Keaton Gets Involved with River Issues In mid-January, actor Michael Keaton sent out a plea to save the Missouri River. As a board of director for the American Rivers organization, Keaton makes an appeal to the public to go to www.saethemissouri.og and ...
Strengthening scientific basis for sustainable forestry. (Notebook).
Jan 01, 2002 ... A five-year, $7.5 million effort has begun to improve the scientific basis for sustainable forestry practices in the United States. "Our number one charge is to conduct the highest priority, objective non-advocacy research on biodiversity and sustainable forestry that is most relevant to ...
Native prairies and their wildlife are on the decline. (Notebook).
Jan 01, 2002 ... The nation's native grasslands are rapidly disappearing, taking a growing toll on wildlife and the outdoor recreation opportunities that support many local communities across the Great Plains according to a new National Wildlife Federation (NWF) report. The American Prairie: Going, Going, ...
EPA's watershed initiative. (Notebook).
Jan 01, 2002 ... In late, January, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new initiative to protect America's waterways. President a new initiative to protect America's waterways. President Bush has included $21 million in his 2003 budget for the new EPA initiative that is community-based, ...
Report seeks expanded use of conservation buffers. (Notebook).
Jan 01, 2002 ... A leading conservation organization recently called on policymakers, conservationists, and the nation's farmers and ranchers to make the most of the opportunity that exists for use of grass and tree buffers to address conservation problems on agricultural land. The Soil and ...
New Soils approach downunder. (Notebook).
Jan 01, 2002 ... The Australian government has announced a new environmental policy according to the World Association of Soil and Water Conservation newsletter. The new policy will give attention to the environmental values supplied by soil and water conservation similar to the concept of carbon trading. ...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court upholds right to pursue claims against insurance companies for long term environmental liabilities. (Notebook).
Jan 01, 2002 ... The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed the dismissal of an insurance coverage case finding that the appellant (Sunbeam, et al.) has the right to pursue claims against its general liability insurance companies for long term environmental pollution. In its decision, the Supreme Court ...
Factoids. (Notebook).
Jan 01, 2002 ... * Government commodity program payments are estimated to have added nearly $62 billion to U.S. farmland values, as farmland value depends largely on expected future earnings, including program payments. * In the Heartland ...
Association for Biodiversity Information changes name and organization. (Notebook).
Jan 01, 2002 ... Two years ago, the Association for Biodiversity Information (ABI) and the Nature Conservancy agreed to work together to re-shape ABI. The hope was to become more effective in advancing the use of scientific information for conservation. The end result has been the decision to change the ...
Institute for Ecological Economics moves. (Notebook).
Jan 01, 2002 ... The University of Vermont is the new home to the Institute for Ecological Economics. Founded at the University of Maryland in 1991, the receipt of a $7.5 million gift made it possible to relocate the institute. At the heart of the institute is interdisciplinary study and ...
New soil test. (Notebook).
Jan 01, 2002 ... A promising soil test may help producers better manage nitrogen. Researchers at the University of Illinois (U of I) say the simple soil test is designed to estimate a soil's capacity to supply plants with available nitrogen and to know if additional nitrogen is warranted. A soil ...
The dirt on phytoremediation.
Jan 01, 2002; ... When Paul Schwab and his colleagues traveled to southeast Texas to help clean up an oil spill in the mid-nineties, his tool of choice was grass. Although the oil company mopped up thousands of gallons of petroleum, the farmer who had ruptured the pipeline was still stuck with a mess in his ...
Lessons from the national water-quality assessment: A decade of intensive water-quality studies indicates that reducing diffuse nonpoint water contamination requires new tools and a holistic management approach.
Jan 01, 2002; ... Water contamination from point sources such as discharges of sewage and industrial waste has been substantially reduced thanks to the Clean Water Act of 1972. Despite the gains, 40 percent of our waters are still too contaminated for basic uses such as swimming and fishing. The ...
Conservogram: Soil and Water Conservation Society in action.
Jan 01, 2002 ... Connecting the Conservation Professional The Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) is connecting today's conservation professional. The Society provides members with opportunities to connect with natural resource professionals in forestry, soil science, water quality, ...
A mail survey approach to watershed condition assessment.(Statistical Data Included)
Jan 01, 2002; ... ********** A common goal of aquatic resource monitoring is an assessment of the condition of water quality and biological integrity. Part of accomplishing this goal requires a knowledge of the human-caused disturbances in watersheds. These disturbances may pose risks to aquatic ...
Runoff and soil-loss responses to changes in precipitation: A computer simulation study.(Abstract)
Jan 01, 2002; ... ********** Climate change resulting from greenhouse gas-induced global warming is expected to affect the extent, frequency, and magnitude of soil erosion by water in several ways. Erosional response will occur with changes in plant biomass production, plant residue decomposition ...
Runoff of 1,3-dichloropropene from field plot exposed to simulated and natural rainfall.(Abstract)
Jan 01, 2002; ... ********** Concern over runoff of surface-applied pesticides has resulted in significant research in the areas of runoff and modeling at the microplot, 1 - 10 [m.sup.2] (Baker and LaFlen 1979; Gaynor and van Wesenbeeck 1995), mesoplot, < 0.1 ha (Gaynor et al. 1992; Tan et al. ...
Clod movement and tillage tool characteristics for modeling tillage erosion.(Abstract)
Jan 01, 2002; ... ********** Soil displacement by tillage had been long neglected, and, until 10 years ago, only a few studies had been conducted. (See Covers et al. 1999 for an overview.) Recent advancements in techniques for measuring [C.sup.137]s distribution in the soil have allowed a better ...
Using empirical erosion models and GIS to determine erosion risk at Camp Williams, Utah.(Abstract)
Jan 01, 2002; ... ********** Soil loss was modeled to assess erosion potential at Camp Williams Army National Guard Training Facility in northern Utah (40.5[degrees] N, 112[degrees] E). Erosion models are available to estimate the amount of sediment, but are calibrated for agricultural ...
Using soil properties to predict forest productivity in Southern Illinois.(Abstract)
Jan 01, 2002; ... ********** Forest site quality is the productive capacity of the land for tree species, or the amount of timber that the forest can produce (Carmean 1975). Forest site quality is an important factor for the forestland manager to consider. Whether the management objective is wood ...
Modeling wind and water erosion in Northern China under climate and land use changes.(Abstract)
Jan 01, 2002; ... ********** The semi-arid and arid region of northern China has suffered from high soil loss rates due to wind and water over the past century, resulting in gradually enlarged deserts (Brown 1984; Higgitt 1993; Zhang and Shao 1997; Zhang, Quine, and Walling 1998). This problem ...
An investigation of spatial variation in soil erosion, soil properties, and crop production within an agricultural field in Devon, United Kingdom.(Abstract)
Jan 01, 2002; ... ********** Both the existence and the importance of spatial variation in soil properties and crop production are axiomatic; nevertheless, current understanding of the causes and sources of variation is incomplete. This understanding is essential for development of cost-effective ...