Journal of Soil and Water Conservation back issues from March 2002:
Conservation: overhead or value added? A viewpoint from the Soil and Water Conservation Society's executive director. (Home Front).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... Recently, I was flying back to Des Moines from Washington D.C. after spending several days working to improve the conservation provisions of the U.S. farm bill that was about to be debated on the floor of the U.S. Senate. On my mind was a conversation--argument really--that I had had with ...
Why pay attention to science? (View Point).
Mar 01, 2002; ... I must confess to being a bit confused and somewhat dismayed by what I perceive to be the current inattention to the pursuit of new science in soil and water conservation. Indicative of the views I've heard are such contentions as "we know how to do this stuff" and "the most important ...
Raise your voice. (Your Letters).
Mar 01, 2002 ... YOUR FORUM TO REACT TO PUBLISHED ARTICLES, EXCHANGE IDEAS, AND DESCRIBE INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO CONSERVATION, INCLUDING LEGISLATION New format well received I just went through the January-February issue of the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. I thought it was ...
Setting the pace for conservation.
Mar 01, 2002 ... The Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) is "setting the pace for conservation" this July in Indianapolis, Indiana. July 13-17, 2002 at the Westin Hotel, the Society will be providing conservation professionals with another great opportunity for professional development. Highlighted ...
New chief for NRCS. (Notebook).(Natural Resources Conservation Service)
Mar 01, 2002 ... On March 27, 2002, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman named Bruce I. Knight as chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Knight currently serves as vice-president of public policy for the National Corn Grower's ...
What Americans are saying about natural resources. (Notebook).
Mar 01, 2002 ... A new Ducks Unlimited survey has shown that the majority of Americans are outdoor enthusiasts who participate in activities, such as bird watching, camping, and hiking, but they aren't members or contribute to an organization that protects our natural resources. Seventy-six percent of the ...
GAO reports on how USDA programs can better address environmental concerns. (Notebook).(US General Accounting Office)
Mar 01, 2002 ... The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) studies the programs and expenditures of the federal government; reports its findings to Congress; and recommends actions so that programs and government operations are efficient. In February, the GAO released the report Agricultural Conservation: ...
Livestock producer pilot program. (Notebook).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002 ... Livestock producers and meat processors have partnered with state and federal governments in a pilot program to demonstrate that voluntary environmental stewardship by livestock producers can be defined, documented, measured, and progress achieved. The goal of the Western Iowa livestock ...
LCV releases 2001 National Environmental Scorecard. (Notebook).(League of Conservation Voters)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002 ... The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) yearly publishes the National Environmental Scorecard, which details the voting records of Congress members on environmental legislation. In mid-2001 the farm bill was added to the Watchlist--the list giving legislators advance notice of the ...
Factoids.
Mar 01, 2002 ... * Payments for USDA's conservation programs totaled about $1.7 billion in fiscal year 2000, $1.5 billion of which went to the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). CRP payments are concentrated in the Corn Belt and Plains regions. * As of October 2001, CRP Continuous and CREP ...
Scientists celebrate spring with the first National Biodiversity Month.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002 ... The Biodiversity Month network today announced the kick-off of Explore Your World Biodiversity Month celebrations that will be held across America this May. As spring unfurls scientists at museums botanic gardens and other organizations from Connecticut to California are organizing events ...
California voters pass largest park & wildlife bond ever. (Notebook).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002 ... On March 5, California voters passed a historic $2.6 billion "Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks and Coastal Protection" bond measure. Proposition 40 is the largest park and wildlife bond in U.S ....
Oklahoma may force Arkansas to clean-up river. (Notebook).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002 ... The State Environmental Resource Center reports that because the Oklahoma Water Resources Board voted to recommend a limit of phosphorus to be met within 10 years in six of the state's waterways, Arkansas may be impacted. The ...
Sustainable Ag success stories. (Notebook).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002 ... The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is working with the National Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils (NARC&DC) to prepare a collection of stories about sustainable agriculture, forest management, and community initiatives that integrate social, economic, and ...
Diverse coalition investigating water quality in the Northwest. (Notebook).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002 ... Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the Forage Seed and Cereal Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon, are partnering with a group to study how farming practices affect water quality. ARS has found that perennial ryegrass, like grass buffer strips, can effectively take ...
The state of garbage in America. (Notebook).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002 ... For the last 13 years, Biocycle magazine has conducted a nationwide survey of state solid waste management and recycling officials. The latest survey's results were published in the December 2001 issue. The 2001 survey results told the following on municipal solid waste, ...
Impacts of the proposed requirements for manure nutrient management. (Notebook).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002 ... According to the March issue of Ag Outlook, an Economic Research Service publication, when manure from animal feeding operations (AFOs) exceeds land application needs for crop production, the runoff can enter waterways and impair water quality. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ...
Earth Force's GREEN (Global Rivers Environmental Education Network). (On the Web).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002 ... * Earth Force's GREEN (Global Rivers Environmental Education Network) is a program that provides a family of integrated tools and services to help people monitor, take action, and network around watershed issues. The new GREEN website at www.green.org provides resources for educators. The ...
The National Environmental Training Center. (On the Web).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002 ... The National Environmental Training Center for Small Communities website at www.netc.wvu.edu works to improve the public health and environmental conditions of the nation's small communities by ...
What is your "footprint" on the Earth. (Notebook).(online quiz concerning conservation)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002 ... Every person has an effect on the Earth by the number of natural resources this person uses to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves. There is now an online 15-question quiz that can be accessed to calculate the amount of productive land and water a person needs to support what they use and ...
Improving water and soil quality with conservation buffers.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 2002; ... In a time when clean water and healthy soil is as important as ever, conservation buffer technologies represent new approaches that deserve wider application. Conservation buffers are living filters, credited with increasing the effectiveness and lowering the cost of programs to protect ...
The landscape in 2025 alternative future landscape scenarios: a means to consider agricultural policy.
Mar 01, 2002; ... Agricultural policy implies new future scenarios for agricultural landscapes each time a new federal farm bill or emergency aid to farmers is debated. Future landscape scenario studies can suggest policies that could achieve specific goals or make the implications of proposed policy ...
Conservogram Soil and Water Conservation Society in Action.
Mar 01, 2002 ... Professional Development Through workshops and conferences May 29, 2002 Southwest Region Soil and Water Conservation Society Professional Development Workshop and All-Oklahoma Annual Conference Quartz Mountain Lodge and Nature Center, Altus, OK-The Southwest Regional ...
Targeting soil-conservation policies for sustainability: new empirical evidence. (Research).
Mar 01, 2002; ... Since the 1930s. the United States has adopted an array of policies to address the adverse effects of soil erosion. Some policies remove lands from production either temporarily, through programs such as the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), or permanently, through conservation ...
Total organic carbon losses in subsurface flow under two management practices.
Mar 01, 2002; ... The growing concern with global climate change is one of the factors stimulating an increased interest in the carbon cycle and the impacts of agricultural management practices on carbon sequestration/release. Some aspects of the carbon cycle have received more attention than others because ...
Water infiltration rates following reintroduction of Lumbricus terrestris into no-till fields.
Mar 01, 2002; ... The deep-burrowing earthworm species Lumbricus terrestris (nightcrawler) is often found to be an important contributor to the hydrology of no-till systems. L. terrestris makes a large, permanent, vertical burrow that may extend to a depth of 1 m or more and be an important channel for ...
Spatial and statistical differences between 1:250,000- and 1:24,000-scale digital soil databases.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 2002; ... Environmental studies have benefited from the increasing availability of digital spatial data sets that can be readily used in Geographic Information System (GIS)and model-based analyses for a variety of purposes and over a range of scales. One such digital spatial data set is ...
Image rectification for recompiling and digitizing soil survey maps.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 2002; ... Soil survey data are used for natural resource management, engineering, agricultural and forestry applications, land use decisions, archaeological studies, and urban planning (Ventura and Savory 1993; Clarke 1998). However, integration of soil data into computer analyses requires that soil ...
Soil conservation practices on leased land: a two-state study.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 2002; ... "They never amount to anything. Won't improve the land because they don't intend to stay or afraid they'll drive the rent up. Damn poor farmers" From Old Jules, by Mari Sandoz. Conservation of today's natural resources is an ongoing concern of agricultural producers, policy makers, and the ...
Impact of agricultural land use on nitrate levels in Lake Manatee, Florida.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 2002; ... Nutrient enrichment of surface water bodies is often attributed to nonpoint source pollution from agricultural production areas where applied fertilizer has been leached from the point of application. Where this enrichment results in eutrophication of the water body, ...
Utilizing swine effluent for sprinkler-irrigated corn production.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 2002; ... Animal wastes produced by confined swine feeding operations can be a valuable source of nutrients for crop production. However, when manure is used under irrigated conditions, especially on sandy soils, an increased potential for nutrient runoff or leaching occurs. Recent expansion of ...
Conservation reserve program: effects on soil organic carbon and preservation when converting back to cropland in northeastern Colorado.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 2002; ... The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) was originally designed to reduce soil erosion and commodity surpluses by paying farmers to remove highly erodible lands (HEL) from crop production for 10 years (Osborn 1993). Farmers were required to stabilize the land by planting perennial grasses ...