Journal of Soil and Water Conservation back issues from July 2004:
Old dogs and new tricks: a viewpoint from the Soil and Water Conservation Society's executive director.(Home Front)(Editorial)
Jul 01, 2004; ... The Elk Hair Caddis is the dry fly I go to first. It imitates an insect--the caddis fly--that lives in almost all trout streams. Even better, caddis flies seem to hatch all year long. The trout get used to seeing them every day and so are willing, at least sometimes, to check out a good ...
Successful watershed management: a guest editorial written by a leading conservation professional.(Viewpoint)
Jul 01, 2004; ... Americans can take pride in the progress made in restoring the nation's waters since World War II. Indeed, the passage of the federal Clean Water Act in 1972 was a key milestone in that great undertaking. By any number of measures--pounds of pollution abated, stream segments improved, ...
CEAP: scientific assessment.(Your Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Jul 01, 2004; ... The SWCS annual conference in July 2004 will have several topics surrounding the issue of assessment of conservation effects. Assessment of our efforts, no matter what our field of work, is important for all levels of an organization. Appropriate funding of programs is the most obvious ...
Productivity improves without "moving dirt".(Your Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Jul 01, 2004; ... Dr. William Puckett ("Moving Beyond T" March/April issue) stresses the importance of soil organic matter in conservation, and feels it is a more reliable indicator of soil quality than traditional "T" values. He is absolutely right because any soil loss should not be accepted. More ...
New report on farm bill: where do we go from here?(Conservation News You Can Use)
Jul 01, 2004 ... Citing missed opportunities as well as progress implementing the conservation provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, the Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) urges Congress and the Bush Administration to take immediate steps to realize the full potential of ...
USGS report shows Americans are conserving water.(Conservation News You Can Use)(Brief Article)
Jul 01, 2004 ... A five-year report from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reveals that even though the U.S. population has grown during the 15 years from 1985 to 2000, the gallons of water used per day has decreased. In agriculture, the number of gallons of water used to ...
Paper from forests certified for sustainable practices gets use.(Conservation News You Can Use)
Jul 01, 2004 ... The first American magazine to print on paper from forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council is being distributed with the help of the National Wildlife Federation (NWF). "Wild Animal Baby" NWFs magazine for children ages one to three years began publishing on the certified paper ...
Summer Olympics signs environmental commitment.(Conservation News You Can Use)(Brief Article)
Jul 01, 2004 ... Scoreboards and video boards at the Greek Olympic Games this summer will carry environment related messages as part of an agreement between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Athens organizers. It is hoped that the agreement will heighten the environmental profile of ...
Water-treatment residues curb phosphorus runoff.(Conservation News You Can Use)
Jul 01, 2004 ... Residue from water-treatment plants, often discarded as waste into landfills, may make good soil treatments for preventing phosphorus runoff from farms. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) soil scientist Jeffrey M. Novak at the agency's Coastal Plains Soil, Water and Plant ...
Conservation Security Program.(Conservation News You Can Use)(Brief Article)
Jul 01, 2004 ... The U.S. Congress capped the fiscal year 2004 Conservation Security Program (CSP) budget at $41.4 million, which allows the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to write 3,000 to 5,000 contracts. Due to the limited funding, NRCS chose to offer the program in selected, priority ...
GAO name change.(Conservation News You Can Use)
Jul 01, 2004 ... The GAO recently officially changed its ...
Redesigning man-made structures to restore natural flows.(Conservation News You Can Use)(Brief Article)
Jul 01, 2004 ... Scientists from Applied Science Associates have teamed with staff and volunteer from the Save the Bay to study the effects of man-made constrictions on circulation in Gooseneck Cove, an estuary located in Newport, Rhode Island. Several man-made structures exist along Gooseneck ...
Computer companies' environment sense.(Conservation News You Can Use)(Brief Article)
Jul 01, 2004 ... The Computer TakeBack Campaign has issued its fourth annual computer report card that rates computer manufacturers on the environmental safety of their products and corporate policies. Hewlett Packard and Dell earned the highest scores by accepting responsibility to continually improve the ...
EPA publishes Phase II rule for cooling water intakes.(Conservation News You Can Use)(Brief Article)
Jul 01, 2004 ... July 9, the final rule was published in the Federal Register that will protect aquatic organisms from being trapped on intake screens or ...
International 2005 conference call for papers.(Conservation News You Can Use)(Brief Article)
Jul 01, 2004 ... The Soil and Water Conservation Society's (SWCS) annual conference will be held July 30 through August 4, 2005 in Rochester, New York. The conference will focus on four key topics of concern for professionals working to conserve natural resources locally and globally: * ...
Federal task force will lead Great Lakes cleanup.(Conservation News You Can Use)(Brief Article)
Jul 01, 2004 ... In May, the Bush Administration signed an executive order that calls for forming a federal government task force to coordinate the wide range of Great Lakes cleanup by states, federal agencies, and Canada. The Great Lakes contain 20 percent of the world's surface freshwater. The ...
Wetlands provide $70 billion.(Conservation News You Can Use)(Brief Article)
Jul 01, 2004 ... The World Wildlife Fund studied wetlands and its report "The Economic Value of the World's Wetlands" states the world's wetlands provide $70 billion worth of goods and services each year. It shows that the most valued functions of wetlands are recreation, flood control, living close to a ...
Nature radio show airs on largest network on earth.(Conservation News You Can Use)
Jul 01, 2004 ... The American Forces Radio Network--the largest radio network on earth--is airing a new feature series called Natural Ways. Natural Ways is produced by the Water Foundation, based out of Brainerd, Minnesota, and gives practical but little know ways to be more mindful of nature around the ...
Pages charges will increase.(Conservation News You Can Use)
Jul 01, 2004 ... Authors in the applied research section of the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (JSWC) pay page charges to the Society for peer reviewing and publishing their research. Authors after their manuscript has been published, have the option of ordering reprints as hard copy or in PDF ...
Factoids.(Conservation News You Can Use)(Brief Article)
Jul 01, 2004 ... <Pre> FACTOIDS: Food production consumes large amounts of water. At the same time there has been a gradual shift in food preferences around the world. The products, which are now in high demand are, generally, much more water intensive. WATER ...
Mexico will host World Water Forum.(On the Web)
Jul 01, 2004 ... * Mexico will host World Water Forum -- March 16-22, 2006, Mexico will host the Fourth World Water Forum. The forum is being organized by the World Water Council, an international water policy think tank, ...
Irrigation Association releases report on BMPs.(On the Web)
Jul 01, 2004 ... * Irrigation Association releases report on BMPs -- In May, the Irrigation Association (IA) released a report, Turf and Landscape Irrigation Best Management Practices, to inform those in the irrigation industry, water utilities, and government ...
Rented land: barriers to sustainable agriculture.
Jul 01, 2004; ... Much of the U.S. farmland is rented, especially in the Midwest. How does this situation affect the adoption of sustainable agriculture? These authors took a first step in answering that question by examining the social dynamics between landlords, tenants, and agricultural agency ...
Conservogram: soil and water conservation society in action.
Jul 01, 2004 ... Executive Director testifies before Congress The Soil and Water Conservation Society's Executive Director Craig Cox testified before the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research of the House Committee on Agriculture on Tuesday, June 15th. This was an ...
Integration of SSURGO maps and soil parameters within a geographic information system and nonpoint source pollution model system.(Research)
Jul 01, 2004; ... In the development of management plans for the remediation of water quality problems at the watershed scale, in addition to PS (Point Source) pollution, nonpoint source pollution (NPS) loading and its implications are broadly recognized as fundamental components (USEPA, 1999; Lovejoy et ...
Assessing regional impacts of Conservation Reserve Program-type grass buffer strips on sediment load reduction from cultivated lands.
Jul 01, 2004; ... One of the best management practices (BMPs) adopted within the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is the grass filter strip conservation standard, or Code 393 (USDA, 1999). The principle role of these buffer strips is to reduce sediment, organics, nutrients, pesticides, and other ...
Water balance of a dairy loafing lot using geotextile and its impact on water quality.
Jul 01, 2004; ... When livestock are confined, the potential exists for excess loading of nutrients to surface and ground water primarily due to the large amount of animal manure accumulated. Manure and wastewater from these operations can contribute pollutants such as organic matter (BOD), nutrients ...
Effect of water table depth and irrigation application method on water use for subirrigated fresh market tomato production in Florida.
Jul 01, 2004; ... In the mid-1990's it became apparent that large portions of the Flatford Swamp in Manatee County, Florida, lying in the upper Myakka River basin above Myakka Lake State Park, were experiencing considerable loss of tree species. Subsequent studies (Coastal Environmental, Inc, 1995, 1998; ...
Runoff, erosion, and nutrient losses from compost and mulch blankets under simulated rainfall.
Jul 01, 2004; ... Sediment has been identified as one of the most important nonpoint source pollutants of streams, lakes, and estuaries. Sediment is recognized as a pollutant that has an impact on aquatic organisms, habitat, and is also a carrier of other nonpoint source pollutants (Ermine and Ligon, 1988) ....
Soil erosion following forest operations in the Southern Piedmont of central Alabama.
Jul 01, 2004; ... NPS pollution accounts for the majority of the total pollutant load to nation's inland surface waters (USEPA, 1993). In the southern United States, where NPS pollution is a major environmental concern, agriculture is the major contributor of NPS pollution (USEPA, 1984; Myers et al., 1985) ....
Factors influencing the implementation of best management practices in the dairy industry.
Jul 01, 2004; ... The traditional view of farmers as environmental stewards has been challenged by increased concern about the relationship between agricultural production and environmental quality. Sediment, nutrients, pesticides, salt, and pathogens may originate from farms and reach surface or ground ...
Water use and depletion by diverse crop species on Haplustoll soil in the northern great plains.
Jul 01, 2004; ... In a natural soil-plant ecosystem, plant species with higher water use potential will preferentially populate lower portions of the soil landscape where more water is available. This will tend to optimize water use from the landscape as a whole. In modern, monocultural cropping systems, ...
Geospatial assessment of agricultural lands critical to air quality on the Columbia Plateau, Washington State.
Jul 01, 2004; ... Interest in the air quality impact of dust from agricultural lands has resulted in the development of sophisticated approaches to assess dust source areas on the Columbia Plateau in eastern Washington and northeastern Oregon (Saxton et al., 2000) (Figure 1A). The increased focus of air ...