Journal of Soil and Water Conservation back issues from July 2006:
The Water and Soil Conservation Society? A viewpoint from the Soil and Water Conservation Society's executive director.
Jul 01, 2006; ... A friend called recently to compliment me on the 2006 annual conference program. He went on to say that he thought we needed to change our name to the Water and Soil Conservation Society because so much of the conference program was about water. I told him I was about as interested in ...
The under-appreciated climate factor in CEAP: a guest editorial written by leading conservation professionals.(Conservation Effects Assessment Project )(Column)
Jul 01, 2006; ... Decade-long climate variations and associated impacts on runoff, soil erosion, and agrichemical movement may play a critical role in addressing the objectives of the Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP). CEAP is a multi-agency effort to quantify the environmental benefits of ...
Raise your voice: your forum to react to published articles, to exchange ideas, and describe innovative approaches to conservation including legislation.(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2006; ... Positive manure uses Although I have written to the Journal before about animal waste management (e.g. manures), my letter has never seemed to make it to anyone that was interested. However, in the January/February 2006 issue of the Journal, there was an article "What We Don't ...
Report offers direction for farm conservation program.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Recently, a Blue Ribbon Panel of experts released a report that offers direction for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ensure the Nation's conservation programs are efficient and effective outlets for the taxpayer's money. The Panel has been analyzing a USDA project, at the ...
New economic resource for conservation policy.(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2006; ... The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Economic Research Service just released five new economic briefs on conservation policy. The series of six-page briefs focuses on voluntary conservation payment programs. Policymakers and program managers must achieve program goals in a ...
Managing agricultural landscapes for Environmental Quality.
Jul 01, 2006 ... You may now register online for the Managing Ag Landscapes for Environmental Quality conference that will be held October 11-13, 2006, at the Westin Crown Center Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. A multidisciplinary workshop for scientists and the people who use science to quantify the ...
Supreme Court ruling in CWA case.(Clean Water Act)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2006; ... The Cases of Rapanos V. United States was argued before the Supreme Court on February 21, 2006. The case involved four Michigan wetlands lying near ditches or man-made drains that eventually emptied into traditional navigable waters. The United States brought proceedings against Rapanos ...
Court rules EPA must set standards controlling storm-water pollution.(Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2006; ... A California court ruled in June, that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must set standards controlling storm-water pollution on strip-malls, subdivisions, and new developments. Pollution runoff from paved surfaces, such as parking lots, highways and rooftops is the ...
Epa/ Corps policy puts drinking water at risk.(CONSERVATION NEWS YOU CAN USE)
Jul 01, 2006; ... The drinking water sources for more than 111 million Americans face potential risk of contamination after legal protections were withheld, according to a recent report. Reckless Abandon, sponsored by the Sierra Club, examined 15 examples of drinking water sources left ...
New president for World Association of Soil and Water Conservation.(Miodrag Zlatic )(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2006 ... The World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWC) hasa new president, Miodrag Zlatic of Serbia and Montenegro. Soil and Water Conservation Society members John Laflen and Ted Napier continue to serve on the ...
Selenium may boost insect immunity.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Selenium could play a key role in effective integrated pest-management, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists with the Biological Control of Insects Research Laboratory in Columbia, Missouri. Insect biochemist Kent Shelby and insect virologist Holly Popham ...
New Jersey gets resistance to naming an official state soil.(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2006 ... New Jersey's Agriculture Committee Chairman Douglas Fisher co-sponsored a bill naming a sandy loam, called Downer soil, as New Jersey's official soil. The bill passed in the Assembly in May, but public criticism stalled it from any senator introducing a bill in the upper chamber ....
How green space benefits people.(CONSERVATION NEWS YOU CAN USE)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2006 ... Environmental psychologists, horticultural therapists, and landscape architects continue to conduct research that studies the studies the affect of green space on people, and in particular those with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. The August issue of Landscape Architecture highlights ...
Africa's population is hurting because of over-farming.
Jul 01, 2006; ... Seventy-five percent of Africa's farmland is without the basic nutrients needed in order to grow crops, according to a study released by the International Fertilizer Development Center, a nonprofit agricultural aid organization. This is compared to just 40 percent a decade ago. ...
Turning evaporation ponds into arable land.
Jul 01, 2006 ... A unique way to reduce space-stealing evaporation ponds in California--and nurture a new crop in the process--has been developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators. In the agricultural valleys of Central California, some evaporation ponds aren't ...
First satellite images of Lebanese oil spill.(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2006 ... In the eastern Mediterranean, 30,000 tons of oil has been spilled by the Israeli bombardment of a Lebanese power plant in mid-July. Because of the ...
Online irrigation estimator released.(Energy Estimator for Irrigation)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2006 ... The 'Energy Estimator for Irrigation" released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) simplifies a complex process. Growers can go online, enter information about their irrigation system and receive an analysis of potential changes to improve irrigation energy and water efficiency ....
FAO report discusses how agriculture plays a role in migration.(Food and Agriculture Organization)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2006 ... The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is conducting a series of reports on roles of agriculture in 11 countries. They are finding agriculture does much more than produce food, feed and fiber for people. It impacts on economies and societies in other ways, ...
Dead zone off Oregon coast worst ever.(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2006 ... An Environment News Service article says all the fish have fled an area where dead crabs and sea worms blanket the seafloor. New research attributes the dead zone to the worst low oxygen ocean conditions ever observed on the west coast of the ...
From dirt to diamonds.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Carbon stored in soil during the first five years of bermudagrass management was two to three times greater when the grass was grazed than when it was harvested for hay or left unharvested, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. Carbon dioxide in air is important for ...
Factoids--tons of manure per animal unit (AU) per vear as excreted.(Statistical table)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2006 ... <Pre> FACTOIDS--Tons of manure per animal unit (AU) per year as excreted: Animal Ave. Wt. (lb) No. animals per AU Tons manure per AU Milk cow 1350 0.74 15.24 Heifers 550 1.82 12.05 Steer-Bulls-650 ...
http://press.jrc.it/NewsExplorer.(ON THE WEB)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2006 ... This Internet address takes you to the Europe Media Monitor site offers a "one-stop shop" for the world's news. It also has a feature that ...
A matter of balance: conservation and renewable energy.
Jul 01, 2006; ... As communities and a country, we have a monumental task to solve the energy and global climate change problems, while maintaining our capacity to produce food, feed, and fiber for an ever increasing world population. The severity of these problems is exacerbated by the universal desire for ...
Board approves program for corporate membership.(Soil and Water Conservation Society)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2006 ... Activities have taken place during the last few months to ramp up the SWCS corporate membership program. Information gathered from a survey of similar organizations having corporate membership programs compared membership benefits and rates that were recently provided for the Board's ...
Connecting the conservation professional.(Soil and Water Conservation Society)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2006 ... The Soil and Water Conservation Society is connecting today's conservation professional. The Society provides members with opportunities to connect with natural resource professionals in the study of fisheries, wildlifers, forestry, soil science, water quality, climate change, planning, ...
Final CEAP report.(Soil and Water Conservation Society, Conservation Effects Assessment Project)
Jul 01, 2006 ... The Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) has recently releases a final report analyzing the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP). USDA asked SWCS to help design and implement CEAP by facilitating an external, policy-level review of ...
"Quick Poll" is added as regular feature of Society's webpage.(Soil and Water Conservation Society)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2006 ... You may have noticed a new popup on the Society's homepage. It is similar to the "Quick Poll" in the old version of the electronic Conservogram. Members had enjoyed this so much, staff ...
New online store to support SWCS.(Soil and Water Conservation Society)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2006 ... The Soil and Water Conservation Society now has an online store. Please check it out at http://store.swcs.org. Staff has worked together to get this up and running and we are excited that we now can sell our products--and ...
Environmental Management Glossary.(Soil and Water Conservation Society)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jul 01, 2006 ... The Soil and Water Conservation Society publishes a new book in July 2006. The Environmental Management Glossary is a low-cost comprehensive resource that would be an excellent addition to your personal book shelf or your school's library. It gathers terms from multiple ...
Professional development through workshops and conferences.(Soil and Water Conservation Society)
Jul 01, 2006 ... July 30-August 4, 2005 Soil and Water Conservation Society's 2005 Annual Conference August 25, 2006 Michigan Chapter Summer Tour and Meeting The Michigan Chapter is planning to hold its Summer 2006 Tour and Meeting, in Northwestern Lower ...
Another great conference comes to an end.(Soil and Water Conservation Society)(Conference news)
Jul 01, 2006 ... This year's event that was held in Keystone, Colorado, presented attendees with many opportunities to learn and share knowledge with people from around the world. Pritchard Lecture. The attendees were honored with a Pritchard Lecture by the Honorable Judge Gregory J. Hobbs ....
Increasing magnitudes and frequencies of extreme precipitation events used for hydraulic analysis in the Midwest.(RESEARCH)
Jul 01, 2006; ... The designs of various hydraulic structures, including soil erosion control devices, detention basins, drainage ditches, and storm sewers, depend sensitively on rainfall depth and intensity estimates for events with specific recurrence intervals and durations, derived from rainfall data ...
Surface water diversion impacts on farm income and sources of irrigation water: the case of the Grand Prairie in Arkansas.
Jul 01, 2006; ... Rice production began nearly 100 years ago on the Grand Prairie in eastern Arkansas. The region's agricultural traditions and economic viability are threatened as the primary irrigation source, aquifers, are being depleted. Other regions in the United States have experienced similar ...
Daily estimates of rainfall, water runoff, and soil erosion in Iowa.
Jul 01, 2006; ... Sediment from eroded cropland is one of this country's biggest water quality problems. Soil erosion affects everyone. Erosion reduces soil productivity (Craft et al., 1992; Pierce et al., 1984) and causes a range of downstream impacts. Yearly erosion costs in the United States are in the ...
Manure management and nutrient loss under winter conditions: a literature review.
Jul 01, 2006; ... Manure management associated with livestock operations has received much attention because land application of excess manure is viewed as a method of disposal (Shuyler and Meek, 1989). Khaleel et al. (1980) indicated that manure application rates for crop utilization are usually low ...
Field evaluation of vegetative filter effectiveness and runoff quality from unstocked feedlots.
Jul 01, 2006; ... Livestock feedlots are major sources of bacterial and nutrient contamination to surface waters in many watersheds (Crane et al., 1983). Livestock operations with 1,000 or more animal units are regulated under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) (USEPA, 1995) ....
Tillage and perennial grass effects on ponded infiltration for seven semi-arid loess soils.
Jul 01, 2006; ... Soil erosion is one of the most pernicious consequences of human activity, continuing to degrade the earth's productivity even in nations with advanced agricultural technology. Where erosion-resistant practices have been proposed or developed, encouraging adoption or adaptation by local ...
Improvement in soil loss estimation in USLE type experiments.(universal soil loss equation)
Jul 01, 2006; ... Soil erosion experimentation around the world commonly uses hydrologically defined runoff plots with runoff and soil loss measured at the exit of the plot by collection in a tank system. The volume of sediment-laden water collected in the tank system is typically so great that subsampling ...
Organic carbon and nitrogen in soils of semiarid Argentina.
Jul 01, 2006; ... Wind erosion is an important soil degradation process in semiarid regions of the world (Dregne, 1986) including the semiarid Pampas of Argentina (Buschiazzo et al., 1999). This process produces a selection of soil particles and aggregates in the soil, decreasing the proportion of size ...
Longterm grass ley set aside on sandy soils: a case study.
Jul 01, 2006; ... Investigations were conducted to assess the potential contribution of grass ley set-aside to soil conservation. Introduced as part of the European Union Common Agricultural Policy reforms (1992), set-aside is a scheme to provide farmers with subsidies to leave land uncultivated. Set-aside ...