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Vote on storm water management project delayed
Last year, the county implemented an erosion control program, which monitors runoff from construction sites. The board has discussed implementing the second phase of the program, storm water management, which regulates discharge after construction is completed.
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Hurricanes take bite out of Louisiana coastline
Hurricanes aren’t only impacting Louisiana row-crops and infrastructure. They’re also eating the coastline at a rapid rate
We’re losing coastal wetlands at a rate of 40 square miles each year. Some experts predict the shoreline may move inland over 30 miles in the next 30 years. I hope this gives you some perspective of the breadth and long-term problems our communities are facing when you look to the South.
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NASCAR Great Ward Burton Uses Haybuster's 77 Seed Drill for Wildlife Preservation
JAMESTOWN, N.D., Oct 27, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ward Burton, NASCAR Cup driver and founder of the Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation, has teamed up with agricultural equipment manufacturer Haybuster to promote wildlife preservation.
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US Industry Today - DuraTech Industries - Farm Fresh.
Its industrial grinders are designed to recycle and convert wood waste, tree clippings, pallets, paper and other waste into reclaimable material such as compost and mulch. Construction contractors and municipalities find the highly durable tub grinders well suited to their clearing and recycling needs.
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Urea pollution turns tides toxic
Urea pollution can trigger ocean algae to produce a deadly toxin called domoic acid, scientists have discovered.
The research may help explain several mass animal deaths, including a historic bird stranding event thought to have inspired Alfred Hitchcock's horror film The Birds.
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A model to predict land susceptibility to wind erosionnext term in western Queensland, Australia
This paper describes the development and validation of the Australian Land Erodibility Model (AUSLEM), designed to predict land susceptibility to wind previous termerosionnext term in western Queensland, Australia. The model operates at a 5 × 5 km spatial resolution on a daily time-step with inputs of grass and tree cover, previous termsoilnext term moisture, previous termsoilnext term texture and surficial stone cover. The system was implemented to predict land erodibility, i.e. susceptibility to wind previous termerosion,next term for the period 1980–1990.
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Runoff and sediment losses from 27 upland catchments in Southeast Asia: Impact of rapid land use changes and conservation practices
The objective of this paper is to summarize the results obtained by the Management of Soil Erosionnext term Consortium (MSEC) over the last 5 years from 27 catchments in five countries (Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam). The purpose of the study was to assess the impacts of cultivation practices on annual runoff and previous termerosionnext term rates. Initial surveys in each catchment included topography, previous termsoilsnext term and land use. Monitoring included climatic, hydrologic and previous termerosionnext term (total sediment yield including bed load and suspended sediment load) data, land use and crop yields, and farmers’ income. In addition, new land management options were introduced through consultations with farmers and evaluated in terms of runoff and previous termerosion.
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The effects of variability in bank material properties on riverbank stability: Goodwin Creek, Mississippi
Bank retreat is an important area of research within fluvial geomorphology and is a land management problem of global significance. The Yazoo River Basin in Mississippi is one example of a system which is experiencing excessive erosionnext term and bank instability. The properties of bank materials are important in controlling the stability of stream banks and past studies have found that these properties are often variable spatially. Through an investigation of bank material properties on a stretch of Goodwin Creek in the Yazoo Basin, Mississippi, this study focuses ...
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New international wind erosion journal launched
The first international journal focusing on wind erosion research will begin publication in 2009.
Aeolian research ranges from the study of dunes and dust emissions to global soil transport, pesticide movement, desertification, global warming and acid rain.
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U.S. EPA orders Northern California construction company to restore damaged wetlands / Wendt Construction illegally graded and filled wetlands near Strongs Creek, Eel River
The order requires the company to remove soil and other fill, restore wetland habitat, including vegetation with native species, implement measures to control sedimentation and erosion of bank areas, and obtain a permit for any future discharges to wetlands. The company must also ...
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Compost In The Mix For Storm Water Management
BIORETENTION areas, also known as rain gardens, are increasingly being used to capture and treat storm water runoff from impervious surfaces such as roofs, sidewalks and parking lots. These landscaped areas often feature native plants installed in an engineered soil mixture that includes compost.“Bioretention areas or rain gardens are an attractive storm water Best Management Practice (BMP) because they can improve the environmental quality of water while meeting landscape requirements,” says Wayne King, Sr., owner of ERTH Products, LLC in Peachtree, Georgia. According to the 2001 Georgia Storm Water Management Manual, a properly-sized bioretention area with three to five percent organic content can remove 80 percent of total suspended solids, 60 percent of total phosphorus, 50 percent of total nitrogen and 80 percent of heavy metals.
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GM plant field-tested for enhanced soil remediation
Removal and transportation of this sediment are estimated to cost $11–34 per m3, and experts say that phytoremediation is the only technology that is sufficiently cost-effective to clean up this contaminated farmland.
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Study helps clarify role of soil microbes in global warming
Source: The University of Georgia Published Oct. 30, 2008
Current models of global climate change predict warmer temperatures will increase the rate that bacteria and other microbes decompose soil organic matter, a scenario that pumps even more heat-trapping carbon into the atmosphere. But a new study led by a University of Georgia researcher shows that while the rate of decomposition increases for a brief period in response to warmer temperatures, elevated levels of decomposition don’t persist.
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Help at hand for farmers facing up to climate change
Source: The Environment Agency - England and WalesPublished Oct. 28, 2008
Meeting the challenges of climate change will help farmers save money as well as protect people and the environment, according to the Environment Agency. Unveiling the new-look Best Farming Practices - a revised practical guide bursting with more than 250 tips to help farmers profit by protecting the environment - the Environment Agency’s Director of Environment Protection, Tricia Henton, said: 'In England alone more than 1.3 million hectares of farmland lies in the floodplain and the sort of devastating floods we saw last summer can hit farmers hard. Soil nutrient and pesticide losses from run off not only damage the environment but also cost farmers more than £50 million a year.
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Plan in mind to solve erosion along Sand River
AIKEN --- For the past few decades, Aiken city officials and the Hitchcock Woods Foundation have been on a quest to find a solution to the erosion in Sand River Canyon.
Annette M. Drowlette/Staff
Excessive storm water runoff from downtown Aiken watersheds has eroded the Sand River into a canyon in Hitchcock Woods.
Now, with help from the Clemson University Center for Watershed Excellence, the solution might be at hand.
On Thursday, after a nearly yearlong ecological study of the 2,200-acre preserve, the center presented an overview of a proposed plan to restore Sand River.
"From the Woods standpoint, we are excited about seeing a plan of this scope being brought to the ...
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$1.4m for erosion protection and research
Friday, 31 October 2008, 3:48 pmPress Release: Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
MAF grants $1.4m for erosion protection and research
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) has allocated two more erosion treatment projects a total of $1.4 million under its Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Hill Country Erosion Fund.
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Iowa Department of Transportation Taking Proactive Erosion Control Steps
The Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) has issued a Public Interest Finding (PIF) for the use of ScourStop on state projects.
ScourStop Transition Mats are a biotechnical replacement for rock rip-rap and offer permanent protection against scour and erosion at drainage outlets, overflow structures and stream banks; as well as providing an aesthetically pleasing, natural landscape. They have been used on a project-by-project basis in various locations across the state for several years.
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