The University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science has released its annual Chesapeake Bay Report Card for 2019. Data and scoring is available by both indicator (dissolved oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorous, turbidity, etc) and region for the entire Bay Watershed. The report card is available here.
January 29, 2020 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Flow rates and time of year must be taken into account to better understand the potential risks posed by emerging organic contaminants in rivers and streams, according to Penn State researchers who studied contaminant concentrations and flow characteristics at six locations near drinking water intakes in the Susquehanna…
NEWS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Feb. 10, 2020 CONTACT: Jessica Groskopf, Ag Economist, 308-632-1247 Nebraska Extension will sponsor a workshop on Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) insurance policies on Thursday (Feb. 13) at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center. The workshop will focus on how WFRP policies relate to sugarbeet producers. The workshop will…
Link to Flyer: Webinar Invitation – Moore 2.19.20 Presenter: Dr. Richard Moore is Professor Emeritus of the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University. He is currently a senior fellow with the National Council for Science and the Environment in DC. Abstract: The webinar will describe the Sugar Creek Method used…
Stakeholder Perspectives on Agriculture and Water in the Verde Valley This report summarizes the key issues for agriculture and water that Verde Valley stakeholders identified in interviews and surveys over the first phase of the Water for Agriculture Project (spring 2018-summer 2019). The interviews revealed that stakeholders widely recognized farming and ranching as important to…
Penn State researcher explores public engagement, water for agriculture Date April 12, 2019 Posted by _ News story featuring Water for Ag project: https://www.starherald.com/farm_ranch/penn-state-researcher-explores-public-engagement-water-for-agriculture/article_b470e1f1-6e4b-5dc8-a328-4a01c2bd6b13.html This entry was posted in Pennsylvania. Bookmark the permalink. Edit
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This webinar describes a suite of collaborative modeling (CM) methods employed to assess and enhance the climate resiliency of snow-fed arid lands river systems in the Truckee-Carson River System in the western United States. In addition to reviewing the formative and summative evaluation results, lessons learned from this case study lend additional insight into the…
Roger Rohrer, a poultry and crops farmer from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, shares his insights on creating rich habitat and cleaner water through riparian forested stream buffers. A Farmer Transforms a Stream