Agricultural Environmental Management
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Riparian Zones and Filter Strips in Agricultural Operations
USDA. NAL. Water Quality Information Center.
Searches for article citations in the NAL catalog (AGRICOLA) on riparian buffers from 1995 to the present. Also search for books from 1995 to the present. Bibliographies from 1993-1995 and 1985-1993 are also available.
Evaluation of Agricultural Best Management Practices
USDA. NAL. Water Quality Information Center.
Searches for article citations in the NAL catalog (AGRICOLA) on riparian buffers from 1995 to the present. Also search for books from 1995 to the present. Bibliographies from 1990-1995 and 1983-1993 are also available.
USDA. NAL. Water Quality Information Center.
Searches for article citations in the NAL catalog (AGRICOLA) on riparian buffers from 1995 to the present. Also search for books from 1995 to the present. Bibliographies from 1993-1995 and 1991-1993 are also available.
Nonpoint-Source Pollution Issues
USDA. NAL. Water Quality Information Center.
Searches for article citations in the NAL catalog (AGRICOLA) on riparian buffers from 1994 to the present. Also search for books from 1994 to the present. A bibliography covering 1990-1994 is also available.
NAL. Water Quality Information Center.
Offers dynamic searches of the NAL catalog (AGRICOLA) article and book citations on nutrient management and its effects on erosion and sedimentation, nitrogen, pathogens, pesticides, phosphorus, and fish and wildlife.
Electronic Field Office Technical Guide
USDA. Natural Resource Conservation Service.
Provides state conservation practice standards, localized to provide specific technical guidance for exact geographic locations. Tools may include databases, computer programs and electronic documents.
USDA. Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Full text of practice standards for all NRCS conservation practices. Also provides associated work sheets and supplementary information where available.
Conservation and Environmental Policy Briefing Room
USDA. Economic Research Service.
Recommends research material, such as publications, data, and maps, on the economics of conservation and environmental policy. Also see from ERS, Agricultural Resources and Environmental Indicators.
DOI. USGS. Office of Water Quality.
Describes efforts to study the impact of CAFOs on water in the environment. Includes conference proceedings, a bibliography and a list of research study areas.
USDA. Natural Resource Conservation Service.
Offers assistance to AFO owners and operators "to achieve their production and natural resource conservation goals through development and implementation of comprehensive nutrient management plans (CNMPs)."
Soil Testing for Phosphorus: Environmental Uses and Implications (PDF | 1 MB)
USDA. National Institute of Food and Agriculture. SERA-IEG 17.
Outlines the environmental impact of agricultural phosphorus and test methods. Find more publications from SERA-IEG 17 including best management practices work sheets.
USDA. Natural Resource Conservation Service.
Provides links to management planning tools and related information.
EPA. National Agriculture Compliance Assistance Center.
Covers legal guidance, regulations, and laws for fertilizers made with biosolids and other wastes; and manure used as fertilizer.
World Resources Institute.
"A suite of web-based tools used to facilitate market-based approaches to improving water quality."
Stream Restoration, Ecology and Aquatic Management Solutions - STREAMS
Ohio State University.
An initiative to "improve communication across disciplines and provide the timely delivery of knowledge and data on stream processes, watersheds, and design concepts."
Cornell University. Soil and Water Laboratory.
"Provides a tool for educators, extension personnel, environmental managers, and interested individuals to help in understanding and identifying variable source hydrology in the environment."
North Carolina State University.
"The North Carolina State University (NCSU) Water Quality Group is a multidisciplinary team that analyzes and conducts natural resource management programs with an emphasis on nonpoint source (NPS) pollution policy, assessment, and control technologies."
Cornell Waste Management Institute.
"Provides access to a variety of composting educational materials and programs developed at Cornell University."
EPA. National Agriculture Compliance Assistance Center.
"EPA encourages organizations to use environmental management systems (EMSs) that improve compliance, pollution prevention, and other measures of environmental performance."
University of Wisconsin Extension.
Assists farmers in reducing the risk of contaminating drinking water supplies by supporting the use of environmental management systems. Agricultural Environmental Management Systems is an associated program.
Runoff Management
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
State program supporting the management of polluted runoff from agricultural practices, storm water drainage and nonpoint sources.
Victoria Department of Sustainability and Environment (Australia).
Developed to assist with a new approach to farming through biodiversity conservation and providing environmental sustainability.
Library of Congress.
Useful library pathfinder guide to available books, articles and other materials on the subject of sustainable agriculture.
National Center for Appropriate Technology.
Features news and publications on production practices and alternative management systems.
UN. Food and Agriculture Organization.
"Concerned with the development of technology, strategy and policy, and the provision of advisory and technical services to ensure a more productive and efficient use of land and water resources and plant nutrients in order to meet present and future food and agriculture demands on a sustainable basis."
Agriculture in Harmony with Nature II (PDF | 3.2 MB)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
Outlines Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's strategy for sustainable development policy.