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USDA NRCS USDA’s NRCS is helping to mitigate impacts of drought across the nation. With good drought plans and conservation systems, farmers and ranchers are better equipped to manage dry and other extreme weather.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Farmers-Ranchers-Mitigate-Impacts-of-Drought-with-Good-Planning/900/
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Bruce Vincent Rural America and the rest of the nation are experiencing a collision of visions. Rural Americans seek the conservation of their natural resources in combination with economic stability, while urban American visitors to these lands use political pressure to keep these lands pristine.
https://www.landcan.org/article/A-Collsion-of-VisionsThe-truth-about-the-woods/843/
This 14-pager from the Univ. of Arkansas Div. of Agriculture summarizes the Arkansas P Index, or API, adopted by the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission effective Jan.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Using-the-2010-Arkansas-Phosphorus-Index/330/
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Carl Wiedemann If you’re interested in long-term woodlot management, this article investigates the benefits of silviculture and the idea that forest management considers the trees that are left growing after a timber sale are just as important as the trees that are cut.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Unlocking-the-Economic-Potential-of-Your-Woodlot-/206/
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William E. Jensen As a product of the Waterbirds on Working Lands Audubon-Monsanto partnership, this report summarizes the interface between wetland and waterbird conservation and agriculture in Missouri, with special emphasis on Audubon Missouri's (AM) Important Bird Areas (IBA) program.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Missouri-Waterbirds-and-Working-Lands/2706/
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Reed Watson Water is a scarce and contentious resource in California. Its allocation frequently breeds conflicts over endangered species, land use, and public health.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Water-From-the-Desert-Entrepreneurs-Tap-into-Unlikely-Water-Sources/1971/
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USDA National Agroforestry Center Putting trees to work in conservation and production systems for farms, ranches, and nearby communities means planting the right trees, in the right places and in the correct design to achieve desired objectives.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Working-Trees-for-Agriculture/2027/
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WAFWA This updated Executive Summary of WAFWA's Range-wide Conservation Plan for the Lesser Prairie Chicken outlines the WAFWA Mitigation System, the Plan Administration (including committee composition), and current implementation status.
https://www.landcan.org/article/RWP-Executive-Summary-March-2014/2087/
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Steve Werblow and Chad Watts The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program has published the results of a nationwide survey that assesses the benefits, challenges, yield impacts, and scale of adoption of cover crops.
https://www.landcan.org/article/20122013-Cover-Crop-Survey/1374/
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David R. Foster, Brian M. Donahue, David B. Kittredge, Kathleen F. Lambert, Malcolm L. Hunter, Brian R. Hall, Lloyd C. Irland, Robert J. Lilieholm, David A. Orwig, Anthony W. D’Amato, Elizabeth A. Colburn, Jonathan R. Thompson, James N. Levitt, Aaron M. Ellison, William S. Keeton, John D. Aber, Charles V. Cogbill, Charles T. Driscoll, Timothy J. Fahey, Clarisse M. Hart New England’s distinctive landscape is a testament to the resiliency of the land and the conservation ethic of its people. The remarkable return of the region’s forests following an early history of forest clearing and intensive logging offers an unprecedented opportunity to secure a more sustainable future.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Wildlands-and-Woodland-A-vision-for-the-New-England-landscape/874/
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National Honey Bee Health Stakeholder Conference Steering Committee After news broke in November 2006 about Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), a potentially new phenomenon described by sudden and widespread disappearances of adult honey bees from beehives in the U.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Report-on-the-National-Stakeholders-Conference-on-Honey-Bee-Health/1045/
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Western Landowners Alliance This guide has been produced by and for landowners and practitioners constructively engaged in one of the greatest conservation challenges of our time—how to share and manage a wild, working landscape that sustains both people and wildlife.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Reducing-Conflict-with-Grizzly-Bears-Wolves-and-Elk-A-Western-Landowners-Guide/3459/
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Cornell University Cooperative Extension; NYS Department of Environmental Conservation It is often difficult for landowners to cultivate desirable plant species on their property. An even more frustrating task is keeping unwanted plants at bay.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Controlling-Invasive-Species/1116/
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Southern Maryland Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Board, Inc. This publication was prepared in response to requests from local advisors, farmers, and ranchers for a simple guide to the first step in identifying alternative income-producing agricultural enterprises and agritourism opportunities.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Taking-the-First-Step-Farm-and-Ranch-Alternative-Enterprise-and-Agritourism-Resource-Evaluation-Guide/1777/
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Conservation Technology Information Center and the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program This document summarizes information from farmers across the United States, both users and non-users of cover crops, who responded to a cover crop survey.
https://www.landcan.org/article/20132014-Cover-Crop-Survey-Report/2501/
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National Young Farmers Coalition A farmer's guide to working with land trusts.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Finding-Farmland/2578/
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Ray Hartwell and Bruce Aylward Ecosystem Economics LLC The creation of tradable credits for the development or preservation of ecosystem services has emerged as a method to provide such payments.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Ecosystem-Service-Market-Development-The-Role-and-Opportunity-for-Finance/2836/
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Forest Trends Over the last three years, projects that address the relationships between carbon and forests have moved from the sidelines of international climate action to center field.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Leveraging-the-Landscape-State-of-the-Forest-Carbon-Markets-2012/706/
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Cary Blake The Montna farming family of Dingville, Calif., successfully integrates commercial rice production on its 3,000 acres of land with habitat enhancement practices which benefits waterbirds, thanks to a partnership with California's NRCS.
https://www.landcan.org/article/WHEP-Program-a-Winwin-For-California-Rice-Waterbirds/950/
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Erin Gray,Logan Yonavjak Investors are increasingly considering the importance of green infrastructure solutions in saving the environment.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Green-versus-gray-Natures-solutions-to-infrastructure-demands/869/
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