Continuous CRP sign-up continues in Ottawa area
The Continuous Conservation Reserve Program offers 10 to 15 year contracts with yearly rental payments. Qualifying practices include field windbreaks grassy waterways contour strips shelterbelts living snow fences and permanent vegetation to reduce salinity. Four practices Field Windbreak Establishment Grassed Waterways Filter Strip and Riparian Buffers earn an extra 20 percent bonus. Filter strips are popular in Franklin County aiding erosion control and wildlife habitat. Herman Norwood, district conservationist, oversees the Ottawa NRCS office.
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Franklin County
Herman Norwood
Ottawa
Natural Resources Conservation Service
NRCS helps landowner add waterways and terraces in Abilene area
James J. Krueger of the NRCS Abilene district describes a field visit with a landowner and township board. Using CCRP cost share eight acres of waterways were installed with rental payments of 560 dollars yearly to support terrace construction, with EQIP or water resources cost-share anticipated to cover ongoing costs while the culvert and silt bar issues are addressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
NRCS
CCRP
James J. Krueger
Abilene
Kansas
Tanker captain and crew arrest over Galapagos fuel spill
The captain Tarquino Arevalo and 13 crewmen were detained in Puerto Baquerizo on San Cristobal after a spill of at least 185000 gallons of diesel from the tanker Jessica. Authorities warn of 2 to 4 year penalties for environmental crimes as dispersants and containment buoys are deployed.
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Puerto Baquerizo
Galapagos Islands
Tarquino Arevalo
San Cristobal Island
Adm
Gonzalo Vega
Rodolfo Rendon
Jessica
Ramiro Morejon
Galapagos National Park
Eliecer Cruz
U.S. Coast Guard
Nature
Charles Darwin
Santa Fe Island
San Cristobal
Galapagos Archipelago
Charles Darwin Research Station
Ecuador
Sedimentation as nationwide water pollutant tied to erosion
Ken Sherraden outlines sedimentation as the leading water pollutant in the United States and Kansas. He urges landowners to work with local conservation districts to assess stream bank erosion, stabilize banks if needed, and establish permanent vegetative cover to protect banks and reduce sediment. A Stream Corridor Management Plan is proposed to coordinate watershed wide efforts with NRCS and local groups from Salina, Kansas.
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State of
Kansas
Natural Resource Agencies
Ken Sherraden
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Salina
Tree wound dressing recalled for can pressure problem
The Tanglefoot Co of Grand Rapids recalls about 35 000 pints quarts and gallons of Tree Wound & Grafting Compound sold through hardware stores and nurseries from November 1996 to August 1999 due to a pressure defect that can discharge contents causing temporary skin irritation. No injuries reported. Consumers may exchange for a replacement. call 1 800 215 0938 or visit cpsc.gov for details.
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Washington
Michigan
Tanglefoot Co
Grand Rapids
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Smiths win Bankers Award for soil conservation effort
Bernard and Alice Smith of Williamsburg receive the Kansas Bankers Award for soil conservation after two years of terracing and erosion control. The 82 acre farm and 118 acre rental property on Kala Wayburg landowner’s property benefited from 3600 feet of terraces and 1655 feet of underground outlets with a 70 30 cost split in favor of the Conservation District. Smith notes improvements include grassed waterways and brome seeding and credits the landlord’s support and ongoing conservation management.
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Bernard
Alice Smith
Williamsburg
Bernard Smith
Smiths
Smith
Kala Wayburg
North Carolina
Conservation District
Brome
Sawin Family Earns Kansas Bankers Award for Conservation
Robert Sawin and his wife Patricia own 537 acres northwest of Princeton and have built eight miles of terraces, 18 acres of waterways, a 1100 foot diversion, five ponds and are creating an irrigation lake. They balance farming with full time jobs while their son joins in farming.
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Robert Sawin
Patricia
Sawins
Princeton
Kansas Bankers Award
Franklin County Conservation District
Lawin
Franklin County Road and Bridge Department
Lawins
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Galapagos
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Cnenead Peac
Hor
Seapaoce
Mbias
Suadore
Peru
Saiinaree
Tanglefoot Co. Tollfree
Consumer Product Safety Commissions
Cpsc.gov
Bankers Award
Herald Staff
Kiybota
Punten
Lara
Kubota
Underwood
Killough Construction
Bolow
Wilson
America
Farm Credit
Frontier Farm Credit Ottawa Lending Office
S. Hickory
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