Dec 27, 2017

USDA Invests $30 Million in High-priority Watersheds

三十名新分水岭加入国家水质倡议

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will add 30 new watersheds in 2018 to its premiere water quality initiative, which helps landowners improve water quality while strengthening agricultural operations. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will invest more than $30 million this year in 201 high-priority watersheds across the country.

国家水质倡议(NWQI),now in its seventh year, focuses resources in watersheds most in need and where farmers, ranchers and forest landowners can use conservation practices to make a difference.

“Watershed studies have shown that targeting conservation on vulnerable acres leads to greater water quality improvements.” said Acting NRCS Chief, Leonard Jordan. “This latest investment focuses on small watersheds, where we have opportunities to work with partners and farmers to accelerate conservation efforts and deliver real results for communities downstream.”

Through NWQI, farmers, ranchers and forest landowners receive one-on-one personalized advice and financial assistance through theEnvironmental Quality Incentives Program(EQIP)解决广泛的自然资源问题,包括水质。

保护系统包括促进土壤健康的实践,减少侵蚀和减少营养径流,例如覆盖作物,减少耕作和营养管理;处理农业废物和家畜粪肥的废物管理系统;灌溉系统捕获和再循环营养物回到现场;和湿地修复增加,增加野生动物栖息地,减轻洪水,提高水质。这些实践不仅利用自然资源,而且通过改善土壤健康和优化农业投入的使用来提高农业生产力和盈利能力。

美国农业部改善水质的方法正在全国各地工作。最近的成功包括:

  • 路易斯安那州:NRCS has assisted dairy and livestock farmers implement conservation practices, including nutrient management, forage harvest management, prescribed grazing and watering facilities. These efforts helped prevent fecal coliform from washing into Big Creek and East Fork Big Creek watersheds, eventually leading to their removal from Louisiana’s impaired waterbodies list in 2016.
  • 蒙大拿:Irrigation improvements, off-stream watering, alternative source water for crop irrigation, and additional fencing, riparian re-vegetation, and stream channel work was accomplished with numerous partners in the Deep Creek watershed. The lower and middle segments of Deep Creek were removed from Montana’s list of impaired watersheds due to significant reductions in sediment loading.
  • Nebraska:围绕大印度溪水库的土地的保护处理包括农田实践,以减少沉积物和养分,从流中删除牛,以及草地和树种植的河岸地区的翻新。这些保护努力导致磷和沉积物减少了70%,促成了2016年从内布拉斯加州受损的Waterbodies名单中删除。
  • South Dakota:NRC与南达科他州州机构合作,塞欧克斯市瀑布保护河水溪水的河岸地区。Streambank改进,季节性河岸地区管理和牲畜的替代水源有助于减少沉积物和从南达科他州的水体禁止的水体列表中的沉积物,对于悬浮的固体。

今年,NRCS向NWQI添加了30个新的流域,并为新的评估项目选择了25分水岭。这些评估项目跨越13个州,包括各种土地用途和水质问题。NRCS将为这些项目提供资源,以利用现有的计划,数据和信息,并填补完成流域评估和发展外展计划所需的差距。NRCS与保护合作伙伴和国家水质机构密切合作,选择流域,在农场保护可以为清水提供最大的益处。See a list of watersheds

自2012年以来,NRCS致力于超过3,500多名生产商,通过NWQI优先流域超过73万亩的保护实践。

“美国的农民,牧场主和土地所有者在全国范围内都是帮助提供安全的饮用水,更清洁的水道和改善鱼类和野生动物的栖息地,”约旦说。“这些有针对性的努力代表了大量年度投资的一小部分,以解决全国的水质问题。”

Similar efforts are ongoing in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and in the Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico and California Bay Delta regions. Producers interested in NWQI should contact their local USDA service center. Applications are taken on a continuous basis, and they are ranked and considered for funding several times per year.

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