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NRCS
Air Quality and Atmospheric Change
Technology
Air Quality worksheets for conservation
planning
The NRCS Air Quality and Atmospheric Change Team is responsible for
integrating air quality and atmospheric change science and technology into
relevant NRCS conservation programs and operations. The Team has developed worksheets for
the six broad agricultural air quality issues:
These publications require
Microsoft Word.
Agricultural
Odor (135 KB)
Ammonia
(238 KB)
Chemical
Drift (137 KB)
Greenhouse
Gases (132 KB)
Particulate
Matter (73 KB)
Ozone
Precursors (219 KB)
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COMET-VR
NRCS is offering farmers and ranchers a new online management tool
called COMET-VR that provides a simple and reliable method for
estimating soil carbon sequestration. Storing, or “sequestering,” carbon
in soil as organic matter and in trees helps reduce the amount of carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere. COMET-VR was field tested by individuals
involved in crop production, livestock grazing and conservation planning
in Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Texas and Wyoming.
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Wind Erosion Prediction System
The Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPS) is a daily time-step
simulation model which can estimate total soil loss and airborne
particulate matter resulting from wind erosion events. NRCS will
be offering training on WEPS once testing of the model is complete. |
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The Natural Resources Conservation Service provides leadership
in a partnership effort to help people conserve, maintain, and improve our natural
resources and environment.
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