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Alabama Partnership Works to Improve Water Quality
partnership representatives look at the Madison
County, Alabama, stream that has been adversely impacted by cattle that
have unlimited access to the stream |
NRCS in Madison County, Alabama, is partnering with Alabama A&M University,
the District Watershed Advisory Committee, and a New Hope area landowner to make
environmental improvements on her farm. The landowner, who leases her farm for
cattle production, is concerned about the impact the cattle are having on a
stream that flows through her property. Sam Sandlin, Flint River Watershed
Coordinator and NRCS District Conservationist Danny Williams visited the site
and suggested that the landowner consider the Continuous Conservation Reserve
Program buffer program. As a result she has agreed to install a total of 38
acres of buffers consisting of hardwood and pine planting.
Alabama A&M University will monitor the change in water quality that the
buffer makes for the next three years based on a baseline representing current
stream conditions. The water monitoring project is being coordinated by Alabama
A&M masters degree candidate, Mike Landers with faculty directing the project.
The A&M School of Forestry will oversee the planting of pine and shrubs areas
outside the buffer and biologists will monitor buffer wildlife usage.
Your contact is Julie Best, NRCS
public affairs specialist, at 334-887-4549.
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