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Agronomy

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Agronomy Residue Management/Tillage #1, Managing and Measuring Crop Residue " ... Management decisions about the amount of crop residue left on the field after harvest can affect the future productivity of the field by altering the organic matter content and the amount of nutrients in the soil profile after the residue decays. " 12/15/06 (from 2001) adobe acrobat icon  

Crops and Crop Management #1, Cropping System Specification Sheets

This document contains two types of Cropping System Specification (Spec) Sheets as well as instructions for completing them. The primary purpose of these Cropping System Spec Sheets is to provide a convenient method for documenting in detail planned crop rotations and tillage methods in NRCS Conservation Plans in Virginia. 11/09/06

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Biology

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Ethnobiology

Ethnobiology: The collective storehouse of human knowledge about the natural world is commonly called “traditional ecological knowledge” (TEK) and it can be defined as “the knowledge base acquired by indigenous and local peoples over hundreds of years through direct experience and contact with the environment.” 11/14/06

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Conservation Planning

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Virginia Technical Note, Conservation Planning #1

Conservation Notes 11/14/06

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Virginia Technical Note Conservation Planning #2

GPS Field Guide For Virginia Utilizing the Garmin® GPSMAP® 76for Field Data Collection 05/24/08

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Forages/Pasture and Hayland Management

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Virginia Technical Note Agronomy Forages/Pasture and Hayland Management #2

Terms and Definitions Used in Grazing Livestock Production 06/03/2008

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Virginia Technical Note Agronomy Forages/Pasture and Hayland Management #3 Completing A Forage Supply and Demand Inventory 06/03/2008 adobe acrobat icon  
Virginia Technical Note Agronomy Forages/Pasture and Hayland Management #4 Forage Quality Terms and Definitions 06/03/2008 adobe acrobat icon  
Virginia Technical Note Agronomy Forages/Pasture and Hayland Management #5 Harvesting Corn for Silage 06/03/2008 adobe acrobat icon  
Virginia Technical Note Agronomy Forages/Pasture and Hayland Management #6 Harvesting, Storing, and Feeding Hay 06/03/2008 adobe acrobat icon  

Forestry

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Virginia Technical Note Forestry #1 Forestry Definitions 06/03/2008 adobe acrobat icon  
Virginia Technical Note Forestry #2 Forest Stand Improvement Methods 06/03/2008 adobe acrobat icon  

Virginia Technical Note Forestry #3

Tree and Shrub Establishment Guidlelines 06/03/2008

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Nutrient Management

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Transmittal letter - Virginia Technical Note – Water Quality Nutrient Management #2 Transmittal letter for Water Quality Nutrient Management #2 11/13/06 adobe acrobat icon  

Virginia Technical Note – Water Quality Nutrient Management #2

 Virginia Technical Note – Water Quality – Nutrient Management #2, “Risk Assessment of Water Impairment from Concentrated/Feeding Livestock Areas” and Revised Table of Contents for Virginia Technical Notes 11/13/06

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Risk Assessment for Water Impairment from Concentrated/Feeding* Livestock Areas see above document 11/13/06  

National Technical Notes

Biology

File Name

Date

Number

Subject

TN_190_13_1.htm

2/26/2002

1

Using a Regional Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) to Characterize the Condition of Northern Virginia Streams, With Emphasis on the Occoquan Watershed: A Case Study.”

TN_ECS_190_2.htm

3/29/2002

2

ECS – FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT WETLAND TECHNICAL NOTE

TN_B_3.htm

5/6/2002

3

ECS- BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 7 – LONG – BILLED CURLEW (ORDER: NUMENIUS AMERICANUS)

TN_B_4.htm

5/6/2002

4

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 8 – GRASSLAND BIRDS

TN_B_5.htm

5/6/2002

5

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 8 – GRASSLAND BIRDS

TN_B_6.htm

5/6/2002

6

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 9 – NORTHERN BOBWHITE (ORDER: COLINUS VIRGINIANUS)

TN_B_7.htm

5/6/2002

7

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 10 – RING-NECKED PHEASANT (ORDER: PHASIANUS COLCHICUS)

TN_B_8.htm

5/6/2002

8

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 11 - AMERICAN ELK (ORDER: CERVUS ELAPHUS)

TN_B_9.htm

5/6/2002

9

ECS – BIOLOGY- FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 12 – WILD TURKEY (ORDER: MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO)

TN_B_10.htm

5/6/2002

10

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 13 – RAINBOW TROUT (ORDER: ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS)

TN_B_11.htm

5/6/2002

11

ECS –BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 14 – RUBY- THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (ORDER: ARCHILOCHUS COLUBRIS)

TN_B_12.htm

5/6/2002

12

ECS – BIOLOGY - FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 15 – BUTTERFLIES (ORDER: LEPIDOPTERA)

TN_B_13.htm

5/6/2002

13

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 17 - SHOREBIRDS

TN_B_14.htm

3/20/2003

14

ECS – BIOLOGY – “THE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA – LIFE HISTORIES FOR THE 21stCENTURY”

TN_B_15.htm

5/15/2003

15

ECS – BIOLOGY – WETLAND RESTORATION, ENHANCEMENT, AND MANAGEMENT

TN_B_16.htm

7/25/2003

16

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH ASSEMBLAGES

TN_B_17.htm

7/25/2003

17

ECS – BIOLOGY – “IDENTIFICATION OF PLANT SPECIES’ TRINOMIALS WITH VARYING WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS DESIGNATIONS: NORTHWEST REGION”

TN_B_18.htm

7/25/2003

18

ECS – BIOLOGY – “USE OF CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS IN AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS AS BREEDING HABITAT FOR FROGS”

TN_B_19.htm

7/25/2003

19

ECS – BIOLOGY – PESTICIDE REDUCTION IN CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS FOR AGRICULTURAL NON-PROFIT SOURCE RUNOFF TREATMENT

TN_B_20.htm

7/25/2003

20

ECS – BIOLOGY – “APPLICATION OF A SOIL PERTURBATION INDEX TO EVALUATE CREATED AND RESTORED WETLANDS”

TN_B_21.htm

7/25/2003

21

ECS – BIOLOGY – “EVALUATION OF THE BAUMER AND RICE (MUUF) PROCEDURES USED BY NRCS FOR ESTIMATION OF SOIL HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS USED IN THE SCOPE AND EFFECT EQUATIONS AND THE PROGRAM DRAINMOD”

TN_B_22.htm

4/30/2004

22

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 18, “MANAGING FORESTS FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE”

TN_B_23.htm

4/30/2004

23

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 20, “ARTIFICIAL NESTING STRUCTURES”

TN_B_24.htm

4/30/2004

24

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 21, “WETLAND MAMMALS”

TN_B_25.htm

4/30/2004

25

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 22, “MOUNTAIN PLOVER”

TN_B_26.htm

4/30/2004

26

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 23, “BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG”

TN_B_27.htm

4/30/2004

27

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 24, “INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM) AND WILDLIFE”

TN_B_28.htm

6/10/2004

28

ECS – BIOLOGY – FOREST LAND COMPATIBLE USES FOR WILDLIFE

TN_B_29.htm

12/20/2004

29

ECS – BIOLOGY – TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE: AN IMPORTANT FACET OF NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION

TN_B_30.htm

5/13/2005

30

ECS – BIOLOGY – HENRY’S FORK AGRICULTURAL CORRIDOR WILDLIFE HABITAT CONSERVATION CASE STUDY

TN_B_31.htm

5/27/2005

31

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 26 – SAGE-GROUSE

TN_B_32.htm

3/17/2006

32

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT LEAFLET, “LIGHT DISKING TO ENHANCE EARLY SUCCESSIONAL WILDLIFE HABITAT IN GRASSLANDS AND OLD FIELDS”

TN_B_33.htm

3/17/2006

33

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT LEAFLET, “BIRD USE OF LONGLEAF PINE RESTORATION”

TN_B_34.htm

3/17/2006

34

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT LEAFLET, “BIRD USE OF REFORESTATION SITES: INFLUENCE OF LOCATION AND VERTICAL STRUCTURE”

TN_B_35.htm

3/22/2006

35

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 16 – WADING BIRDS

TN_B_36.htm

3/22/2006

36

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 33 – SWIFT FOX (Vulpes velox)

TN_B_37.htm

3/23/2006

37

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 27 – GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN (Tympanuchus cupido)

TN_B_38.htm

3/23/2006

38

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 34 – NATIVE POLLINATORS

TN_B_39.htm

3/23/2006

39

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 25 – NATIVE WARM-SEASON GRASSES AND WILDLIFE

TN_B_40.htm

3/23/2006

40

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 29 – FARM POND ECOSYSTEMS

TN_B_41.htm

3/23/2006

41

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 31 – MOURNING DOVE (Zenaida macroura)

TN_B_42.htm

3/31/2006

42

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NO. 36 – BULL TROUT

TN_B_43.htm

4/3/2006

43

ECS – BIOLOGY – FACTORS AFFECTING BUTTERFLY USE OF FILTER STRIPS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

TN_B_44.htm

4/3/2006

44

ECS – BIOLOGY – EFFECTS OF SWITCHGRASS HARVEST AS BIOMASS FUEL ON GRASSLAND-NESTING BIRDS

TN_B_45.htm

4/3/2006

45

ECS – BIOLOGY – IMPORTANCE OF WILLIAMETTE VALLEY FARMLANDS TO WINTERING SHOREBIRDS

TN_B_46.htm

4/13/2006

46

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 28 – MULE DEER (ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS)

TN_B_47.htm

5/10/2006

47

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 32 – CROPPED WETLANDS AND WILDLIFE

TN_B_48.htm

5/10/2006

48

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 30 – WARMWATER STREAMS

TN_B_49.htm

5/12/2006

49

ECS – BIOLOGY – FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLET NUMBER 35 – “AMPHIBIANS AND RETILES”

Engineering

File Name

Date

Number

Subject

TN_ENG_1.htm

1/13/05

1

ENG – UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) PRECIPTATION FREQUENCY ANALYSES

Environmental Quality

File Name

Date

Number

Subject

TN_EQ_1.htm

9/4/2003

1

ECS – ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY – ESTABLISHING GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) PRIORITIES FOR CONSERVATION

Nutrient Management

File Name

Date

Number

Subject

TN_NM_1.htm

11/4/2003

1

ECS – EFFECT OF DIET AND FEEDING MANAGEMENT ON NUTRIENT CONTENT OF MANURE

TN_NM_2.htm

11/4/2003

2

ECS – FEED AND ANIMAL MANAGEMENT FOR BEEF CATTLE

TN_NM_3.htm

11/4/2003

3

ECS – FEED AND ANIMAL MANAGEMENT FOR SWINE (GROWING AND FINISHING PIGS)

TN_NM_4.htm

11/4/2003

4

ECS – FEED AND ANIMAL MANAGEMENT FOR POULTRY

TN_NM_5.htm

11/4/2003

5

ECS – FEED AND ANIMAL MANAGEMENT FOR DAIRY CATTLE

Social Sciences

File Name

Date

Number

Subject

TN_SSC_1.htm

4/28/03

1

SSC – SOCIOLOGY – SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DATA

 

Soil Quality

File Name

Date

Number

Subject

TN_SOI_1_1.htm

1/31/2001

1 (zip)

SOI – GUIDELINES FOR SOIL QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN CONSERVATION PLANNING

TN_SOI_1_3.htm

8/6/2001

3

SOI – SOIL QUALITY INFORMATION SHEETS FOR RANGELAND

TN_SOI_3_4.htm

8/1/2003

4

SOI – SOIL QUALITY INFORMATION SHEETS FOR PATURELAND

TN_SOI_4_5.htm

10/17/03

5

SOI – MANAGING SOIL ORGANIC MATTER

TN_SOI_4_6.htm

1/22/04

6

SOI – SOIL QUALITY TEST KIT GUIDE

TN_SOI_4_7.htm

1/22/04

7

SOI – SOIL QUALITY CARD DESIGN GUIDE

TN_SOI_4_8.htm

1/22/04

8

SOI – SOIL QUALITY INFORMATION SHEETS

TN_SOI_4_9.htm

5/20/04

9

SOI – REVISED SOIL QUALITY “THUNDERBOOK” OR BINDER

Soil Quality - Agronomy

File Name

Date

Number

Subject

TN_ECS_1_2.htm

12/19/2001

1

Cover and Green Manure Crop Benefits to Soil Quality

TN_ECS_2_2.htm

12/19/2001

2

Conservation Crop Rotation Effects on Soil Quality.

TN_ECS_3_2.htm

12.19/01

3

Effects of Residue management and No-Till on Soil Quality

TN_ECS_4_2.htm

12/19/2001

4

Effect of Soil Quality on Nutrient Efficiency

TN_ECS_5_2.htm

12/19/2001

5

Herbicides

TN_ECS_6_2.htm

12/19/2001

6

Legumes and Soil Quality

TN_ECS_7_2.htm

12/19/2001

7

Effects of Soil Erosion Soil Productivity and Soil Quality.

TN_ECS_8_2.htm

12/19/2001

8

Liming to Improve Soil Quality in Acid Soils

TN_ECS_9_2.htm

12/19/2001

9

Managing Conservation Tillage

TN_ECS_10_2.htm

12/19/2001

10

Sunn Hemp: A Cover Crop for Southern Tropical Farming Systems

TN_ECS_11_2.htm

12/19/2001

11

Agricultural Management Effects on Earthworm Populations

TN_ECS_12_2.htm

12/19/2001

12

Long-Term Agriculture Management Effects on Soil Carbon.

TN_ECS_13_3.htm

12/9/2002

13

The Knife Roller (Crimper): An Alternative Kill Method for Cover Crops

TN_ECS_14_3.htm

12/9/2002

14

Improving Soil Quality on the Southern Coastal Plain One Farmer’s Experience

TN_ECS_15_3.htm

12/9/2002

15

Soil Quality and Vegetable Production One Farmer’s Experience

TN_ECS_16_3.htm

6/12/2003

16

Interpreting the Soil Conditioning Index: A Tool for Measuring Soil Organic Matter Trends

TN_ECS_17_3.htm

8/1/2003

17

Soil Compaction: Detection, Prevention, and Alleviation

TN_ECS_18_4.htm

7/1/2004

18

Sod-Based Rotations: A prove old practice to improve soil productivity

Soil Quality – Soil Biology

File Name

Date

Number

Subject

TN_SQB_1.htm

4/21/2004

1

ECS – SOIL BIOLOGY PRIMER

TN_SQB_2.htm

4/21/2004

2

ECS – INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOTIC CRUSTS

TN_SQB_3.htm

4/21/2004

3

ECS – SOIL BIOLOGY PRIMER SLIDE SET

TN_SQB_4.htm

4/21/2004

4

ECS – SOIL BIOLOGY AND LAND MANAGEMENT

Soil Quality – Urban

File Name

Date

Number

Subject

TN_SQU_1.htm

6/19/2000

1

ECS – EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION ON CONSTRUCTION SITES

TN_SQU_2.htm

6/19/2000

2

ECS – URBAN SOIL COMPACTION

TN_SQU_3.htm

9/22/2000

3

ECS – HEAVY METAL SOIL CONTAMINATION

Soil Survey 

File Name

Date

Number

Subject

TN_SS_1_1.htm

9/13/2001

1

Soil Moisture Status, Depth and Month

TN_SS_2.htm

5/14/2002

2

SOI – SOIL COLOR CONTRAST

TN_SS_3.htm

5/14/2002

3

SOI – CLARIFICATION OF THE DEFINITION OF ANISO CLASS

TN_SS_4.htm

3/13/2003

4

SOI – POPULATING MAP UNIT DATA: TAXONOMIC CLASSES AND MAP UNIT COMPONENTS

TN_SS_5.htm

3/1/2004

5

SOI – ASSESSING CARBONATES IN THE FIELD WITH HYDROCHLORICACID SOLUTION (HCI)

TN_SS_6.htm

1/6/05

6

SOI – SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: WATER MOVEMENT CONCEPTS AND CLASS HISTORY

TN_SS_7.htm

1/3/05

7

SOI - SOIL MOISTURE/SOIL TEMPERATURE (SM/ST) PILOT PROJECT FINAL REPORT

TN_SS_8.htm

7/22/05

8

SOI – USE OF REACTION (pH) IN SOIL TAXONOMY

TN_SS_9.htm

7/22/05

9

SOI – POPULATING TAXONOMIC MOISTURE CLASS AND SUBCLASS IN NASIS

Sustainable Agriculture

TN_SA_1.htm

3/24/03

1

ECS – AFFORDABLE OPPORTUNITES FOR PRECISION AGRICULTURE

TN_SA_2.htm

4/30/04

2

ECS – MARKETING TIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

 

 

 

 

Technology

TN_TCH_1.htm

7/24/03

1

TCH – 21STCENTURY AGRICULTURE: A CRITICAL ROLE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

TN_TCH_2.htm

3/30/06

2

TCH – INTERPRETING INDICATORS OF RANGELAND HEALTH, VERSION 4

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