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Temporally downscaling precipitation intensity factors for Köppen climate regions in the United States J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 A. Fullhart; M. Nearing; M. Weltz
Model inputs for prediction of runoff and soil erosion commonly require precipitation intensity information. Intensity is often estimated if precipitation data with high temporal resolution are unavailable. However, when intensity is time-averaged for fixed measurement intervals, estimates become increasingly underestimated with longer intervals due to the assumption that event durations begin and
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The effects of soil aeration prior to dairy manure application on edge-of-field hydrology and nutrient fluxes in cold climate hayland agroecosystems J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 C.R. Twombly; J.W. Faulkner; S.E. Hurley
Soil aeration is increasingly being used on haylands in the northeastern United States as a water quality best management practice to decrease runoff volumes and flow rates, and the associated export of the nutrients nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). However, there is a lack of data on the effects of soil aeration on field-scale hydrologic and nutrient fluxes in cold-climate regions. The objective of
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Runoff nutrient losses from tall fescue pastures varying in endophyte association, fertilization, and harvest management J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 D.M. Endale; H.H. Schomberg; A.J. Franzluebbers; D.S. Seman; D.H. Franklin; J.A. Stuedemann
Tall fescue ( Lolium arundinaceum [Schreb.] S.J. Darbysh.) is a widely adopted cool-season perennial forage in the southeastern United States. Historically, tall fescue contained a symbiotic fungal endophyte, Epichloë coenophiala , that produced an ergot alkaloid toxic to livestock. New fescue biotypes have been developed that are endophyte free or include endophytes that produce low-toxicity alkaloids
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Agronomic and environmental performance of dairy farms in a warmer, wetter climate J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 R.E. Mason; S.C. Merrill; J. Görres; J. Faulkner; M.T. Niles
The northeast United States has experienced higher temperatures, more annual precipitation, and more frequent heavy rain events in recent decades. These trends appear likely to continue, and they may depress crop yields and exacerbate environmental problems associated with the region’s dairy farms. To investigate these possibilities, we used the Agricultural Policy/Environmental eXtender (APEX) model
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Duration of usage and farmer reported benefits of conservation tillage J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 A.E. Saak; T. Wang; Z. Xu; D. Kolady; J.D. Ulrich-Schad; D. Clay
This empirical paper investigates how duration of conservation tillage (CT) usage affects farmers’ perceptions on production cost, cash crop yields, and economic returns. This paper was based on the analysis of responses from 708 surveys completed by South Dakota farmers in 2018. Our results suggest that it takes between 5 and 10 years before CT is regarded as profitable by the majority of adopters
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Why do farmers care about rented land? Investigating the context of farmland tenure J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 H. Leonhardt; M. Braito; M. Penker
Rental shares of agricultural land have increased in many countries, as have soil degradation and erosion. Theory suggests that these trends may be correlated, yet empirical findings are mixed. This ambiguity indicates that a “tenure effect” on conservation may be highly contextual. Our research investigates farmers’ soil conservation behavior on rented land and aims to disentangle the contextual factors
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Effect of soil and water conservation measures on the reduction of runoff and sediment load in a loess hilly-gully region J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Y. Zhao; X. Yin; X. Zhang; B. Liu; Z. Wang
Soil and water conservation are important measures in regulating runoff and sediment load on the Loess Plateau. Information on how land use and land cover changes, especially the implementation of the soil and water loss control project, can affect the sediment load dynamics and hydrological variables is important since large-scale eco-environmental governance programs are being implemented. In this
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Sources of sediments during rainfall in the dry-hot valley region of China on a small watershed scale J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 B. Liu; X. Duan; N. Wang; Z. Gu; P. Du
The dry-hot valley region in China is one of the most severely affected soil erosion areas in the world; however, little research has been conducted on sediment source contributions for various land uses during rainfall events. In this work, we collected sediment samples during a rainstorm in four types of land-use areas in the Yuanjiang dry-hot valley region of China. Results showed that gullies are
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Using agricultural models to inform policy: Discussion points for researchers and policymakers J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Rachel E. Mason; Meredith T. Niles; Scott C. Merrill; Josef Görres; Joshua Faulkner
Computer simulations are widely used to explore options and quantify outcomes in agriculture. For example, mathematical models have been used to estimate how much of the nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) delivered to the Gulf of Mexico comes from agricultural sources ([Alexander et al. 2008][1]); to calculate changes in grain yields as management practices are varied ([Chen et al. 2014][2]); and to investigate
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Rented farmland: A missing piece of the nutrient management puzzle in the Upper Mississippi River Basin? J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Yuta J. Masuda; Seth C. Harden; Pranay Ranjan; Chloe B. Wardropper; Collin Weigel; Paul J. Ferraro; Sheila M.W. Reddy; Linda S. Prokopy
In the United States, agricultural runoff is the leading contributor of nutrient pollution in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, causing environmental impacts, including a large hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico ([Rabotyagov et al. 2014][1]). In an attempt to decrease these impacts, government agencies and nonprofit organizations invest billions of dollars annually promoting and paying for conservation
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Integrated biochar research: A roadmap J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 James E. Amonette; Humberto Blanco-Canqui; Chuck Hassebrook; David A. Laird; Rattan Lal; Johannes Lehmann; Deborah Page-Dumroese
A scientific consensus is building that the drawdown of very large amounts (at least 1,000 Gt [1.1 × 1012 tn]) of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere will be needed to stabilize the earth’s climate system at a safe temperature ([Hansen et al. 2008][1]; [Cao and Caldeira 2010][2]; [IPCC 2018][3], [2019][4]). The minimum estimated cost of this drawdown is tens of trillions of dollars over the course
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Accelerating regenerative grazing to tackle farm, environmental, and societal challenges in the upper Midwest J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Elisabeth Spratt; Jane Jordan; Jonathan Winsten; Pete Huff; Caroline van Schaik; Jane Grimsbo Jewett; Meghan Filbert; Jared Luhman; Erin Meier; Laura Paine
Regenerative livestock grazing is an agroecological approach for transforming the performance of modern agriculture. With a growing body of research complemented by anecdotal evidence, this approach is increasingly understood to be a “win-win-win” for farmers, society, and the environment. This paper aims to define regenerative grazing and its benefits, and to sharpen focus on its rapid expansion.
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Depressional wetland classification and ecosystem service predictive models for the Integrative Landscape Modeling partnership J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-11-01 Allison J. Thompson; Scott T. McMurry; Loren M. Smith
Depressional wetlands in the Great Plains are experiencing watershed alterations that impact the provisioning of important ecosystem services, which are unmonitored on a large scale (Smith et al. 2011). The Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) determines the effects of conservation programs on ecosystem service provisioning across the nation
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A strategic plan for future USDA Agricultural Research Service erosion research and model development J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-11-01 Mark A. Weltz; Chi-Hua Huang; Beth A. Newingham; John Tatarko; Sayjro K. Nouwakpo; Teferi Tsegaye
Soil erosion is a natural process, and the erosion potential of a site is the result of complex interactions among soil, vegetation, topographic position, land use and management, and climate. Soil erosion occurs when aeolian and hydrologic processes exceed a soil’s inherent resistance to these forces (figures 1 and 2). Soil erosion was recognized as a significant problem at both local and national
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Coordinating a “basket of incentives” to facilitate resilience in the dairy sector J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-11-01 Jonathan R. Winsten; Erin Gorman; Alisa Gravitz
The dairy farm sector has been the backbone of rural communities throughout the northeastern United States for more than 100 years. Beyond this important heritage, the region’s dairy farms drive economic activity in its rural communities. However, from late 2014 through September of 2020, the farmgate price of milk has been below the cost of production for most dairy farms in the region (Farm Credit
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Wetlands in agricultural landscapes— Significant findings and recent advances from CEAP-Wetlands J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-11-01 D.M. Mushet; W.R. Effland
The Wetlands Component of the USDA’s Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP-Wetlands) is a multi-agency effort advancing science related to quantifying and interpreting effects and effectiveness of conservation practices and programs on ecosystem services provided by wetlands in agricultural landscapes. This special section originated from a symposium held at the 73rd Soil and Water Conservation
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Overview of the USDA Mid-Atlantic Regional Wetland Conservation Effects Assessment Project J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-11-01 S. Lee; G.W. McCarty; M.W. Lang; X. Li
This paper provides an overview of studies conducted under the USDA Mid-Atlantic Regional Wetland Conservation Effects Assessment Project (MIAR study). Under the MIAR effort, numerous studies were conducted to (1) quantify ecosystem functions provided by restored wetlands by comparing functions within depressional nontidal wetlands with a varying degree of alteration (i.e., natural wetlands, restored
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Development of a novel framework for modeling field-scale conservation effects of depressional wetlands in agricultural landscapes J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-11-01 O.P. McKenna; J.M. Osorio; K.D. Behrman; L. Doro; D.M. Mushet
The intermixed cropland, grassland, and wetland ecosystems of the upper mid-western United States combine to provide a suite of valuable ecological services. Grassland and wetland losses in the upper midwestern United States have been extensive, but government-funded conservation programs have protected and restored hundreds of thousands of acres of wetland and grassland habitat in the region. The
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Improving the ability to include freshwater wetland plants in process-based models J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-11-01 A.S. Williams; D.M. Mushet; M. Lang; G.W. McCarty; J.A. Shaffer; S. Njambi Kahara; M.-V.V. Johnson; J.R. Kiniry
Considerable effort and resources have been placed into conservation programs designed to reduce or alleviate negative environmental effects of crop production and into evaluation of the benefits of these programs. Wetlands are an important source of ecosystem services, but modeling wetland plants is an emerging science. To date, wetland plant growth has not been explicitly accounted for in ecosystem
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APEX simulation: Water quality of Sacramento Valley wetlands impacted by waterfowl droppings J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-11-01 S. Kim; J. Jeong; S.N. Kahara; S. Kim; J.R. Kiniry
Since most wetlands in the Sacramento Valley of California are dependent on artificial water delivery, supplying water for wetland management is the greatest challenge to wetland managers, especially during drought years. Efforts are needed to improve the security of water supplies for optimal habitat management and water quality improvement. This study contributes to these efforts by developing an
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Evaluating a remote wetland functional assessment along an alteration gradient in coastal plain depressional wetlands J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-11-01 P.J. Backhaus; S. Lee; M. Nassry; G. McCarty; M. Lang; R.P. Brooks
As anthropogenic disturbance continues to degrade wetland condition in many geographic areas, it is imperative to inventory wetland functions to monitor potential loss of associated ecosystem services. Field-based functional assessments are resource intensive, prohibiting their widespread application at landscape scales. This obstacle can be avoided by basing functional assessments on publicly available
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Soil water infiltration after oilseed crop introduction into a Pacific Northwest winter wheat–fallow rotation J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-11-01 J.D. Williams; C. Reardon; S.B. Wuest; D.S. Long
Rapid water infiltration is important for improving water storage and reducing erosion potential in arid and semiarid areas. Taprooted crops are sometimes credited with improving water infiltration. In a study repeated over three years, we tested whether adding a single brassica crop year to the traditional wheat ( Triticum aestivum )–summer fallow rotation would improve water infiltration. We found
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Damage of check dams by extreme rainstorms on the Chinese Loess Plateau: A case study in the Chabagou watershed J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-11-01 Y. Yang; S. Fu; B. Liu; B. Sun; C. Liu; Z. Wang; S. Wu
Check dams are widely distributed and abundant on the Chinese Loess Plateau and play an important role both in reducing damage from flash floods and in retaining sediment. Some check dams are destroyed either partially or fully during rainstorms. The investigation of the actual damage caused to check dams as a result of specific rainstorm floods is of great value for analyzing their effects and failure
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Influence of exchangeable sodium and clay mineralogy on soil water retention and hydraulic conductivity J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-11-01 H.W. Klopp; F. Arriaga; W. Bleam
Soil hydraulic properties are important for water management in salt and sodium (Na) affected soils. The soil saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat) has been found to decrease when high soil solution Na adsorption ratio (SAR) is coupled with low solution electrical conductivity (EC). Soil clay type plays an important role in changes to soil Ksat when the soil solution composition has a high SAR and
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SWAT vs. RUSLE: Which better predicts benthic habitat condition? J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-11-01 L. Scott; A. Villamagna
Excessive sediment loading to streams can harm benthic species habitat. Human driven land cover and land use changes increase soil erosion and sediment loading rates over time. Conservation and management agencies are increasingly restoring vegetation along riparian zones as a means to protect water quality and instream habitat; however, time and funding are limited. Widespread habitat degradation
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Errata for Xiang et al., Effect of sludge amino acid–modified magnetic coal gasification slag on plant growth, metal availability, and soil enzyme activity J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-11-01
Volume 75(4), p. 518: Table 2 should appear as follows: View this table: Table 2 Physicochemical properties of mine soil (MS) and artificial soil …
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Working toward sustainable agricultural intensification in the Red River Delta of Vietnam J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Lois Wright Morton
D ense networks of rivers, canals, ditches, dikes, sluice gates, and compartmented fields have enabled the farms of the Red River Delta to produce 18% of Vietnam's rice ( Oryza sativa ) crop (figure 1), 26% of the country's vegetable crops, and 20% of capture and farmed aquaculture (Redfern et al. 2012). Agriculture in this fertile delta was transformed in the 11th and 13th century AD by large-scale
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Youth water education: Programs and potential in the American Midwest J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Justin Hougham; Kristi Lekies; Zuzana Bohrerova; Christine Wood; Katherine Jaeger; Brandon Schroeder; Amy Timmerman; Anne Nardi; Rebecca Power
W ater resources throughout the north central region of the United States have traditionally been abundant and of high quality. However, increasing demands from agriculture and urban growth, exacerbated by a changing climate, are putting pressures on water quality. Holistic and science-based management strategies can improve water quality, although the definition of “water quality” might depend on
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Regenerative agriculture for food and climate J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Rattan Lal
C an regenerative agriculture (RA) produce an adequate amount of nutritious food for the growing and increasingly affluent world population while also reducing and offsetting some anthropogenic emissions? The question may be reframed: how can RA be adapted to produce enough food, be a negative emission technology, and advance Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations (2015)? System-based
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An innovative approach to rainwater harvesting for irrigation based on El Niño Southern Oscillation forecasts J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 L. Sangha; J. Lamba; H. Kumar; P. Srivastava; M. Dougherty; R. Prasad
The southeastern United States observed a widespread expansion in area under irrigation over the past half century, primarily due to inadequate rainfall during crop growing season. In this region, El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a seasonal-to-interannual climate-variability phenomena, may result in bringing suitable precipitation in any year while generating extremes of too much or too little
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A standardized land capability classification system for land evaluation using mobile phone technology J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 A. Quandt; J. Herrick; G. Peacock; S. Salley; A. Buni; C.C. Mkalawa; J. Neff
One of the major causes of poverty globally is land degradation and poor natural resource conservation, leading to reduced agricultural productivity. This degradation is often caused by a mismatch between land use and land potential, specifically using marginal lands for agriculture. For over 50 years the Land Capability Classification (LCC) system has been used globally for land evaluation to support
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Changes in runoff and sediment load of the Huangfuchuan River following a water and soil conservation project J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 M.Y. Xie; Z.P. Ren; Z.B. Li; P. Li; P. Shi; X.M. Zhang
In this study, we analyzed changes in the water and sediment properties in the Yellow River during the flood season, which is the period with the largest runoff yield and sediment load in this river. The aim of this study was to understand the impact of water and soil conservation measures during this crucial season, and we focused on the Huangfuchuan drainage basin as the study region. We analyzed
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Soil aggregation and potential carbon and nitrogen mineralization with cover crops under tropical no-till J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 J.P.G. Rigon; A.J. Franzluebbers; J.C. Calonego
Sustainability of agriculture with no-tillage (NT) production requires appropriate cover cropping and not a simple and random approach of any cover crop species. However, relatively little is known of the long-term soil surface impacts of different cover crops in rotation with soybean ( Glycine max ) under NT in the tropics. We evaluated the impacts of different cover crops on soil aggregation, soil
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Restoration of marginal soils polluted with heavy metals to agricultural production J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 B. Rutkowska; W. Szulc; E. Błaszczak; W. Kazberuk; D. Ptasiński
The purpose of the study was to assess the possibility of cultivation of maize ( Zea mays L.) on marginal soils polluted by heavy metals. The research was conducted on a Stagnic Luvisol soil that varied in terms of pH and the degree of heavy metal (cadmium [Cd], copper [Cu], and zinc [Zn]) contamination. The usefulness of maize for cultivation on contaminated soils was assessed on the basis of indicators
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Farming decisions in a complex and uncertain world: Nitrogen management in Midwestern corn agriculture J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 A.P. Reimer; M.K. Houser; S.T. Marquart-Pyatt
Excess agricultural nitrogen (N) in the environment is a persistent problem in the United States and other regions of the world, contributing to water and air pollution, as well as to climate change. Efforts to reduce N from agricultural sources largely rely on voluntary efforts by farmers to reduce inputs and improve uptake by crops. However, research has failed to comprehensively depict farmers'
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Effects of a 10-year irrigation with saline water on soil physico-chemical properties and cotton production J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 A. Zhang; K. Li; J. Sun; H. Dang; C. Sun; A.E. Rahma; G. Wang; J. Zhang; D. Feng
Saline water irrigation has been widely used for crop production where agriculture is short of freshwater. To reveal the responses of soil environment and cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L.) growth to long-term irrigation with saline water, a 10-year (2006 to 2015) experiment was carried out to study the effects of saline water irrigation on soil physico-chemical properties, as well as the yield and fiber
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What drives voluntary adoption of farming practices that can abate nutrient pollution? J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Z.R. Luther; S.M. Swinton; B. Van Deynze
Agricultural nutrient runoff and leaching into groundwater can impose societal costs that may be external to farmer decisions. Farmers can reduce the environmental impact of nutrient losses by adopting conservation and precision nutrient diagnostic and application practices. We examine the determinants of adoption decisions of such practices using mail survey data from a large, stratified sample of
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Evolution of rock cover, surface roughness, and flow velocity on stony soil under simulated rainfall J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 L. Li; M.A. Nearing; V.O. Polyakov; M.H. Nichols; M.L. Cavanaugh
Erosion pavements occur commonly in many semiarid watersheds due to selective erosion. However, quantitative information regarding the dynamic feedback between soil erosion, surface morphology, and flow hydraulics as erosion pavement develops is limited. In order to quantify the spatiotemporal evolution of rock cover and surface roughness, and measure their effects on flow velocities as erosion pavement
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The role of economic returns in land use change: Evidence from farm-level data in the US Northern Great Plains J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 M. Doidge; D.A. Hennessy; H. Feng
Conversion of grassland to cropland in the US Prairie Pothole Region is of longstanding concern. The region's grasslands are carbon (C) sinks and provide important breeding grounds for many migratory bird species. Crop production requires more input use, potentially increasing pollution in the greater Mississippi watershed. Previous analyses of land conversion in the Prairie Pothole Region generally
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Soil science beyond COVID-19 J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 Rattan Lal
T he fast-moving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic engulfed the world within four months from December to March of 2020, with long-lasting impacts on social, economic, political, educational, and scientific programs. It exacerbated risks of food and nutritional insecurity for a large segment of society, and threats of disruption in the food supply chain may be aggravated by climate change
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The diversity of erosion control products and implications for wildlife entanglement J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 Krista J. Ward; Kasey L. Jobe; Nicholas C. Schiwitz; Daniel Saenz; Christopher M. Schalk
I n the United States, roads are prominent across the landscape, negatively impacting wildlife and ecological processes via road mortality (Brady and Richardson 2017). The extensive roadway system in the United States requires consistent maintenance that results in soil erosion potential. For example, as of August of 2019 in Texas, there were 6,739 active roadway projects, with another 6,448 projects
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Stimulating soil health within Nebraska's Natural Resources Districts J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 Morgan Wirth-Murray; Andrea Basche
I mproving soil health is increasingly recognized by farmers, researchers, policymakers, and agribusiness as a solution to a number of challenges facing agriculture, including rising soil degradation, growing climate change risks, and declining water quality (FAO 2011; Webb et al. 2017; Zimnicki et al. 2020). As a result of this additional focus on soil health, a number of new policy initiatives are
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Riparian catchments: A landscape approach to link uplands with riparian zones for agricultural and ecosystem conservation J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 Mark D. Tomer; Sarah A. Porter; David E. James; Jessica D. Van Horn
V egetated riparian buffers can trap and treat pollutants in runoff from agricultural uplands, thereby protecting stream water quality and the integrity of aquatic systems (Liu et al. 2008; Dosskey et al. 2010). The effectiveness of a buffer in achieving these goals depends on buffer design, buffer extent (i.e., stream length occupied), distributions of hydrologic flows through the buffer in time and
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Integrating farmer input and Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework results to develop watershed plans in Iowa J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 Karl Gesch; Adam Kiel; Todd Sutphin; Roger Wolf
T he state of Iowa is a national leader in applying the watershed approach to improve water quality. In addition to protecting and improving local water resources, this effort is inspired by calls from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for states in the Mississippi River Basin to reduce hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico (Stoner 2011; Beauvais 2016). The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy
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Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework: Watershed applications, research opportunities, and training resources J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 A.M. Lewandowski; M.D. Tomer; J.I. Buchanan; A. Kiel; L. Olson; R.L. Power; J.J. Sloan
The Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework (ACPF) is an approach to precision conservation for agricultural watershed planning, which is supported by high-resolution watershed data providing spatial detail on land use, soil survey, and topography, which, in turn, are analyzed using an ArcGIS toolbox to identify conservation practice placement options for water quality improvement. A variety of
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Measurements of landscape capacity for water detention and wetland restoration practices can inform watershed planning goals and implementation strategies J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 M.D. Tomer; J.A. Nelson
Increases in the frequency of floods are leading watershed planners to encourage practices that can attenuate surface runoff. Water detention practices that are distributed watershed wide are one approach being considered. Several water detention practices also provide wetlands that carry habitat and water quality benefits. How should planners set planning goals to realize these benefits? This editorial
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Farmer engagement using a precision approach to watershed-scale conservation planning: What do we know? J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 P. Ranjan; A.S. Singh; M.D. Tomer; A.M. Lewandowski; L.S. Prokopy
Farmer engagement is an integral component of conservation planning, with increased emphasis on precision placement of conservation practices. Conservation planners are increasingly turning to tools like the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework (ACPF)—a decision support tool (DST) that provides a menu-driven approach to conservation planning. Scholarship on human dimensions of precision conservation
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Potential for saturated riparian buffers to treat tile drainage among 32 watersheds representing Iowa landscapes J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 M.D. Tomer; S.A. Porter; D.E. James; J.D. Van Horn
The saturated riparian buffer (SRB) is a new and cost-effective conservation practice that diverts agricultural tile drainage toward subsurface discharge within riparian buffers to achieve nitrate (NO3-N) removal. Conservation planners want to understand the potential role of the SRB practice for reducing NO3-N loads from tile-drained agricultural watersheds. The Agricultural Conservation Planning
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Comparing Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework (ACPF) practice placements for runoff mitigation and controlled drainage among 32 watersheds representing Iowa landscapes J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 M.D. Tomer; J.D. Van Horn; S.A. Porter; D.E. James; J. Niemi
Precision conservation planning tools can use high-resolution data to identify conservation practice-placement options for watershed improvement plans. Use of these tools across multiple watersheds could help to identify regional conservation strategies. This study evaluated practice-placement options determined using the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework (ACPF) ArcGIS tools for controlled
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Automatic identification of soil and water conservation measures from centimeter-resolution unmanned aerial vehicle imagery J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 Y. Zhang; H. Shen; C. Xia
The emergence of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has resulted in a new era of remote sensing, especially for applications requiring accurate image classification. This paper describes an automatic method for identifying soil and water conservation (SWC) measures from the centimeter-resolution imagery of UAVs using an object-based image analysis (OBIA) approach and machine learning models, and a support
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Assessing manure and inorganic nitrogen fertilization impacts on soil health, crop productivity, and crop quality in a continuous maize agroecosystem J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 G.L. Miner; J.A. Delgado; J.A. Ippolito; C.E. Stewart; D.K. Manter; S.J. Del Grosso; B.A. Floyd; R.E. D'Adamo
Sustainable agricultural production requires an inclusive framework that concurrently considers the impacts of production methods on soil health, crop productivity, and crop nutritional quality. However, few studies have directly examined the potential associations among management impacts on soil health (SH), crop productivity, and crop quality. We evaluated these linkages in a continuous maize experiment
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Understanding soil health and associated farmers' perceptions in Colombian coffee systems J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 F. Rekik; H. van Es; J.N. Hernandez-Aguilera; M.I. Gómez
Soil health (SH) is important to the economics and environmental impacts of crop production, including coffee ( Coffea spp.) culture. This study was conducted to gain insights into farmers' perceptions related to SH concepts and their realities on Colombian coffee farms. A total of 223 soil samples were collected from 145 coffee farms in Cauca, Colombia, that vary by municipality, their membership
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Carbon and nitrogen release from cover crop residues and implications for cropping systems management J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 C. Lacey; C. Nevins; J. Camberato; E. Kladivko; A. Sadeghpour; S. Armstrong
Cover cropping is an effective management practice for reducing nitrogen (N) losses to the environment from agriculture fields in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (UMRB). Cereal rye (CR; Secale cereale L.) and hairy vetch (HV; Vicia villosa Roth) are two of the most common cover crop species grown in the UMRB. Few studies have examined the effect of corn ( Zea mays L.) or soybean ( Glycine max L.)
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Effect of sludge amino acid–modified magnetic coal gasification slag on plant growth, metal availability, and soil enzyme activity J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 Y. Xiang; Y. Xiang; Y. Jiao; L. Wang
Eroded mine soils are a serious environmental problem in many parts of the world. Coal gasification slag, a byproduct of the coal gasification process, was modified with sludge-derived amino acids for the purpose of remediating eroded mine soils. Amino acid–modified magnetic coal gasification slag (AMS) was evaluated for its ability to decrease heavy metal erosion, improve soil aggregate structure
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Evaluating effects of dairy manure application method on soil health and nitrate J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 A.M. Bierer; R.O. Maguire; M.S. Strickland; R.D. Stewart; W.E. Thomason
Liquid manures are typically applied via surface broadcasting; however, subsurface injection is an alternative characterized by greater nutrient retention and a spatially distinct application pattern, altering management strategies and nutrient cycling dynamics. Thus, a field study was conducted from spring of 2016 through fall of 2018 on seven sites to assess pre-sidedress nitrate test (PSNT) methodology
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Response of rainfall erosivity to changes in extreme precipitation in the Poyang Lake basin, China J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 X. Li; Q. Hu; Q. Zhang; R. Wang
Soil erosion by water is a serious ecological and environmental problem worldwide. Rainfall erosivity (RE), as well as its relationship to rainfall amount (erosivity density [ED]), is one of the most important factors influencing soil erosion as it measures the capability of rainfall to erode soils. Improving knowledge of the changing characteristics of RE and ED and their response to extreme precipitation
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Salt leaching process in coastal saline soil by infiltration of melting saline ice under field conditions J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 K. Guo; X. Liu
Freezing saline water irrigation (FSWI) in winter has been shown to be an effective way to reclaim heavy saline soils. In this four-year experiment, the salt leaching process during saline ice melting and infiltration after FSWI was investigated. Saline water was frozen in saline ice on top of soil after irrigation. Over 70 or 80 days of ice melting and infiltration, ice and soil samples were taken
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Riparian proper functioning condition assessment to improve watershed management for water quality. J. Soil Water Conserv. (IF 2.209) Pub Date : 2017-01-01 S Swanson,D Kozlowski,R Hall,D Heggem,J Lin
Pollutants can be reduced, ameliorated, or assimilated when riparian ecosystems have the vegetation, water, and soil/landform needed for riparian functions. Loss of physical form and ecological function unravels assimilation processes, increasing supply and transport of pollutants. Water quality and aquatic organisms are response measures of accumulated upstream discharges, and ultimately of changes
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