This website is intended for conservation planners and producers as a tool in assessing the effects of conservation practices
that reduce sediment and nutrient pollution from agricultural lands.
The Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues its mission of developing solutions to agricultural
problems through research and dissemination of information to farmers and other stakeholders.
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Sediment
Sediment carried by heavy rainfall enters streams and lakes causing
turbidity that harms aquatic life, clogs drainage ditches, stream channels, water intakes and reservoirs.
Nitrogen
Nitrogen is absorbed directly by plants. Those that are not absorbed by
plant roots can easily run off into surface water or leach into groundwater system.
Phosphorus
Phosphorus is essential to all life. However, areas with high population
density or intensive animal production receive excess phosphorus that causes eutrophication.
con·ser·va·tion
Noun. The protection, preservation, management, or restoration of wildlife and
of natural resources such as forests, soil, and water.
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