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E.L Peterson Ranch, Inc Box 8, Judith Gap, MT (406) 374-2244 Email: elpranch@hotmail.com. E.L. Peterson, Inc Dean &Trudi Peterson. Share our experience with Environmental Assessment and Planning Process Where we started Self-assessment What we did How we got through the process
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E.L Peterson Ranch, Inc Box 8,Judith Gap, MT(406) 374-2244Email: elpranch@hotmail.com
E.L. Peterson, IncDean &Trudi Peterson • Share our experience with Environmental Assessment and Planning Process • Where we started • Self-assessment • What we did • How we got through the process • What we see for use in the Beef Industry
E.L. Peterson Ranch Mission To Be a Sustainable Livestock Operation • Economically Feasible & Ecologically Sound • Environmentally Friendly
Feedlot Dike Winter Feeding site
Dike Run Off Flow
ABOVE FEEDLOT RUN-IN DIVERSION
BELOW PEN DIVERSION Drainage Ditch
Vegetated Evaporation Settling Pond Nov 2002
Spring Ditch - BEFORE May 2001
Spring Ditch - After Nov 2002
Spring Ditch - After Future look - Trees Nov 2002
Personal ExperienceswithEnvironmental Assessment • Frustrations • Difficulties • Unnecessary • Does Process have Value?
Environmental Assessment • Value of self assessment
Environmental Assessment • Short comings of self assessment • Discipline to make it happen
Levels of Environmental Assessment Self Assessment • Inventory of Resources • Awareness of Regulations • Identifying Priority Issues • Environmental Risk
Levels of Environmental Assessment Self Assessment • Awareness of Regulations • Identifying Priority Issues • Environmental Risk Environmental Mgmt Plan • All of the above plus • Inventory of Resources • Writing Environmental Objectives • Plan of Action
Environmental Management Systems In Beef Industry • Can an EMS be used? • Should an EMS be used? • What would it take to implement this with the beef industry? • Regulatory relief • Financial benefit • Environmental enhancement
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