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Increasing the Adoption of the Management of Ag Drainage Water for Conservation Benefits

This article discusses the AGWAM team's action plan to increase the adoption of drainage water management (DWM) for conservation benefits. It covers topics such as communication, technology, training, policy, programs, wildlife habitat, and outcomes. The article also provides examples of resource concerns and explains the importance of a systems approach in managing drainage water.

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Increasing the Adoption of the Management of Ag Drainage Water for Conservation Benefits

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  1. Increasing the Adoption of the Management of Ag Drainage Water for Conservation Benefits “Into the Future” by Paul J. Sweeney Paul.Sweeney@wdc.usda.gov Senior Project Leader Regional Conservationist Staff Bismarck, ND

  2. “Into the Future” • Topics: • Ag. Water Management Team (AGWAM) • AGWAM Action Plan • Summit’s Purpose • Systems Approach • What Future Products from the Team

  3. NRCS Agriculture Water Management Team (AGWAM)

  4. NRCS Agriculture Water Management Team (AGWAM) Team’s Action Plan: Draft completed June 2011 Public comment thru August 2011 National Summit input Dynamic document - changing

  5. AGWAM Team Action Plan • Seven Key Components: • COMMUNICATION • TECHNOLOGY • TRAINING • POLICY • PROGRAMS • WILDLIFE HABITAT • OUTCOMES

  6. AGWAM Team Action Plan Key Component: 1. COMMUNICATION A. Agency action plan B. Partner Forums C. Evaluate the Phase 1 D. Website E. Communications and Outreach F. Attitudes towards drainage water mgt G. ADMS Task Force H. Integrate the ADMS Task Force

  7. AGWAM Team Action Plan Key Component: 2. TECHNOLOGY A. Repository and links to research B. Complete technical reviews C. Identify and collect the knowledge D. Where DWM (CPS 554) feasible

  8. AGWAM Team Action Plan Key Component: 3. TRAINING A. Internal training B. External training C. Technical Service Providers

  9. AGWAM Team Action Plan Key Component: 4. POLICY A. National policy B. State policy C. Technical Service Provider policy

  10. AGWAM Team Action Plan Key Component: 5. PROGRAMS A. Programmatic barriers B. Track progress C. New Programs/Opportunities

  11. AGWAM Team Action Plan Key Component: 6. WILDLIFE HABITAT A. Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative B. Open dialogue

  12. AGWAM Team Action Plan Key Component: 7. OUTCOMES A. Estimates of outcomes B. Report outcomes

  13. Managing Water. Harvesting Results.America’s Ag. Water Management National Summit Purpose: increase nation-wide adoption of drainage water management (DWM) as part of a conservation system, through the understanding of past history, current situation, performance, incentives and future opportunities.

  14. Increasing the Adoption of the Management of Ag Drainage Water for Conservation Benefits Systems Approach Addressing nutrient loads from the when the nutrients are being applied (4 R’s) to the field, to the last opportunity - when subsurface water leaves the field.

  15. What is Drainage Water Management? Its a combination of conservation practices,identified during the development of a farm conservation plan andgenerally used in conjunction with a nutrient management system,to manage the timing and amount of both surface and subsurface drainage leaving a field to address producer identified resource concerns….

  16. What is Drainage Water Management? Resource Concern Examples: • Water Quality • Water Quantity • Water availability • Flooding • Irrigation • Wildlife Habitat • Other

  17. Nitrogen Balance

  18. Nitrogen Balance

  19. Why a systems approach? • Agronomic Practices 20 - 30% • Cover Crops 10 - 40% • Drainage Management 20 - 50% • Bioreactors 20 - 40% • Bioreactors w/ Drainage Mgt. 50 - 80% • Wetlands 5 - 60% • Minimize drainage intensity 5 - 35% • (for replacement systems)

  20. “Into the Future” Team’s Future Products: Training Opportunities Outreach materials Maps and tools

  21. “Into the Future”

  22. “Into the Future” Hold position for Fact Sheet

  23. Soil Web Survey mock up product for planning purposes

  24. Comments and Questions

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