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1. Early experience with Pennsylvania's agricultural conservation easement program

Author

Maynard, Leigh J., Kelsey, Timothy W., Lembeck, Stanford M., and Becker, John C.

Subjects
Agricultural conservation -- Management, Easements -- Management -- Planning, Farm management -- Planning, Environmental issues, Company business planning, Company business management, Management, Planning
Abstract

The appropriate methods to preserve agricultural land are subject to ongoing debate. One agricultural land preservation technique that is becoming increasingly common is the purchase of conservation easements (also known [...]

Published
1998

2. Breaking the impasse: helping communities cope with change at the rural-urban interface

Author

Abdalla, Charles W. and Kelsey, Timothy W.

Subjects
Rural development -- Management, Social conflict -- Management, Agricultural conservation -- Management, Natural resources -- Management, Environmental issues, Company business management, Management
Abstract

As communities and agriculture change, the juxtaposition of farming and other rural activities has become a battle-ground over water and related nutrient management issues, odors, insects, and other community impacts [...]

Published
1996

3. Coalition building for conservation: the Iowa REAP program

Author

Wanberg, David J. and Anderson, Paul F.

Subjects
Iowa -- Environmental policy, Agricultural conservation -- Management, Environmental issues, Company business management, Management, Environmental policy
Abstract

The Iowa Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) Program has been heralded as one of the most significant conservation programs ever implemented in Iowa. In fact, many people view it as [...]

Published
1994

4. Rehabilitating the ancient terraced lands of Lebanon

Author

Zurayk, Rami A.

Subjects
Lebanon -- Environmental policy, Terracing -- Management, Agricultural conservation -- Management, Environmental issues, Company business management, Management, Environmental policy
Abstract

Lebanon's mild climate distinguishes it from the surrounding arid and semiarid Middle Eastern countries. This climate results principally from the fact that the Lebanon mountain range runs parallel to the [...]

Published
1994

5. Understanding the nutrient management process

Author

Beegle, Douglas B. and Lanyon, Les E.

Subjects
Soil conservation -- Management, Agricultural conservation -- Management, Environmental issues, Company business management, Management
Abstract

Traditionally, nutrient management has attempted to optimize the economic return from nutrients used to produce a crop. The main emphasis was on the expected crop response to added nutrients. In [...]

Published
1994

6. Best management practices meeting water quality goals

Author

Watson, J., Hassinger, E., Reffruschinni, K., Sheedy, M., and Anthony, B.

Subjects
Agricultural conservation -- Management, Environmental issues, Company business management, Management
Abstract

In Arizona, legislation was enacted in 1986, referred to as the Arizona Environmental Quality Act (2), to protect both surface and ground water quality from point and non-point contamination sources. [...]

Published
1994

7. Soil quality indicator properties in mid-Atlantic soils as influenced by conservation management

Author

Islam, K. R. and Weil, R. R.

Subjects
Agricultural industry -- Management, Soils -- Quality management, Agricultural conservation -- Management, Environmental issues, Company business management, Quality management, Management
Abstract

ABSTRACT: Soil quality or condition is best assessed by soil properties that are neither so permanent as to be insensitive to management, nor so easily changeable as to give little [...]

Published
2000

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