LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY | Secretary Aurelia S. Giacometto
A DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
The Master Farmer Award program is created for all Missourians involved in agriculture – crop farmers, livestock producers, vegetable and fruit growers, tree farmers and vineyard owners. Judging committees look for the best managers with innovative ideas, sound business skills, financial recordkeeping, soil and water conservation practices, agricultural leadership and community service.
A website dedicated to landscape laws and storm water management for the LDEQ Nonpoint Pollution Program.
Established in LAC 33:IX.1109.I – outlines sample collection and analytical procedures for samples to be used to determine whether the standards have been attained, including quality assurance (QA) procedures that follow agency’s QA Plan for water monitoring and analysis.
The report tracks interim progress on the actions accomplished in Fiscal Year 2010 by Task Force member states and federal agencies and their partners to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus loading in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Masin (MARB) and, ultimately, to reduce the size and severity of the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone.
The report tracks interim progress on the actions accomplished in Fiscal Year 2011 by Task Force member states and federal agencies and their partners to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus loading in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Masin (MARB) and, ultimately, to reduce the size and severity of the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone.
The USDA National Agroforestry Center (NAC) had its origins in the 1990 Farm Bill. It began as a Forest Service Research and State & Private Forestry effort in 1992 and expanded into a partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in 1995. It is administered by the Forest Service's, Washington, DC, office of Research and Development. NAC offices are located in Lincoln, Nebraska and Blacksburg, Virginia. NAC accelerates the application of agroforestry through a national network of partners. Together, we conduct research, develop technologies and tools, coordinate demonstrations and training, and provide useful information to natural resource professionals. Agroforestry intentionally combines agriculture and forestry to create integrated and sustainable land-use systems. Agroforestry takes advantage of the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock. Agroforestry practices include: Alley Cropping, Forest Farming, Riparian Forest Buffers, Silvopasture, and Windbreaks.
Established by Section 320 of the Clean Water Act; Provides for the identification of nationally significant estuaries that are threatened by pollution; for preparation of conservation and management plans; Provides for Federal grants to State, interstate, and regional water pollution control agencies to implement the plans. The National Estuary Program (NEP) is a network of voluntary community-based programs that safeguards the health of important coastal ecosystems across the country. The Barataria-Terrebonne NEP (BTNEP) is a NEP in Louisiana.