scholarly journals Effects of agricultural land-management practices on water quality in northeastern Guilford County, North Carolina, 1985-90

1995 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Agricultural Land Management

Discriminating the effects of agricultural land management practices on soil fungal communities

2007 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 1139-1155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiehang Wu ◽  
Dan O. Chellemi ◽  
Kendall J. Martin ◽  
Jim H. Graham ◽  
Erin N. Rosskopf
Keyword(s):  
Land Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Fungal Communities ◽  
Agricultural Land Management

Rural, Non-agricultural Land-use and Rates of Erosion in the Natal Drakensberg

1979 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald G. Garland
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Agricultural Land Use ◽  
Erosion Rates ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Agricultural Land Management

Land erosion in wilderness, conservation, and recreational, areas may be accelerated by certain non-agricultural land management practices. Examples from the Natal Drakensberg are used to demonstrate how certain types of land modification—such as burning, the construction of unpaved access roads, and the creation of paths and tracks—may result in rapid acceleration of erosion rates.

Applying the Soil Water Assessment Tool to 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown

2014 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 372-385
Author(s):  
Shawn Burdett ◽  
Michael Hulley ◽  
Andy Smith
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Sediment Yields ◽  
Soil Water Assessment Tool ◽  
Water Assessment

A hydrologic and water quality model is sought to establish an approach to land management decisions for a Canadian Army training base. Training areas are subjected to high levels of persistent activity creating unique land cover and land-use disturbances. Deforestation, complex road networks, off-road manoeuvres, and vehicle stream crossings are among major anthropogenic activities observed to affect these landscapes. Expanding, preserving and improving the quality of these areas to host training activities for future generations is critical to maintain operational effectiveness. Inclusive to this objective is minimizing resultant environmental degradation, principally in the form of hydrologic fluctuations, excess erosion, and sedimentation of aquatic environments. Application of the Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) was assessed for its ability to simulate hydrologic and water quality conditions observed in military landscapes at 5th Canadian Division Support Base (5 CDSB) Gagetown, New Brunswick. Despite some limitations, this model adequately simulated three partial years of daily watershed outflow (NSE = 0.47–0.79, R2 = 0.50–0.88) and adequately predicted suspended sediment yields during the observation periods (%d = 6–47%) for one highly disturbed sub-watershed in Gagetown. Further development of this model may help guide decisions to develop or decommission training areas, guide land management practices and prioritize select landscape mitigation efforts.

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