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LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Citation:
LOWRANCE, R., T. ISENHART, B. GBUREK, D. SHIELDS, P. J. WIGINGTON JR, AND S. DABNEY. LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. Chapter 7, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Society, Ankeny, IA, , 269-317, (2006).
Impact/Purpose:
We summarized the existing literature on the effects of landscape management practices
Description:
USDA Conservation Practices are applied at various scales ranging from a portion of a field or a specific farm operation to the watershed or landscape scale. The Conservation Effects Assessment Project is a joint effort of USDA Conservation and Research agencies to determine the effectiveness of implemented practices. To provide the best possible scientific understanding of the effects of conservation practices, USDA commissioned the Soil and Water Conservation Society to assess the state of knowledge of the effects of conservation practices on water quality, water quantity, soil quality,m and air quality. One suite of practices is the landscape management practices which are generally practices applied outside the field area. Landscape management practices are generally the practices which change the amount and placement of agricultural land within farms and agricultural landscapes. These practices include Tree-Shrub Establishment; Windbreaks, Riparian Forest Buffer, Riparian Herbaceous Cover, Wetland Creation, Wetland Restoration, Wetland Enhancement, Constructed wetlands, Channel Bank Vegetation, Streambank Protection, Channel Stabilization, Use Exclusion, Pond, Dam, Sediment Basin, and numerous wildlife practices. We summarized the existing literature on the effects of these practices and developed a set of principles that should be used to assess whether conservation practices will contribute to sustainable agricultural landscapes.