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ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM - AGROECOSYSTEM PILOT FIELD PROGRAM PLAN - 1993
Citation:
Campbell, C., J. Bay, C. Franks, A. Hellkamp, G. Hess, M. Munster, D. Neher, G. Olsen, J. Rawlings, B. Schumacher, AND M. Tooley. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM - AGROECOSYSTEM PILOT FIELD PROGRAM PLAN - 1993. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/620/R-93/014 (NTIS PB94160694), 1994.
Description:
The Agroecosystem Resource Group (ARG) of the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) has developed a five-year (1991-1995) strategy for the development, evaluation, and implementation of a suite of indicators for monitoring agroecosystem status and trends on a regional and national basis. he five-year period includes time to test concepts relating to design, indicators, quality assurance, logistics, information management, data analysis, assessment and reporting at the pilot and demonstration program stages. rimary emphasis is on the development of close working relations between personnel from the U.S. Department Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and Soil Conservation Service (SCS) and the ARG. he 1993 Pilot Project in Nebraska will test all aspects of the monitoring program for a selected suite of indicators. his 1993 pilot will have sufficient flexibility to allow a number of innovative approaches to be examined in the various facets of the pilot. esults will be utilized to plan for regional demonstration project and address specific concerns of applying the program indicators in a different geographic area of the country. n addition, results will assist the ARG in establishing a set of core Indicators for use in monitoring the status, trends and condition of the Nation's agroecological resources.
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