Watershed Management Strategy 15 – Agricultural Best Management Practices Education & Outreach

Focus Area Characteristics

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Focus Areas

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Recommendation Sheet – Complete

Focus Area Characteristics: Impaired streams whose watersheds contain agricultural operations. Areas with agricultural operations near surface water bodies, especially waters that are susceptible to nutrient enrichment. Areas with agricultural operations with little or no stream buffers, poor or leachable soils, and/or steep slopes.

Data Needs: Impacted Stream Buffers

Criteria Definition Needs:

– At what distance is an agricultural operation considered “near” a surface water body ?

– What water bodies are considered susceptible to nutrient enrichment?

– What soils are considered poor or leachable?

– At what percent or degree is a slope considered “steep”?