ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 13(1)
Опубликована: Окт. 18, 2024
For maximization of soil and water quality benefits, the right agricultural conservation practices (CPs) should be practiced for place. The Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework (ACPF) is a tool that helps decision makers achieve precise within target watershed using rapid, low-cost Geographic Information System-based tools. ACPF takes information on landscape characteristics combines it with user input to identify locations susceptible loss run-off suggest potential CP locations. Suggested CPs may further analyzed urgency, installation cost, effectiveness. In this study, was applied analyze vulnerability small unglaciated sub-watershed in southwest Wisconsin recommended placement sites. To promote environmental sustainability agriculture sector, land managers are tasked implementing CPs, but often lack adequate most effective practice strategy. Field-scale siting achieved high-resolution terrain derivatives accurate simulation stream network. Slope disaggregation among categories also conducted. Greatest sources were associated slope erodibility factors, average cropped fields being 6% as high 43%. Fields classified critical had mean 7.4%. contour buffer strip (CBS) per field varied slope, steeper having denser placement. results suggested 3% cropland could removed from production if CBS implemented. A 0.2% area would go grassed waterways. support implementation based local conditions act help reveal existing size extent comparable predicted potential.
Язык: Английский