• Capacity Building
• Policy Support
• Industry Change
• Public Education

• Regional Tools
• Regional Publications and Resources
• Nutrient and Waste Management
• Agricultural Ammonia
• Phosphorous Site Index
• Precision Feed Management for Daily Operations
• Environmental Markets and Trading
• Information on Federal Programs
• Residential Environment and Landscapes

Publications and Tools

Factsheet

• About the Mid-Atlantic Regional Water Program (2008)

Regional Tools

• Regional Nutrient Budgets


• The Mid-Atlantic Nutrient Management Handbook

Regional Publications and Resources (by topic)

Nutrient and Waste Managemeent

• Manure Injection in No-Till and Pressure Systems (2009)


• Poultry Litter Use and Transport in Caroline, Queen Anne's, Somerset and Wicomico Counties in Maryland: A Summary Report (2006)


• Poultry Litter Use and Transport Survey in Hardy and Pendleton Counties: A Summary Report (2005)


• Resource Directory on Composting and Compost Use for Water Quality (2005)


• Land Application of Biosolids to Provide Plant Nutrients, Enhance Soil Properties, and Prevent Water Quality Impairments (2005)


• Creating Markets for Manure: Basin-wide Management in the Chesapeake Bay (2004)



Agricultural Ammonia

• Ammonia Emissions and Animal Agriculture (2004)


• Ammonia Emissions from Animal Housing Facilities (2004)


• Nitrogen, Ammonia Emissions and the Dairy Cow (2004)



Phosphorous Site Index

• Development of Regionally Consistent Phosphorus Source Coefficients for Use in Phosphorus Site Index Evaluations in the Mid-Atlantic Region (2005)


• Work-Load Issues Concerning the Use of RUSLE to Estimate Soils Losses in P Index Assessment Tools in the Mid-Atlantic Region (2005)



Precision Feed Management for Dairy Operations

• Monthly Newsletters and additional resources


• Additional Information



Environmental Markets and Trading

• Evaluation Framework for Water Quality Trading Programs in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (2009)


• Water Quality Credit Trading and Agriculture: Recognizing the Challenges and Policy Issues Ahead (2007)


• Pennsylvania's Nutrient Trading Program: Legal Issues and Challenges (2007)


• A Primer on Water Quality Credit Trading in the Mid-Atlantic (2006)
  
  State Specific Interests:
  
  
  • Pennsylvania (2007)
  
  
  • Virginia (2007)
  
  
  • West Virginia (2007)
  
  
• Nutrient Trading Resource Directory (2005)


• Additional Information

Information on Federal Programs

• CAFO's
  • New Federal CAFO Rules (2004)


• The Conservation Security Program
  • The Conservation Security Program Encouraging and Rewarding Good Conservation (2005)
  
  
  • The Conservation Security Program: A Guide for Interested Farmers (2005)
  
  
• Total Maximum Daily Loads
  • TMDL Resource Directory (2004)

Information for Program and Policy Development

• The ABCs of EDCs (2007)


• Biofuels and Water Quality (2007)

Residential Environments & Landscapes

• Drinking Water Assessment at Underserved Farms in Virginia's Coastal Plains (2008)


• Fertilize Wisely


• Resource Directory on Home Practices to Promote Water Quality (2004)

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