{"id":6825,"date":"2016-05-31T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T09:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=6825"},"modified":"2016-06-06T19:21:19","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T19:21:19","slug":"new-video-improving-water-livestock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/new-video-improving-water-livestock\/","title":{"rendered":"New Extension Video: Improving Water Quality At Your Livestock Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Improving<\/a>Hellbenders have been rapidly declining since the 1980s due to various factors, including poor water quality. \u00a0Many ecological issues contribute to poor water quality, and one important issue\u00a0we can focus on is how we use the land around\u00a0rivers and streams. Livestock operations\u00a0produce a lot of nutrients – largely in the form of manure. When next to a river,\u00a0this can flow\u00a0into the water,\u00a0which reduces water quality through the\u00a0high nutrient input and added sedimentation.\u00a0\u00a0However,\u00a0livestock owners\u00a0can greatly reduce the impact of their\u00a0operations\u00a0on water quality using a number of different management practices.<\/p>\n

In this\u00a0new\u00a0video “Improving Water Quality at Your Livestock Operation<\/a>,” we focus on how livestock owners\u00a0can use management practices on their farm that improve water\u00a0quality while still meeting their production goals. Bob Sawtelle, a livestock owner along the Blue River, uses\u00a0a forested riparian buffer to filter out runoff from his cattle pen, resulting in cleaner water and healthier wildlife. In this video, he discusses the\u00a0ecological and economic benefits to this practice\u00a0in further detail.<\/p>\n

Please visit the Help the Hellbender website<\/a> for more information about other management practices that improve water\u00a0quality,\u00a0and also check out\u00a0the National Resource Conservation Services website<\/a> (NRCS) for news and other\u00a0information related to soil and resource conservation.<\/p>\n

Resources:<\/strong>
\nImproving Water Quality At Your Livestock Operation<\/a> – The Education Store, Purdue Extension Resource Center
\nImproving Water Quality Around Your Farm<\/a> – The Education Store
\nOptions for Farmers<\/a> – Help the Hellbender
\nIdentifying Benefits and Barriers Associated with Reforesting Riparian Corridors<\/a> – Purdue Engineering
\nRiparian Area Management<\/a> – United States Environmental Protection Agency<\/p>\n

Megan Kuechle<\/a>, Undergraduate Extension Intern
\nPurdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n

Dr. Rod Williams<\/a>, Associate Head of FNR Extension and Associate Professor of Wildlife Science
\nPurdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hellbenders have been rapidly declining since the 1980s due to various factors, including poor water quality. \u00a0Many ecological issues contribute to poor water quality, and one important issue\u00a0we can focus on is how we use the land around\u00a0rivers and streams. Livestock operations\u00a0produce a lot of nutrients – largely in the form of manure. When next […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,54],"tags":[197,309,301,196,232,310,308,306,307,300],"class_list":["post-6825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aqua","category-wildlife","tag-blue-river","tag-cattle","tag-farming","tag-hellbender","tag-help-the-hellbender","tag-livestock","tag-riparian-buffer","tag-river","tag-stream","tag-water-quality","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t