Introducing a One-Stop Resource for Wind Erosion, Air Quality, and Dust Mitigation
Webinar Details
When:
Sep 20, 2019 12:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 00:58 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Steve Smarik - NRCS State Resource Conservationist for Arizona and Liaison to the USDA Southern Plains and Southwest Climate Hubs - Phoenix, AZ
- Rachel Steele - USDA Climate Hubs National Lead - Washington, DC
- Mike Wilson, Ph.D. - USDA-NRCS Senior Scientist, Climate Change - Lincoln, NE
- Greg Zwicke - Air Quality Engineer, NRCS National Air Quality and Atmospheric Change Team - Fort Collins, CO
- Brandon L. Edwards, Ph.D. - Research Assistant Professor, Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico State University - Las Cruces, NM
- Nick Webb, Ph.D. - Research Associate Professor, Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico State University - Las Cruces, NM
CEU Credits/Certificate Offered:
- Certificate of Participation
- Conservation Planner (CP) - 1 hour Conservation Planning Credit
Virtual Event Format:
Group Viewing Available:
Participants will learn about a new one-stop resource for air quality, dust mitigation, wind erosion and available resources to support on-the-ground conservation.
An introduction to the newly published Dust Mitigation Handbook – a collaborative project between the USDA Southern Plains and Southwest Climate Hubs, USDA Agricultural Research Service, and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. The Handbook represents a “OneUSDA” vision for conservation management under varying and changing environmental conditions, and is intended for resource managers in USDA and other land management agencies who are struggling with dust challenges and working with producers to craft solutions.
Lead author Steve Smarik, NRCS State Resource Conservationist for Arizona and Liaison to the USDA Southern Plains and Southwest Climate Hubs, shares his knowledge and experience gained from nearly 40 years of work in agricultural conservation in this one-stop resource for managing wind erosion, air quality and dust mitigation. The webinar will cover some of the highlights of the handbook including: impacts of particulate matter, climate considerations, wind erosion models, conservation planning, wind erosion on cropland and wind erosion on rangeland, natural areas and unpaved surfaces, and USDA programs available to address wind erosion.
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