Water and Soil Quality and Conservation Major Program

11239

Total Hours

Contributed.

40597

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

1440

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

179

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of landowners who adopted changes to improve the water quality of forested streams  

754

Number of people who adjusted rate, timing, placement and/or sources to increase nutrient use efficiency

1576

Number of producers who developed or implemented  nutrient management plan  

487

Number of producers who developed or updated an Ag Water Quality Plan

3320

Number of people who planted native plants in buffer zones  

579

Number of people who implemented one or more best practices to protect stream banks, stream buffer zones,  water quality protection, and/or manure management

1713

Number of people who implemented one or more best practices for soil /water conservation

4185

Number of people who implemented one or more best practices to increase ground cover for soil protection.

1831

Number of people who implemented one or more best practices for improving water quality

5090

Number of people who implemented one or more best practices to improve soil structure for water infiltration and retention.

1763

Number of people who implemented one or more best practices  to increase soil organic matter

2050

Number of people who implemented one or more best practices for improving soil quality /soil health  

4798

Number of people who increased knowledge of water quality in urban areas

6332

Number of people who increased  knowledge of backyard streams, watersheds, stream ecology and best practices to improving water quality

5747

Stories

The Development of a Backyard Composting Program

The Extension Service and Conservation District recently convened to address the issue of the emerging need for composting options. We received $10,500 in grants from the Kentucky Division of Waste Management to develop a composting education and implementation program. We purchased 600 compost bins and provided them to households at four educational events in the fall 2020 and six events in 2021 held at the Extension Office. Extension partnered with the City of Fort Thomas to provide bins at th...

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The Development of a Backyard Composting Program

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