Extension
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Contributed.
with Local Stakeholders.
of Multistate Efforts.
of Volunteers Engaged.
Number of landowners who adopted changes to improve the water quality of forested streams |
1590 |
Number of people who adjusted rate, timing, placement and/or sources to increase nutrient use efficiency |
3190 |
Number of producers who developed or implemented nutrient management plan |
1681 |
Number of producers who developed or updated an Ag Water Quality Plan |
3775 |
Number of people who planted native plants in buffer zones |
2069 |
Number of people who increased knowledge of backyard streams, watersheds, stream ecology and best practices to improving water quality |
91690 |
Number of people who increased knowledge of water quality in urban areas |
5966 |
Number of people who implemented one or more best practices to increase soil organic matter |
2959 |
Number of people who implemented one or more best practices to improve soil structure for water infiltration and retention. |
2724 |
Number of people who implemented one or more best practices for improving water quality |
6615 |
Number of people who implemented one or more best practices to increase ground cover for soil protection. |
2695 |
Number of people who implemented one or more best practices for soil /water conservation |
3997 |
Number of people who implemented one or more best practices to protect stream banks, stream buffer zones, water quality protection, and/or manure management |
2227 |
Number of people who implemented one or more best practices for improving soil quality /soil health |
4202 |
Kentuckys 90,000 miles of waterways drain into the Mississippi River, which provides two-thirds of the freshwater that flows into the Gulf of Mexico. Excessive nutrients carried by the Mississippi River contribute to the hypoxic zone (or Dead Zone) in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in low oxygen levels that cannot support aquatic life. Since 2014 at least one University of Kentucky Extension specialist has participated in collaborations with colleagues at 11 other land-grant institutions in the M...
