Extension
It Starts With Us
| 1002 - Water and Soil Quality and Conservation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1002.19) | 1400 |
Number of landowners who adopted changes to improve the water quality of forested streams |
| 1002.18) | 1400 |
Number of people who adjusted rate, timing, placement and/or sources to increase nutrient use efficiency |
| 1002.15) | 1400 |
Number of producers who developed or implemented nutrient management plan |
| 1002.13) | 1400 |
Number of producers who developed or updated an Ag Water Quality Plan |
| 1002.12) | 1400 |
Number of people who planted native plants in buffer zones |
| 1002.1) | 1400 |
Number of people who increased knowledge of backyard streams, watersheds, stream ecology and best practices to improving water quality |
| 1002.2) | 1400 |
Number of people who increased knowledge of water quality in urban areas |
| 1002.5) | 1400 |
Number of people who implemented one or more best practices to increase soil organic matter |
| 1002.6) | 1400 |
Number of people who implemented one or more best practices to improve soil structure for water infiltration and retention. |
| 1002.8) | 1400 |
Number of people who implemented one or more best practices for improving water quality |
| 1002.7) | 1400 |
Number of people who implemented one or more best practices to increase ground cover for soil protection. |
| 1002.4) | 1400 |
Number of people who implemented one or more best practices for soil /water conservation |
| 1002.11) | 1400 |
Number of people who implemented one or more best practices to protect stream banks, stream buffer zones, water quality protection, and/or manure management |
| 1002.3) | 1400 |
Number of people who implemented one or more best practices for improving soil quality /soil health |
Author: Matthew Futrell
Major Program: Water and Soil Quality and Conservation
Water quality has a deep impact on everyone it touches. In our day-to-day lives we don’t give much thought to the quality of our water because we are confident, we can go to the tap, open it up, and clean safe drinking water will come out. According to the World Health Organization, in 2022 nearly 2.2 billion people in the world were without safely managed water services.Even today many Kentuckians rely on groundwater as their primary source of drinking water. The Univers
