Wednesday, July 7, 2010

A Soil Erosion Control Success Story

http://www.agriculture.com/ag/slideshow/slideShow.jhtml?slideid=/templatedata/ag/slideshow/data/1278452926993.xml
Lake Darling was once among the state's most polluted. Silt had shrunk the 1952 reservoir from 305 to 267 acres and high bacteria levels often closed it to swimming. Today, thanks to 80% participation of landowners and farmers, terraces and farm ponds have cut sediment reaching the lake from about 16,000 tons a year to less than 7,000.

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  1. That is a great soil erosion / sediment control success story!

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  2. The agents of Soil erosion are the same as the agents of all types of erosion: water, wind, ice, or gravity. Running water is the leading cause of soil erosion, because water is abundant and has a lot of power. Wind is also a leading cause of soil erosion because wind can pick up soil and blow it far away.

    Activities that remove vegetation, disturb the ground, or allow the ground to dry are activities that increase erosion.

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Did you know that .......?

......there is more life below the soil surface than there is above.
......1 tablespoon of soil has about 50 billion microbes.
......soil microbes have key roles in nutrient cycling.
......there are 5,000 to 7,000 different species of bacteria in one gram of soil.
......the total living matter in an acre of soil ranges from 5,000 to 20,000 pounds.
......earthworms eat soil to get the organic materials in it. The rest passes through them.
......each year, 15 tons of dry soil per acre pass through earthworms.
......about 42 centuries ago, the Chinese used a soil map to determine taxation amounts.

......soil provide 4,000 gallons of water to grow one bushel of corn; for wheat 11,000 gallons.
......soil is synonymous to the word ‘earth’, the word from which our planet derives its name.
......soil can holds 1,700 tons of water per acre, reducing the risk of floods.
......soils store 10% of global carbon dioxide emissions.