Jan-Feb 2008

Editor’s Desk

Rising expectations for conservation in water-scarce times

Mark Anderson-Wilk, editor

Your Letters

Readers’ Forum

Home Front

Resilience

Craig A. Cox, executive director of the Soil and Water Conservation Society

ViewPoint

Answers and analysis needed to guide the use of biofuels as a renewable energy source

Jean L. Steiner

Conservationist Profile

Jonathan May, Timberville, Virginia

In the News

Protecting southern Quebec’s last wild watershed

John McDonnell

Conservation in action

Wyoming ranch welcomes National Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative

Kindra Gordon

Ideas & Innovations

New technology to increase irrigation efficiency

Kirk T. Taylor

High-quality fiber and fertilizer as co-products from anaerobic digestion

Chad Kruger, Shulin Chen, Craig MacConnell, Joe Harrison, Richard Shumway, Tianxi Zhang, Kay Oakley, Clark Bishop, Craig Frear,
Debra Davidson, and Keith Bowers

Conservation in Practice

Treatment wetlands: Cost-effective practice for intercepting nitrate before it reaches and adversely impacts surface waters

Richard Iovanna, Skip Hyberg, and William Crumpton

Features

Collecting and monitoring on-farm water data using satellite data collection technology in the Arkansas Delta

Dennis K. Carman

Soil health and productivity benefits of low-tillage organic systems: The common ground between organic
and no-till farming practices

Cheryl Rainford

Conservation partnerships

US-China collaboration on conservation

Tech transfer Briefing

Nutrient supplement placement best management practice for changing beef cow distribution

Melvin R. George, Neil K. McDougald, Wayne A. Jensen, Royce E. Larsen, David C. Cao, and Norman R. Harris

A sinkhole filter for protection of karst groundwater

Douglas G. Boyer

Conservation within the Big Walnut Watershed of Ohio: Potential for rural/urban conflict

Ted L. Napier, Kelly McCutcheon, and Jennifer Fish

Implementation update

Managing pine straw harvests to minimize soil and water losses

Daniel H. Pote and Tommy C. Daniel

Applied research

Geographical information system erosion assessment at a military training site

R.L. Gaffer, D.C. Flanagan, M.L. Denight, and B.A. Engel

Effectiveness of nutrient supplement placement for changing beef cow distribution

M.R. George, N.K. McDougald, W.A. Jensen, R.E. Larsen, D.C. Cao, and N.R. Harris

Factors affecting natural resource conservation investments of residents in the Lower Big Walnut Creek watershed, Ohio

T.L. Napier, K. McCutcheon, and J. Fish

Evaluating a crop residue cover index for determining tillage regime in a cotton-corn-peanut rotation

D.G. Sullivan, D. Lee, J. Beasley, S. Brown, and E.J. Williams

Patterns of water and tillage erosion on topographically complex landscapes in the North American Great Plains

S. Li, D.A. Lobb, M.J. Lindstrom, and A. Farenhorst

Assessment of a sinkhole filter for removing agricultural contaminants

D.G. Boyer