Prince William Soil and Water Conservation District

Non Point Source (NPS) Reduction Programs

January 2000 thru December 2000

Agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs) (completed)
Ag BMPs1 #Practices/

Plans		 Extent

Acres or Feet		 N Reduction

(lbs.)		 P Reduction

(lbs.)		 Soil Loss Red. T/A/Yr.
SL-6 8 208 ac

14,898 ft.		 638

1,156		 15

55		 305
SL-11B 1 1 ac 1 1 3
NM-3B2 8 303 ac n/a n/a n/a
WP-2 10 16,370 ft. 1305 67 54
WP-4 3 3 units 4,690 944 6,734 tons manure treated/yr.
SWQCP

(including NMPs		 48 2,515 ac 2,210 201 n/a
Totals 78 - 10,000 1,282 7,096.00

1 See Ag BMP Codes Listed Below


Soil and Water Quality Conservation Plans

  • •Completed 48 Soil and Water Quality Conservation Plans, including NMPs
  • •2,515.1 acres total
  • •38 plans have either been implemented or are in progress

Adult Conservation Education

Farmer Meetings/Field Days

Horse Farm conservation Seminar 4/00 60 attendees

Horse Pasture Mgmt. Seminar 11/00 80 attendees

Farmer Meeting - CREP Field Day 10/00 21 attendees

District Display and Information Distribution

Leesylvania State Park

McCoart Building-January

Watershed Walk at Cloverdale Park (Neabsco Creek watershed)

District Arbor Day Poster Contest display at McCoart in April

Spring Fling

Board of County Supervisors' Tour

Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts Annual Meeting

Ducks Unlimited Annual Meeting

Bel Air Women's Club Meeting

Quarterly Newsletter

1,400 newsletters distributed quarterly

Summer '00

Fall '00

Winter '00

Spring '00

Youth Conservation Education

  # OF YOUTH # OF ADULTS TOPICS
28 schools visited

85 class presentations		 1314

104

60

312

42

270		 196

26

14

11

6

23

Watershed model

Wildlife and Wetlands

Agriculture

Soil

Stream/pond study

Careers in Natural Resources

Conservation

Workshops/Special Events 175

200

7

50

997

8

35

4

80

284

3		 Earth Day at Belmont Elementary

Watershed Exploration Trail

Regional Envirothon

Potomac Heritage Day at Leesylvania

Arbor Day Ceremonies attendance.

Children's Barn - County Fair
Farm Field Day 700 150 Forestry, agriculture, natural resource conservation
Arbor Day Poster Contest

Natural Resources Conservation Week Poster Contest		 1004 entries

567 entries		   Trees are Terrific...for Shelter and Shade

Natural Wonders in My Watershed
Teacher Education   32

20

20		 Watersheds and Water Resources(NPS)

Project Learning Tree (12)

Properties of Soil
Adopt-A-Stream 65 60 4 sites of 2 clean-ups each:

Potomac River at Leesylvania

Powell's Creek at Rt.1

Neabsco Creek at Leach Park

Neabsco Creek at Cloverdale Park

2 Watershed Walks
Teacher's Newsletter   2,000 monthly Teachers receive newsletters monthly,

January thru May

August thru December

NOTES:

1. See below for BMP practice codes
2. BMPs that support other nutrient-reducing practices

Key to BMP Practice Codes

FR-3 - Woodland Buffer Filter Area

SL-6 - Grazing Land Protection

SL-8B - Small Grain Cover Crop for Nutrient Management

SP-1 - Nutrient Management Plan Writing

SP-2 - Soil Analysis used for Nutrient Management Plan Writing

SP-3 - Sidedress Application of Nitrogen on Corn

SP-3B - Manure Application to Corn Using Pre-sidedress Nitrate Test to Determine Need for Sidedress Nitrogen

SP-4 - Late Winter Split Application of Nitrogen on Small Grains

WP-2 - Streambank Protection

WP-4D - Soil Test in Support of Nutrient Management Plan

SWQCP - Soil and Water Quality Conservation Plan

NMP - Nutrient Management Plan

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