Soil and Water Conservation SocietyJason WellerChief, NRCS

July 2015

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Increasing Temperature

2012 Corn YieldDrought States

Stream Health

Terrestrial Habitat

HABITAT HEALTH

Green House Gases

AIR QUALITY

Water Management

Pesticide Mitigation

Phosporus Loss

Nitrogen Leaching

Nitrogen Run-off

Offsite Sediment

WATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY

Soil Organic Matter

Gully Erosion

Wind Erosion

Sheet and Rill Erosion

RESOURCE HEALTH

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Key Indicator

Resource Stewardship Planning

Fencing to exclude livestock

Second year of livestock exclusion on the Keya Paha River

South Dakota Success Story

1,119 ranchers enrolled, 6,000 mi2 conserved in 4 yearsEquivalent to 30 Zion National Parks

Improved grazing systems

Removed encroached conifers

Conservation easements

Marked or moved ‘high risk’ fences

Promises Kept

Bi-State Sage Grouse

A Cooperative Conservation Win for Nevada/California Sage Grouse

Natural Resources Conditions

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