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NJDOT Proposing To Readopt Rules On Soil Erosion, Sediment Control Standards
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The New Jersey Department of Transportation is proposing to readopt with amendments N.J.A.C. 16:50, the rules governing the Department's regulations on Soil Erosion and Sediment Standards. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:24-39 et seq., the Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act, the rules establish the …
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@WEDWay up here we have to obtain a permit to not have gutters even in cases where soil erosion is not of issue; FYI I'm a micecast listener
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GRATEFUL FOR SMALL THINGS - A COW - RWANDA: Cows take up residence in bid to stop soil erosion http://ow.ly/IqxR
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Vegetation may not slow wave erosion
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Soil type may be more important than plant cover in preventing coast edges washing away.
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Cows take up "indoor grazing" in bid to stop soil erosion - http://bit.ly/8Fo9De
By: KigaliWire (Kigali Wire)
RWANDA: Cows take up residence in bid to stop soil erosion ... http://bit.ly/6WcEFN
By: Earthyman (Howard Bright)

Overpopulation is bigger threat than depopulation
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Overpopulation is bigger threat than depopulation Joe Walker - Dryden, N.Y. Please pick your crises carefully. One can hardly name a problem or issue that could not be aided by a fall in birthrates: war, famine, disease, AIDS, soil erosion,...

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Polymer Innovations:Cost effective #water solutions 4 #drought, #dust, #dam leaks, #soil #erosion 2 #floral & #fakesnow http://bit.ly/7IRFOK
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Cows take up residence in bid to stop soil erosion (source: Big News Network): Clement Bizimungu, a widow and c.. http://bit.ly/5y3mvg
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65 Million Trees Planted and Counting
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Trees for the Future, a US-based NGO, has planted 65 million trees in dozens of countries. And they’re still going.

For almost exactly 20 years now, Trees for the Future has been coaching farmers on sustainable agroforestry techniques. That’s a fancy way to say farmers can improving their soil and crop quality by planting trees around the farm. The trees help by holding in soil moisture and drawing water back to refill water tables, preventing erosion and improving soil fertility.

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EPA announces new Final Rule on construction site discharges: must undertake stricter measures to prevent soil erosion http://ow.ly/If2X
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Cow leash laws: Rwanda's program to restock cattle requires zero-grazing to protect against soil erosion. http://bit.ly/86GvZ6
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Book Review: Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money
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Most of us have heard about the slow food movement where we savor the taste of a place, know our farmers and sip the wine slowly, not gulp down a beer.

But what about Slow Money?

In Woody Tasch's visionary book, Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms, and Fertility Mattered (Chelsea Green, 2008), he breaks from the grow-big-and-go-global-fast mode of industrial capitalism and industrial agriculture by providing a remarkable synthesis of the writings, ideas and practices from such authorities on the subject of soil, agriculture, community and commerce as Wendell Berry, Eliot Coleman, Gene Logsdon, Gary Snyder, E.F. Schumacher, Paul Hawken and David Suzuki – calling for and sharing examples of a new economy whereby capitalism creates and sustains life, not destroys it.

Tasch's observation: “As it circulates the globe with ever accelerating speed, money is sucking the oxygen out of the air, the fertility out of the soil and the culture out of local   [more...]

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RWANDA: Cows take up residence in bid to stop soil erosion - IRINnews.org: RWANDA: Cows take up residence in bid to... http://bit.ly/61pIe2
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RWANDA: Cows take up residence in bid to stop soil erosion http://bit.ly/8h2uSf
By: Earthyman (Howard Bright)
Book Review: Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money
soil erosion score: 52 from SustainablogIncrease the User Rating for this item! [100%] Decrease the User Rating for this item!

Most of us have heard about the slow food movement where we savor the taste of a place, know our farmers and sip the wine slowly, not gulp down a beer.

But what about Slow Money?

In Woody Tasch's visionary book, Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms, and Fertility Mattered (Chelsea Green, 2008), he breaks from the grow-big-and-go-global-fast mode of industrial capitalism and industrial agriculture by providing a remarkable synthesis of the writings, ideas and practices from such authorities on the subject of soil, agriculture, community and commerce as Wendell Berry, Eliot Coleman, Gene Logsdon, Gary Snyder, E.F. Schumacher, Paul Hawken and David Suzuki – calling for and sharing examples of a new economy whereby capitalism creates and sustains life, not destroys it.

Tasch's observation: “As it circulates the globe with ever accelerating speed, money is sucking the oxygen out of the air, the fertility out of the soil and the culture out of local   [more...]

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Desert Soils Losing Nitrogen & Fertility Thanks to Global Warming
soil erosion score: 48 from TreeHuggerIncrease the User Rating for this item! [0%] Decrease the User Rating for this item!
Photo: Device measuring outgassing of nitrogen from desert soil (Cornell University) You may have heard of nitrogen being lost through processes such as soil erosion, but according to a new study from Cornell University, warming climates are also causing soils to lose nitrogen as a gas. Arid soils are particularly affected - and with nitrogen being one of the key nutrients for plant growth, the study predicts that deserts could support even less plant life in the future. "This is a way that nitrogen is lost from an ecosystem that people have never acc...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Maintaining Healthy Soil: A Gardener's Duty
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Soil is one of a gardener’s most important resources, and preserving its health and vitality one of our most crucial responsibilities. Nourish the soil sustainably and you’ll be rewarded with healthier plants and bountiful harvests for years to come.

I was reading National Geographic the other day, and came across an article on soil called “Our Good Earth.” The article discusses the problems facing soils all over the planet, and made me realize just how precious healthy soil really is. We’re losing topsoil rapidly as we consume more and more land to house and feed the ballooning human population. It can take nature over a thousand years to produce just one inch of soil, but erosion, compaction, and contamination can wipe it away much faster. This precious resource, the means to sustain and feed us and the entire planet, is often just treated like dirt. It’s time that changed. And it can start in your very own backyard.

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blighted potatoes
soil erosion score: 47 from Skippy's Vegetable GardenIncrease the User Rating for this item! [0%] Decrease the User Rating for this item!


I thought the potatoes I dug were fine, even though the plants were heavily hit with late blight. But after three weeks of storage, I have realized they're not fine. The fingerlings and Russets that were hardest hit and that I cut down and dug first are turning brown and rotting in their bags.

[Late blight produces] characteristic coppery-brown discoloration of the potato flesh under the skin.... Infection of potato tubers arises from spores that develop on foliage. Tubers exposed by soil cracking or erosion of hills may come in contact with spores washed down from infected leaves and stems by rainfall or irrigation. Tubers infected during the growing season may partially decay before harvest. Tuber infection may also occur at harvest when tubers contact living spores remaining on infected vines. Little if any tuber-to-tuber spread of late blight occurs during storage if tubers are kept under cool, well-ventilated conditions. Ohio State Univ Extension Fact Sheet on Late Blight

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How Do You Regrow a Rainforest? Willie Smits Knows
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Rainforest clearcutting is devastating. The majority of the time, it opens up the area to such extensive soil erosion that even the tenacious (native) plants of the rainforests can't easily regrow. So how do you get a clearcut area to regenerate? Willie Smits has it figured out. He's created a way to regrow a forest in Borneo that not only helped save local orangutans, but also provided a map for people who want to make similar efforts in other clea...
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Experimental Fire Provides Knowledge About Damage After Forest Fires
soil erosion score: 46 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsIncrease the User Rating for this item! [0%] Decrease the User Rating for this item!
An experimental fire that was deliberately set in Portugal has provided researchers in the Netherlands with the first information about the soil erosion that occurs after forest fires. A research team set fire to 10 ha of heathland under controlled conditions. The experiment is not only important for areas in the Mediterranean that have burned or are threatened with fire, but also for Australia, where it is expected that the drinking water supply will be threatened following the recent forest fires.
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