chief jason weller - opening session
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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
0 .0 0 1 .0 0 2 .0 0 3 .0 0 4 .0 0 5 .0 0 6 .0 0 7 .0 0 8 .0 0 9 .0 0 1 0 .0 0
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