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Colorado Resource Topic Training documents
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Water Resource Management: Local Control and Local Solutions
The 2020 Current Topic is being repeated for 2021 given cancellation of state Envirothon programs across the country.
Key Topics (KT)
1. Understanding how groundwater and surface water systems function.
2. Understanding the importance of water quality and quantity as a foundation in a healthy ecosystem.
3. Understanding a variety of water quality indicators in different landscapes.
4. Understanding a variety of water quantity indicators in different landscapes.
5. Understanding how sustainable and best management practices enhance and protect water quality and quantity for humans and wildlife.
6. Understanding the differences of local, regional, and national systems that manage natural resources and the importance of each in water resources.
7. Understanding the social, economic, and political impacts of natural resources management and decision making.
1. Understanding how groundwater and surface water systems function.
2. Understanding the importance of water quality and quantity as a foundation in a healthy ecosystem.
3. Understanding a variety of water quality indicators in different landscapes.
4. Understanding a variety of water quantity indicators in different landscapes.
5. Understanding how sustainable and best management practices enhance and protect water quality and quantity for humans and wildlife.
6. Understanding the differences of local, regional, and national systems that manage natural resources and the importance of each in water resources.
7. Understanding the social, economic, and political impacts of natural resources management and decision making.
Study Resources for Colorado Envirothon -
Key Topic Water Resource Management: Local Control and Local Solutions
Colorado Agri Meteoritical Network, Colorado State University
http://www.coagmet.com/
Corn Book, Colorado State University Extension
http://waterquality.colostate.edu/cornbook.shtml
Irrigated Field Guide, Colorado State University Extension
http://waterquality.colostate.edu/irrigated_field_guide_book.html
Water Quality Documents, Colorado State University Extension
http://waterquality.colostate.edu/documents/BMP_172_N.pdf
Water Quality Publications, Colorado State University Extension
http://waterquality.colostate.edu/publications.shtml#bmp
Bt Corn: Health and the Environment, Colorado State University Extension
https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/agriculture/bt-corn-health-and-the-environment-0-707-2/
Best Management Practices Agriculture Nitrogen Management, Colorado State University Extension
https://extension.colostate.edu/docs/pubs/crops/xcm172.pdf
Water Quality & Nutrient Management, Colorado State University Extension
http://waterquality.colostate.edu/documents/ACGP_EconomicConsiderationsofNutrientManagement.pdf
Conservation Economics, Western Landowners Alliance
https://westernlandowners.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019.02-ConservationEconomics_FINAL.pdf
Protecting Pollinators, CO Department of Agriculture
https://www.farmflavor.com/colorado/what-colorado-is-doing-to-protect-its-pollinator-species/
Soil Health Practices, Iowa NRCS
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcseprd1318196.pdf
Soil Health ABC’s, Iowa NRCS
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/ia/newsroom/features/NRCSEPRD1290044/
Soil Health and Cover Crops, Soil Health Institute, NRCS
https://soilhealthinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/10-ways-cover-crops-enhance-soil-health-FINAL.pdf
Soil Health and Water Quality, Soil Health Institute, NRCS
https://soilhealthinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/case-summary-water-final-101316.pdf
Optimizing managed Grazing for Soil Health, Soil Health Institute, NRCS
https://www.sfa-mn.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/optimizing-managed-grazing-for-soil-health-and-sustainable-production-systems.pdf
Limited Irrigation Management, Colorado State University Extension Fact Sheet
https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/agriculture/limited-irrigation-managementprinciples-and-practices-4-720/
Solar Powered Ground Water Pumping Systems, Colorado State University Extension, Fact Sheet
https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/natural-resources/solar-powered-groundwater-pumping-systems-6-705/
Subsurface Drip Irrigation Systems, Colorado State University Extension, Fact Sheet
https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/agriculture/subsurface-drip-irrigation-sdi-4-716/
http://www.coagmet.com/
Corn Book, Colorado State University Extension
http://waterquality.colostate.edu/cornbook.shtml
Irrigated Field Guide, Colorado State University Extension
http://waterquality.colostate.edu/irrigated_field_guide_book.html
Water Quality Documents, Colorado State University Extension
http://waterquality.colostate.edu/documents/BMP_172_N.pdf
Water Quality Publications, Colorado State University Extension
http://waterquality.colostate.edu/publications.shtml#bmp
Bt Corn: Health and the Environment, Colorado State University Extension
https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/agriculture/bt-corn-health-and-the-environment-0-707-2/
Best Management Practices Agriculture Nitrogen Management, Colorado State University Extension
https://extension.colostate.edu/docs/pubs/crops/xcm172.pdf
Water Quality & Nutrient Management, Colorado State University Extension
http://waterquality.colostate.edu/documents/ACGP_EconomicConsiderationsofNutrientManagement.pdf
Conservation Economics, Western Landowners Alliance
https://westernlandowners.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019.02-ConservationEconomics_FINAL.pdf
Protecting Pollinators, CO Department of Agriculture
https://www.farmflavor.com/colorado/what-colorado-is-doing-to-protect-its-pollinator-species/
Soil Health Practices, Iowa NRCS
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcseprd1318196.pdf
Soil Health ABC’s, Iowa NRCS
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/ia/newsroom/features/NRCSEPRD1290044/
Soil Health and Cover Crops, Soil Health Institute, NRCS
https://soilhealthinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/10-ways-cover-crops-enhance-soil-health-FINAL.pdf
Soil Health and Water Quality, Soil Health Institute, NRCS
https://soilhealthinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/case-summary-water-final-101316.pdf
Optimizing managed Grazing for Soil Health, Soil Health Institute, NRCS
https://www.sfa-mn.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/optimizing-managed-grazing-for-soil-health-and-sustainable-production-systems.pdf
Limited Irrigation Management, Colorado State University Extension Fact Sheet
https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/agriculture/limited-irrigation-managementprinciples-and-practices-4-720/
Solar Powered Ground Water Pumping Systems, Colorado State University Extension, Fact Sheet
https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/natural-resources/solar-powered-groundwater-pumping-systems-6-705/
Subsurface Drip Irrigation Systems, Colorado State University Extension, Fact Sheet
https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/agriculture/subsurface-drip-irrigation-sdi-4-716/