MoWIN - Stoddard AgNPSALT Project

Stoddard County SWCD;
CYPRESS DITCH

This 99,700-acre watershed contains 67,000 acres of cropland. The cropland is divided into upland areas containing over 23,000 acres of highly erodible land and 44,000 acres of fertile flatland. In addition to cropland, the watershed contains 11,000 acres of woodland, 7,597 acres of land enrolled in the federal Conservation Reserve Program, 5,500 acres of pasture, and 8,603 acres of other land use. The primary concern in the project area is pesticide and nutrient movement from agricultural lands to surface water systems, streams, and aquifers. The goals of the project are improve the quality of surface water, evaluate surface water quality after Best Management Practices (BMPs) have been applied, and increase the public’s awareness of the environmental and economic benefits of water quality BMPs. Objectives include:

1) improving the water quality in Cypress Ditch,
2) treating 75% of the project area’s irrigated cropland and 20% of the area’s non-irrigated cropland with water quality BMPs,
3) reducing pesticide and nutrients in surface water,
4) participating in the Missouri Department of Natural Resources volunteer stream monitoring program, Stream Teams,
5) monitoring the quality of surface water in the project area,
6) evaluating effectiveness of water quality BMPs and surface water quality,
7) evaluating benefit and cost of water quality BMPs to determine economic impacts, and
8) conducting educational and informational activities.

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Missouri Watershed Information Network (MoWIN)
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Columbia, MO 65211
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