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Mapping the Soil Vulnerability Index across broad spatial extents to guide conservation efforts

Ellen M. Audia, Lisa A. Schulte and David E. James
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation March 2021, 76 (2) 44A-50A; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2021.1015A
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Abstract

THE NEED FOR TARGETED AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION The 2008 Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Action Plan was developed in response to national water quality impairments that were largely caused by agricultural land uses within and around the US Corn Belt (Alexander et al. 2008; Mississippi River Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force 2008). The plan prompted states to create nutrient reduction strategies to achieve a 45% reduction in total nitrogen (N) and total phosphorus (P) loads into the Mississippi River, and thereby alleviate the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico (Mississippi River Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force 2008). Similar to other state strategies, the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy (INRS) promotes the widespread and voluntary adoption of best management practices (BMPs) to achieve nutrient reduction goals. The INRS establishes goals of 41% and 29% reductions in total N and total P, respectively, from nonpoint sources from a 1980 to 1996 baseline (Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship et al. 2017). These goals are largely dependent on regional conservation funding and infrastructure to inform and incentivize BMP adoption at individual farm scales (Zimmerman et al. 2019a).

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Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Mar 2021, 76 (2) 44A-50A; DOI: 10.2489/jswc.2021.1015A
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