Public policies and private decisions: Their impacts on Lake Erie water quality and farm economy

DL Forster - Journal of soil and water conservation, 2000 - jswconline.org
Since the early 1970s, pollution abatement efforts have recognized nonpoint sources and,
particularly, agriculture, as major causes of pollution in the Lake Erie region. The first …

Evaluating agricultural nonpoint‐source pollution programs in two Lake Erie tributaries

DL Forster, JN Rausch - Journal of environmental quality, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
During the past three decades, numerous government programs have encouraged Lake
Erie basin farmers to adopt practices that reduce water pollution. The first section of this …

A bioeconomic model of farm management practices and environmental effluents in the western Lake Erie Basin

DL Forster, EC Smith, D Hite - Journal of Soil and Water …, 2000 - jswconline.org
Agricultural production has been indentured as a major source of groundwater and
sediment pollution in the western Lake Erie Basin of Ohio. In order to anticipate the efects of …

Farm management practices and environmental effluents in the Western Lake Erie Basin of Ohio: an economic optimization of farm systems

EC Smith - 1997 - rave.ohiolink.edu
Agricultural production has been determined to be a major source of ground water and
sediment pollution in the Western Lake Erie basin of Ohio. Before conservation practices to …

[HTML][HTML] Voter evaluations regarding the tradeoffs between agricultural production and water quality in Lake Erie

RT Melstrom, T Malone - Agricultural Water Management, 2023 - Elsevier
This research note examines public support for policies to regulate and incentivize pollution
control in the farm sector to protect water quality in the western basin of Lake Erie. We …

Determinants of farmer behavior: Adoption of and compliance with best management practices for nonpoint source pollution in the Skaneateles Lake watershed

EW Welch, FJ Marc-Aurele Jr - Lake and Reservoir Management, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
Policy makers and public managers have recently implemented a wide range of watershed
management programs designed to reduce nonpoint pollution from agriculture. This paper …

Community responses to non-point pollution from agriculture

RE Rickson, PJ Stabler - J. Environ. Manage.;(United States), 1985 - osti.gov
Inequities in the costs and benefits of environmental programs complicate management of
non-point pollution from agriculture. Soil runoff from farms is a primary source of urban water …

Farm-level response to agricultural effluent control strategies: The case of the Willamette Valley

ML Taylor, RM Adams, SF Miller - Journal of Agricultural and Resource …, 1992 - JSTOR
This article examines economic incentives and other mechanisms to offset non-point source
pollution from agriculture. A biophysical simulator to estimate technical relationships is …

Impact of production changes on income and environmental risk in the Southern High Plains

HP Mapp - Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1999 - cambridge.org
Regional and farm-level analyses are conducted to evaluate the economic and
environmental impacts of water quality protection policies. The regional analysis evaluates …

Effectiveness of local regulations on nonpoint source pollution: Evidence from Wisconsin dairy farms

M Skidmore, T Andarge, J Foltz - American Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Although the Clean Water Act's regulation of point source pollution has had a
significant effect on water quality, nonpoint sources of pollution, especially animal …