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MISSISSIPPI DELTA
REPORTER
| Volume 1, Issue 1, Page 4 | Fall 1995 |
Meetings
October 12 at Greenwood: producer subcommittee meeting.
Late November or early December (location not decided): meeting of ARS MSEA researchers from Oxford, MS; Stoneville, MS; and Baton Rouge, LA locations.
Advisory Board meeting (date and location not decided)
Thighman Lake farmer/operator meeting (date and location not decided)
Publications/Presentations
Schreiber, J. D. and J. W. Pote. 1994. Water Quality History and the Mississippi Delta MSEA Project. Proc. 1994 Southern Soil Fertility Conf.
Rebich, R. A., J. D. Schreiber, and J. W. Pote. 1995. Deterministic Assessment of Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution in Mississippi Delta Management Systems Evaluation Areas (MSEA). Proc. Miss. Water Resources Res. Conf. 1995. Pp.16-23.
Smith, Jr., S., C. M. Cooper, S. S. Knight, G. H. Willis, and L. M. Southwick. 1995. Pesticide Transport Research at the NSL: Past, Present, Future. Proc. Miss. Water Resources Res. Conf. 1995. Pp. 24-29.
Gill, D. A. 1995. Sociological Factors Influencing Farmers? Adoption of Best Management Plans for Enhancing Water Quality in the Mississippi Delta Management Systems Evaluation Area. Proc. Miss. Water Resources Res. Conf. 1995. Pp. 42-46.
Do's and Don'ts
- During deer hunting season, the operator at Deep Hollows wants to be contacted directly before entering the watershed. His telephone numbers are (601) 455-4166 (home) and (601) 455-1030, then 0926 (mobile).
- Wear blaze orange vests in the watersheds during deer hunting season.
- Use only 4/6 wheelers in the watersheds when farm roads and turnrows are muddy. The farmers do not want their roads and turnrows rutted up by 4-wheel drive pickups.
THANK YOU'S
Special thank you?s go out all those involved in finalizing the development of the farming systems to be used in the project, in particular:Rick Haggar, MSWCC
Tom Breeland, CFSA
David Jenkins, CFSA (retired)
Robin Ricahrdson, CFSA
Lon Strong, NRCS
James Johnson, NRCS
Jim Parkman, NRCS
Neal Griffin, NRCS
Miller Beard, NRCS
Dale Garner, NRCS
Kevin Kennedy, NRCS
Bill Sheppard, NRCS
Bill Lipe, NRCS (retired)
Johnny Hancock, NRCS
Finally, heartfelt thank you?s go out to all the landowners/farmers/operators who have enthusiastically agreed to participate in this project.
Sammie Smith, Jr.
ARS Project Leader/Lead Scientist
Mississippi Delta MSEA
Water Quality & Ecological Processes
USDA - ARS - National Sedimentation Laboratory
P. O. Box 1157
598 McElroy Drive, Oxford, MS 38655-1157
Phone: 601-232-2936
Fax: 601-232-2915
ssmith@msa-oxford.ars.usda.gov
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