Water Quality BMP Training Workshop for Florida Cattle Ranchers: Reference Links
- Water Quality Best Management Practices for Florida Cow/Calf Operations (pdf)
- Florida NRCS Web Site
- USDA’s Natural Resource and Conservation Service (NRCS) Home Page
- NRCS reference guide—listing of fact sheets and web sites for specific conservation practices and management plans (pdf)
- Louisiana Beef Cattle BMP Guide (pdf)
24 pages in color with an excellent graphic layout. This guide provides an excellent summary of the NRCS guidelines for water quality conservation.
Specific Fact Sheets:
- NRCS fencing fact sheet (pdf)
- NRCS field borders to control erosion and runoff fact sheet (pdf)
- NRCS filter strips fact sheet (pdf)
- NRCS Grade Stabilization Fact sheet (pdf)
- NRCS Grassed Water Ways Fact sheet (pdf)
- NRCS mechanical soil treatment fact sheet (pdf)
- NRCS nutrient management fact sheet (pdf)
- NRCS pesticide management fact sheet (pdf)
- NRCS pond construction and utilization fact sheet (pdf)
- NRCS planned or prescribed grazing fact sheet (pdf)
- NRCS water drainage system management fact sheet (pdf)
- NRCS water control structures fact sheet (pdf)
- NRCS fact sheet for waste management form livestock (pdf)
- NRCS livestock or municipality waste utilization fact sheet (pdf)
- NRCS water well fact sheet (pdf)
- NRCS well plugging fact sheet (pdf)
- EPA website with Explanation of TMDLs
- EPA Brochure summarizing the 1998 Report to Congress on the status of our nation’s waters (pdf)
- IFAS publications on water quality and Best Management Practices
- IFAS Fact Sheet on fertilizer management to protect water quality
- IFAS Handbook of Water Regulations
- IFAS Listing of Contact Information for Water Agencies
- IFAS Soil and Water Science Handbook
- IFAS Fact Sheet Standardized Fertilization Recommendations for Agronomic Crops
- IFAS Pesticide Information Fact Sheets
- IFAS Pesticide Record Keeping Fact Sheet
- IFAS Fact Sheet on Management Practices to Protect Surface Waters from Agricultural Pesticides
- IFAS Fact Sheet on Management Practices to Protect Ground Water from Agricultural Pesticides
- IFAS Fact Sheet on Broadcast Boom Sprayer Calibration
- IFAS Pest Management Guides
- IFAS Weed management guides or forage and field crops
- IFAS specific Weed Guide for Pastures and Rangeland
- IFAS Aguatic Weed Managment Guide
- IFAS Insect Management Guides
- IFAS Specific Insect Management Guide for Pastures
- IFAS Specific Insect Management Guide for Livestock
- IFAS Disease Management Guides for Forage and Field Crops
- IFAS Nematode Management Guide for Field Crops