2 functions of cover

Loss of Cover- Clean farming and hedgerows

Riparian Areas in Southwest

Shift in cover type

Sources of waterinteract with evolution

& physiology

Water Management – “Everybody complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it”

See design on Page 235

What assumption underlies the development of Gallinaceous Guzzlers?

Who Benefits? Rosenstock et al 1999

Are there disadvantages of water developments??

Natural wetlands

“a person will be ineligible for all or a portion of certain USDA program benefits, including loans, subsidies, crop insurance, and price support programs, if the person produces an agricultural commodity on wetland that was converted after December 23, 1985 by draining, dredging, filling, leveling, removing woody vegetation, or other means”

“a voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance wetlands on their property.  The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides technical and financial support”

Wetland Restoration Program (WRP) “The carrot”

Swampbuster Act “The stick”