Lesson 8 Soil Use, Abuse, and Conservation. Think About It… Why is soil important?
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Lesson 8
Soil Use, Abuse, and Conservation
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Think About It…
Why is soil important?
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Focus Question…
Why is it important to preserve and conserve our soil?
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Natural Resources: An Overview…
1. What are renewable resources?• those possible to use indefinitely without causing a reduction
in supply• Examples include fresh air, fresh surface water, most
groundwater, fertile soil, elements that cycle through Earth, all living things
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Natural Resources: An Overview…
2. What is a nonrenewable resource?
• exist in a fixed amount and can only be replaced by processes that take thousands of years.
• Examples include fossil fuels, gemstones, and elements such as gold, copper, and silver.
http://library.thinkquest.org/17531/fossil.html
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Old Growth Trees (Mt. Ranier, Washington) – Nonrenewable!
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Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, Yosemite, CA
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Muir Woods NM, CA
Muir Woods NM, CA
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Conventional Farming…
3. What is conventional agriculture?
• Standard farming techniques - makes farming easier & grows more food.
• Includes:– plowing & tilling– pesticides – factory-made
fertilizers– monoculture
http://www.southernstates.com/catalog
http://permaculturenews.org/2011/01/26/why-pasture-cropping-is-such-a-big-deal/
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http://eartheasy.com/grow_nat_pest_cntrl.htm
Sustainable Farming…4. What is sustainable
agriculture?• Techniques - conserve
soil, recycle nutrients, & protect health
• Includes: no till farming, natural pest control, & natural fertilizers
Also called organic farming.
Manure-spreading Truck
http://www.usawaterquality.org/themes/npm/research/P_Organic.html
Beneficial Insect Predator
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Soil, Agriculture, and Environmental Issues…
How long can it take to form just a few inches of soil?
• 1000 years!
Each decade, Earth loses about 7 % of our topsoil.
This field in England was left bare and is prone to erosion.
http://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/disappearing-soil/
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Desertification…
1. Definition - productive land becomes a desert b/c of overgrazing or removing vegetation in dry areas
Impact - It turns usable land into a desert
2. Prevention…
a. graze cattle wisely
b. plant vegetation to retain water• See next slide
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Desertification in the Sahel…
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/environment-book/Images/water-hole-cattle.jpg
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Monoculture and Biodiversity Loss…
1. Biodiversity is… the number & variety of living things.
Ecosystems with a high biodiversity (like rain forests) are healthier & more stable than those with fewer species.
http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/animals.html
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Monoculture…
2. Definition: planting of just one species in a field
Used b/c it is easier for farmers
3. Impact: It decreases biodiversity & makes crops more susceptible to disease
Sustainable alternative plant several species
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/kabernd/seminar/2004/Grp4/monoculture.html
A Monoculture Field
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Pesticides
1. Definition: chemicals used to kill pests that eat crops.
Used to save crops!
2. Impacts: – kill good insects &
decomposers (such as worms).
– pollute water & soil – build up in the food
chain
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Moses Cone Manor, NC
Pesticides containing lead and arsenic were used in the apple orchards. The soil
is still contaminated!
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Pesticides…
Sustainable alternative using carnivorous insects to eat the pests
(Like praying mantis and ladybugs)
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Topsoil Loss: Erosion by Plowing
1. Topsoil is hard to replace b/c… it takes thousands of years to form
2. Plowing causes erosion b/c it clears native vegetation or forests & exposes topsoil
Used b/c it is an easy way to clear land3. Impact: causes a loss of topsoil
Things in original soil that can’t be replaced are trace minerals, earthworms, N-fixing bacteria,
and humus.
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Notice the soil loss behind the plow…
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And this plow in the San Joaquin Valley, CA…
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Soil Conservation
To Reduce soil erosion…• No-till farming• Terracing• Contour farming • Windbreaks• Gully reclamation
See next few slides.
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Topsoil Loss: Erosion by Plowing
3a. Sustainable alternatives that help conserve topsoil: no-till farming (conservation tillage)
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Topsoil Loss: Erosion by Plowing
3b. Sustainable alternatives that help conserve topsoil: clover cover
http://www.extension.org/pages/31597/overview-of-vineyard-floor-management
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Reduce Soil Erosion : Terracing (Add to notes.)
http://www.acca21.org.cn/image/p3-12.gif
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Reduce Soil Erosion : Contour farming
http://www.ga.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/images/grassedwaterways.jpg
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Reduce Soil Erosion : Windbreaks
http://www.weru.ksu.edu/pics/control/1059.jpg
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Reduce Soil Erosion : Gully reclamation
http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vroimages.nsf/Images/parwan_vall_gully_head/$File/parwan_valley.jpg
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Deforestation…1. Definition: removal of trees without
replanting
2. Impacts: loss of soil and clogs waterways with sediment (sedimentation)
Sustainable Alternatives:
a. selective logging
b. buffer zones of trees along streambeds.
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Deforestation: Selective Logging…
The impact of selective logging (taking only some trees from a forest) can be seen in this view of the Tīhoi state forest in 1976.
Above the logging road 55% of the timber has been removed, below it only 30% has been removed, while further down is an area of unlogged native forest.
Between 1975 and 1984, when selective logging was the only type of harvesting permitted in native forests, the Forest Service carried out trials to see if the damage it caused could be reduced.
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/forestry-research/2/2
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Urbanization…1. Definition: People move to cities for jobs and
services.
2. Impacts:
Natural habitats are lost when forests are cleared & wetlands are filled.
a. Construction causes the erosion of topsoil.
b. Development takes land away from agricultural use
c. Large volumes of solid waste are produced.
See next slide…
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Urbanization – An Extreme Example…Lagos, Nigeria
http://mycontinent.co/IMGNigeria/Cities/lagos_traffic.jpg
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Urbanization…
Sustainable Alternates:
- Leave some vegetation
- Planting greenways
- Urban gardens
http://morgreen.org/urban-gardens/
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Properly Designed Landfill…
http://your.kingcounty.gov/dnr/kidsweb/images/landfill_diagram.gif