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An icon representing a ban on lawn fertilizer application.
Fertilizer ban icon
An icon representing a rain barrel.
Rain barrel icon
An icon representing the pumping out of septic tanks.
Water: septic truck icon
An icon representing the collection of fallen leaves by a homeowner.
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A biodigestor processes organic waste into gas and fertilizer. It is a simple system to implement with inexpensive materials and is being introduced in isolated rural communities and developing countries to get the double benefit of getting solve energy and environmental problems, and perform proper management of both human waste and animal.
Water: Biodigestor
Unsustainable development and overfishing threaten Belize's coral reefs.
Belize coral reefs in jeopardy
Best management practices are needed from the ridge to the reef for healthy coastal zones and positive social wellbeing.
The coastal areas of Guatemala are impacted by…
The reduction of impacts and threats to the coastal ecosystem of Honduras benefits both humans and coral reefs.
The current features of and threats to the…
An icon representing the application of fertilizer on agricultural fields.
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An icon representing the use or prohibition of lawn fertilizer application.
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A diagram showing best management practices required to target the numerous sources and delivery pathways of excess nutrient loads.
Targeted Practices Diagram
Perennial native plants like the bee balm (Monarda didyma) are recommended for rain gardens, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The red color attracts hummingbirds and pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies.
Bee balm (Monarda didyma)
Perennial native plants like coneflowers (Echinecea) are recommended for rain gardens, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. They attract birds and pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies.
Coneflowers (Echinecea) and bee
Dying elm due to disease, on an Eastern Shore Maryland property.
Diseased elm
By elevating the rain barrel in this vegetable garden, the property owner is more likely to get a steady water flow.
Elevated rain barrel
Wood duck boxes are placed in and around a forest interior wetland on a farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Forest interior wetland
Chesapeake Watershed Forester and landowner agree on best management practice strategies, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Forester and landowner agree on healthly forest…
Landowner and Chesapeake Watershed Forester discuss how to handle the invasive poison ivy climbing the trees, on an Eastern Shore of Maryland farm.
Forester and landowner consult
Chesapeake Watershed Forester and landowner consult in the forest, in Maryland.
Forester and landowner consult during a survey of…
Chesapeake Watershed Forester and landowner amid a healthy mixed forest, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Forester and landowner survey the forest
A Chesapeake Watershed Forester checks for disease or pest damage in the tree bark. Regular field surveys in the forest of this farm are part of best management practice.
Forester checks for disease or pests
Chesapeake Watershed Forester planting a loblolly pine seedling on Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Forester planting a tree
A Chesapeake Watershed Forester girdles a Sweetgum tree (Liquidambar styraciflua) in the forest of an Eastern Shore Maryland farm. This technique is used to eliminate a undesirable tree.
Girdling a Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
A Chesapeake Watershed Forester girdles a Sweetgum tree (Liquidambar styraciflua) in the forest of an Eastern Shore Maryland farm. This technique is used to eliminate a undesirable tree.
Girdling a Sweetgum tree (Liquidambar styraciflua)
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