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Drainage ditch and control structure. The drainage control structure allows scientists to control the amount of drainage that goes into the ditch from the field.
Drainage ditch and control structure
Drainage ditch, control structure, and solar-powered control station in a field in the Choptank Watershed.
Monitoring agricultural drainage
Corn husks on the surface of a no-till field.
No-till field
Corn field that has not been tilled. An example of an agricultural best management practice. Choosing not to till reduces soil erosion.
No-till Field
On the north end of the island are huge historic sugar cane plantations still in operation. They lead up to the huge dormant volcano, Mt. Misery.
Sugar cane fields of St. Kitts
On the north end of the island are huge historic sugar cane plantations still in operation. They lead up to the huge dormant volcano, Mt. Misery.
Sugar cane mill ruin of St. Kitts
Illustration of coconut palm tree
Coconut palm tree
Illustration of taro
Taro 2
Farm on the edge of northern Chesapeake Bay, with little vegetation buffer and riprap shoreline
Farm Chesapeake Bay
From front to back: West Fork (Langford Creek), East Fork, mainstem Chester River, Corsica River.
Tributaries of the Chester River
Looking towards the mouth of the Chester River. Kingstown (across the river from Chestertown) is on the left.
Chester River
Looking towards the mouth of the Chester River. Southeast Creek is on the left (foreground).
Chester River
Looking towards the mouth of the Chester River. Southeast Creek is on the left (foreground).
Chester River
Chicken Farm on Delmarva Peninsula
Chicken farm in forest clearing on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay.
Chicken farm on Eastern Shore
Contour farming along the shore of Chesapeake Bay. Contour farming reduces runoff in the Bay.
Contour farming
Mouth of the Corisca River, flowing into the Chester River, Eastern Shore, Chesapeake Bay. The river is surrounded by agriculture. Some buffer zones are visible.
Corsica River Mouth
Grassed waterways are an agricultural Best Management Practice that helps slow down the flow of runoff and absorb nutrients before they reach streams or groundwater.
Grassed waterways
Patchwork of fields along the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay.
Patchwork of fields
Farming on the Eastern Shore. Showing bare soil and a riparian buffer (grass and trees) used to reduce sediment and nutrients entering the Chesapeake Bay.
Riparian buffer zone on the Eastern Shore
Looking towards the mouth of the Sassafras River. Turner Creek is on the left.
Sassafras River
Farming on DelMarVa/Eastern Shore, MD. Showing patchwork of crops (corn, soybean, etc.)
Upper Eastern Shore Farming
Used to control the amount of drainage that comes from an agricultural field into a drainage ditch.
Controlled drainage structure
Illustration of wheat kernels
Wheat kernels
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