Most Recent Articles from Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

• Sediment retention by forested filter strips in the Piedmont of Georgia.(Report) 

  Vegetated filter strips are important for limiting sediment and nutrient movement to surface water and are considered a best management practice...

  11/01/07 by Jackson, C.R.; Morris, L.A.; Pinho, A.P.; West, L.T.; White, W.J. · More from publication

• Changes in carbon storage in inland saline-alkalined wetlands.(TECH TRANSFER BRIEFING)(Report) 

  Wetlands have the ability to sequester atmospheric carbon into peat or soil organic matter. They represent the largest component of the...

  11/01/07 by Bai, Junhong · More from publication

• Modifying erosion control structures for ecological benefits.(IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE)(Report) 

  Edge-of-field water control structures known as drop pipes are widely employed conservation practices used to control gully erosion along incised...

  11/01/07 by Cooper, Charles M.; Shields, F. Douglas, Jr.; Smiley, Peter C., Jr. · More from publication

• Answers sought for floodplain management.(Readers' forum)(Letter to the editor) 

  Your recent journal issue was exceptional in terms of the information it provided of surface water management. Our situation with our...

  11/01/07 by Poch, George · More from publication

• The marginal costs of carbon sequestration: implications of one greenhouse gas mitigation activity.(APPLIED RESEARCH)(Report) 

  Research suggests that carbon (C) sequestration in agricultural soils could play a meaningful, though not predominant, role in helping mitigate...

  11/01/07 by Sperow, M. · More from publication

• New mindset needed for managing our soil.(Readers' forum)(Letter to the editor) 

  I recently read Managing Agricultural Landscapes for Environmental Quality and greatly appreciated the insightful articles. But I must say that I...

  11/01/07 by Friedman, David · More from publication

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