Post-construction quality and depth provides improved onsite management of stormwater flow and water quality. It involves amending the disturbed soils with compost in the post development landscape to help reestablish a healthy soil ecosystem. This BMP is required for all sites.
Lorin Grigg grows onions and sweet corn under sprinkler irrigation in Quincy, Washington. In this publication, Grigg discusses his strategy for cover cropping to protect seedlings from windblown sand and reduce wind erosion.
Discusses results of on-farm research conducted in the Willamette Valley from 1996 to 2001 to compare strip tillage with conventional tillage systems. More than 30 large-scale field trials were conducted on a ...
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