Buffer Capability Indexes For Water Quality Planning

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Buffer Capability Indexes For Water Quality Planning Mike Dosskey – USDA Forest Service Matt Helmers -- Iowa State University Dean Eisenhauer -- University of Nebraska

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Buffer Capability Indexes For Water Quality Planning. Mike Dosskey – USDA Forest Service Matt Helmers -- Iowa State University Dean Eisenhauer -- University of Nebraska. Missouri. 1 mi. 0. Better Locations for Buffers?. Missouri. 1 mi. 0. Soil Survey. Missouri. 1 mi. 0. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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  • Buffer Capability IndexesForWater Quality PlanningMike Dosskey USDA Forest ServiceMatt Helmers -- Iowa State UniversityDean Eisenhauer -- University of Nebraska

  • Better Locations for Buffers?

  • Soil Survey

  • Sediment Trapping Efficiency10-2525-5050-7575-100Not FarmableWaterSTE (%)

  • Validation & CalibrationSediment

  • Three Functions

  • BCI Maps: Cameron-Grindstone Watershed, MOPhotoSedimentDissolvedGroundwater

  • BCI Maps: Upper Potomac Watershed, PASedimentDissolvedGroundwater

  • Chesapeake Bay WatershedSedimentDissolvedGroundwaterLand Cover

  • Eastern U.S. FarmlandsSedimentDissolvedGroundwater

  • 75-10050-7520-500-25Not FarmableWaterPercent AreaEastern U.S. Farmlands: Groundwater

  • 10-2525-5050-7575-100Not FarmableWaterSTEEastern U.S. Farmlands: Sediment