Latest Land management Stories
Bayer CropScience confirms event dates for 2012. Research Triangle Park, NC (PRWEB) June 07, 2012 In a growing number of fields across this vast country, herbicide-resistant weeds are towering over valuable crops, their branches dripping thousands of stubborn seeds that if left unchecked will infest fields and choke out profits for years to come. In the Mid-South, crews of workers are chopping pigweed that resemble small trees. These all too common sights in the Mid-South are threatening...
WASHINGTON, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Last summer, Sierra Coulthard's life changed forever. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please visit: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/56306-2012-national-ffa-organization-washington-student-leadership-conference (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120605/MM15430 ) She spent a week identifying her strengths and discovering who she was. She learned what it takes to be a leader and how leaders can change lives....
The trend of below-average rainfall across Europe has continued into the first months of 2012. ESA’s SMOS water mission has revealed the negative consequences of this recent bout of ‘good’ weather. Western Europe is experiencing a severe lack of water because of this trend. Concern about the deficit of water is rising across European countries and their respective water agencies, in particular in Spain, France, Germany and the UK. The absence of sufficient water resources...
DM Crumbliss for RedOrbit.com Groundwater is being used faster than it can be replenished in the High Plains states and in California’s Central Valley, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Most of the water brought up in wells is used for irrigation in these vital agricultural regions. A new study based at the University of Texas finds that rapid depletion of groundwater is a threat to the country’s food supply. Scanlon and her...
SWINDON, England, May 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Trust has announced the six winners of the first ever Octavia Hill Awards at a special ceremony in London A prolific drystone waller, an intrepid volunteer youth worker and famous TV walker were among the green heroes celebrated by the National Trust [http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk ]. The awards are named after Trust founder and social reformer Octavia Hill who died in 1912. They are being run in...
Thirteen National Parks Awarded National Park Foundation's 2012 "Active Trails" Grants WASHINGTON, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks, announced over $200,000 in grants to be awarded to the thirteen national parks selected to participate in the 2012 Active Trails program. Now in its fourth round of grants, the National Park Foundation's Active Trails program promotes national parks as a...
MARYSVILLE, Ohio, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Passion for gardening, and great weather, has the nation outdoors early. Spring arrived sooner than expected in most regions of the country this year, which means that the growing season is already in full swing. From Maine to Florida to Texas to California, gardens are being planted, thriving and soaking up those beneficial rays everywhere. Get outdoors and have fun in the garden! Growing your own produce is not just a trend; it is a...
VIRGINIA CITY, Nev., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Comstock Mining Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE Amex: LODE) today received a Notice from the Sierra Front Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requiring the Company to cease using certain land that facilitates efficient transportation of material, primarily due to allegations of use without authorization. The Company believes that the allegations in the Notice are not supported by the facts. The Notice permits 30 days to...
BOWLING GREEN, Ky., May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Farm Aid co-founder John Mellencamp will perform at Houchens Smith Stadium on Saturday, May 19, at an event produced by Independence Bank. The concert will benefit Farm Aid while promoting local family farms with HOMEGROWN food. Centerplate, the largest hospitality partner to North America's premier sports stadiums, convention centers and entertainment venues, is partnering with Farm Aid to offer a HOMEGROWN Concessions® menu item...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 12th, 2012, UgMO Technologies' wireless soil moisture sensor system became eligible for a variance from watering day restrictions from South West Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD). This decision comes only a month after UgMO became eligible for a watering variance from SFWMD. Variance eligibility is available to all those who reside in towns that do not have more stringent restrictions than SWFWMD. Residents and...
Latest Land management Reference Libraries
Seed drilling is a method used by farmers in order to have a more unified, crop-yielding season. The first known use of seed drilling was in 1500 BC by the Sumerian. At this time, they were using a single tube. Later, in the 2nd Century BC, the Chinese developed a multi-tube iron drill. This facilitated in a larger crop planting allowing them to feed their large population. The first recorded patent of a sowing machine was in 1566 by the Venetian Senate, attributing Camillo Torello. In the...
Clearcutting, otherwise known as clearfelling, is a controversial forestry/logging practice in which the majority or all of the trees in an area are uniformly cut down. Clearcutting, in addition to shelterwood and seed tree harvests, is utilized by foresters to construct certain types of forest ecosystems and to encourage select species that require plentiful sunlight or grow in large, even-age stands. Logging companies and forest-worker unions in certain countries support the practice for...
Naturescaping is a term that is in reference to a method of landscape design and landscaping that allows people, as well as nature, to exist. By including certain plants, particularly the native ones, into ones yard, one can attract beneficial insects, birds, and other creatures, and aid in keeping our rivers and streams in a healthy state. Widespread urban growth and urban sprawl over the last century has had an important impact on habitat that birds and other wildlife once called home....
Land degradation is a process in which the value of the biophysical environment is affected by one or more combination of human-induced processes acting on the land. It is also the gradual destruction or reduction of the quality and quantity of human activities, animal activities or natural means. It is viewed as any change or disturbance to the land perceived to be deleterious or unwanted. Natural hazards are not included in the causes; however, human activities can indirectly affect...
Erosion is the process by which rock and soil are taken from the surface of the Earth by exogenetic processes like wind or the flow of water, and then transported and deposited in another location. While erosion is a natural process, human activities have increased by 10 to 40 times the rate at which erosion is happening globally. Excessive erosion results in problems such as desertification, decreases in agricultural productivity because of land degradation, sedimentation of waterways,...
