Providing expert assistance to write crop management plans and recommendations for the producer does not ensure that they will continue practices on their own. By including an educational component, the NPMI program allows cooperators to develop, write, and implement their own nutrient, manure utilization, and pest management plans. This provides for long-term adoption of practices. The Alternative Streambank Stabilization Initiative is an effort to develop and demonstrate new, lower cost streambank stabilization technology. The evaluation of these demonstrations is just beginning, as the installations have been in place less than two years.
Efforts focus on installations that can be completed with minimum cost and equipment requirements.
The sediment load to Sny Magill Creek is directly impacted by these efforts, while indirect results occur from the technical guidance that is applied to watersheds in other areas.