Overview
The Heartland Initiative's Bioenergy and Water Resources
(BWR) issue team is sponsoring programs that integrate soil
management, agricultural water management and
conservation.
Goal and Objectives
The goal of the BWR issue team is to manage ecosystems
facing expanding bioenergy development to protect water
quality and quantity.
The objectives are to:
Enable educators, agency and independent advisors to better
assist producers...
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In reducing or managing the conversion of CRP and other marginal cropland to grain production to minimize runoff losses.
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In efficient nutrient management for water quality protection in ecologically intensive crop production systems, especially those producing bioenergy feedstocks.
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To protect water quality and quantity through optimum irrigation and rain-fed water management.
And to...