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Irrigation System Maintenance, Candace Schaible, Kelly Kopp, Jennie Hoover
Irrigation System Maintenance, Candace Schaible, Kelly Kopp, Jennie Hoover
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Irrigation system maintenance is necessary to ensure the most efficient use of the water that is being applied. Efficient irrigation is important because over two-thirds of the total water used in the average Utah home is applied to the landscape. With the natural drought cycles that occur in Utah and the growing population, efficient water use is critical. These maintenance recommendations will help you evaluate your irrigation system before using it each spring and also throughout the growing season.
Wetland Plants Of Great Salt Lake, A Guide To Identification, Communities, & Bird Habitat, Rebekah Downard, Maureen Frank, Jennifer Perkins, Karin Kettenring, Mark Larese-Casanova
Wetland Plants Of Great Salt Lake, A Guide To Identification, Communities, & Bird Habitat, Rebekah Downard, Maureen Frank, Jennifer Perkins, Karin Kettenring, Mark Larese-Casanova
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Wetland Plants of Great Salt Lake: a guide to identification, communities, & bird habitat is a wetland plant identification guide, resulting from collaborative research efforts about Great Salt Lake (GSL) wetland conditions and bird habitat. Dr. Rebekah Downard collected dissertation field data from GSL wetlands during 2012–2015, the majority of which informed this work. Dr. Maureen Frank contributed her guide to GSL wetland vegetation and how to manage native plants as high-quality habitat for birds. The intended purpose in producing this guide was to create an informative source that could assist researchers, land managers, birders, and wetland enthusiasts in identifying, …
Utah Master Naturalist Watershed Investigations Manual, Mark Larese-Casanova
Utah Master Naturalist Watershed Investigations Manual, Mark Larese-Casanova
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The Utah Master Naturalist Watershed Investigations Manual provides a comprehensive view of watershed ecosystems in Utah, from high mountain streams to Great Salt Lake, and the plant and animal communities and their unique adaptations for survival. The Manual explores how people interact with watersheds, including water demands in a desert, water quality issues, and current management.
Rain Barrels In Utah, Brian Greene, Nancy Mesner, Roslynn Brain
Rain Barrels In Utah, Brian Greene, Nancy Mesner, Roslynn Brain
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Rain barrels are an easy way to conserve rain water and help protect our environment. This fact sheet tells how to find out about the current regulations in Utah and how to build a rain barrel for your own home.
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: That’S Predictable, Nancy Mesner
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: That’S Predictable, Nancy Mesner
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In this exercise, students will be asked to research and report on ecosystem changes that occur as a result of changes in an aquatic environment
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Wetlands Versus Stream Macroinvertebrates, Nancy Mesner
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Wetlands Versus Stream Macroinvertebrates, Nancy Mesner
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In this exercise, students will use their data from the activity Who Lives in the Water? or Missing Macroinvertebrates and compare it to a macroinvertebrate sample collected from a wetland site.
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: When Things Heat Up, Nancy Mesner
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: When Things Heat Up, Nancy Mesner
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In this exercise, students will measure the temperature and dissolved oxygen of a stream (or use their fi ndings from the activity What’s in the Water?) and discuss what this information can tell us about possible pollution problems.
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Who Lives In The Water?, Nancy Mesner
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Who Lives In The Water?, Nancy Mesner
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In this exercise, students will collect and observe macroinvertebrates in an aquatic system. They will record and summarize their findings.
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Utah Core Curriculum Alignment, Nancy Mesner
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Utah Core Curriculum Alignment, Nancy Mesner
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Utah Core Curriculum Alignment
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Water Management, Nancy Mesner
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Water Management, Nancy Mesner
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In this exercise, students will be assigned roles as community members, develop questions and positions, and participate in a mock “community meeting” to discuss the development of a water use plan that addresses water shortages, distribution, and water quality.
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Aquatic Invasion!, Nancy Mesner
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Aquatic Invasion!, Nancy Mesner
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In the exercise, students will investigate aquatic invasive species. They will choose one aquatic invasive species, investigate its distribution, life history, and possible solutions or management practices to control the species and/or its impacts.
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Biodiversity Debate, Nancy Mesner
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Biodiversity Debate, Nancy Mesner
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In this exercise, students will hold a debate about the construction of a dam in terms of the biological, aesthetic, ethical, social and economic arguments with regard to maintaining biodiversity. Students will be assigned different roles to argue either for or against the dam.
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Missing Macroinvertebrates, Nancy Mesner
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Missing Macroinvertebrates, Nancy Mesner
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In this exercise, students will collect macroinvertebrates from a stream site, sort and identify them, and use their fi ndings to identify current and past impacts to the quality of the water. They will also make predictions of how the impacts to the water quality contributed to the localized extinction of some types of macroinvertebrates.
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Nitrogen Cycle, Nancy Mesner
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Nitrogen Cycle, Nancy Mesner
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Students will learn about the nitrogen cycle through discussion and the construction of a diagram. They will also measure the nitrate levels in various water samples and discuss how humans affect nitrate content in the water.
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Riparian Review, Nancy Mesner
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Riparian Review, Nancy Mesner
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In this exercise, students will identify and observe biotic factors in a riparian ecosystem, which is the green strip of vegetation alongside a waterbody; they will measure the types of vegetation at the water’s edge, the function of plants as ground cover and canopy cover, and observe the wildlife in the area.
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Where’S The Water?, Nancy Mesner
Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Where’S The Water?, Nancy Mesner
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Students will use 10 liters (approximately 2.5 gallons) of water to represent all the water on the earth. They will be given the percentage for each water source in relation to the total amount, and asked to divide the 10 liters of water to demonstrate this.
Stream Side Science: Lesson Plans And Water Related Activities, Nancy Mesner
Stream Side Science: Lesson Plans And Water Related Activities, Nancy Mesner
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The 12 activities in Stream Side Science bring a water focus to standards and objectives in the Utah Core Curriculum for Junior High and High School math, science and social studies courses. These hands-on activities help students learn basic concepts while exploring watershed and water quality issues.
Home Gardening: Quick Tips To Efficient Watering, Jordan Burningham, Roslynn Brain
Home Gardening: Quick Tips To Efficient Watering, Jordan Burningham, Roslynn Brain
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Buying And Selling Corn Silage Or Other High Moisture Feeds: Value The Feed Not The Water, Dillon Feuz, Clark Israelsen, Allen Young, Lyle Holmgren
Buying And Selling Corn Silage Or Other High Moisture Feeds: Value The Feed Not The Water, Dillon Feuz, Clark Israelsen, Allen Young, Lyle Holmgren
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Questions often arise among growers who have corn silage or alfalfa silage (haylage) to sell and dairy producers and feedlot operators who are looking to buy those feeds as to how to establish a fair price. Because of the high moisture content of these feeds (50-75% water) and other similar feeds (barley silage, oat silage, sorghum silage and wheat silage) the transportation costs are rather substantial relative to the value of the feed.
What’S The Risk To Your Water From A Livestock Yard? - Homeowner Survey, Usu Extension
What’S The Risk To Your Water From A Livestock Yard? - Homeowner Survey, Usu Extension
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Livestock yards, such as barnyards, holding areas and feedlots, are areas of concentrated livestock manure
Terms And Tables For Water Measurement And Management, Kevin Heaton, Trent Wilde, Clark Israelsen, Robert W. Hill
Terms And Tables For Water Measurement And Management, Kevin Heaton, Trent Wilde, Clark Israelsen, Robert W. Hill
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Dramatic land development of agriculture operations has resulted in the development of small acreage parcels of 1 to10 acres across Utah.
Basics For Raising Junior Market Turkeys For Junior Turkey Show, Allan Sulser, Jim Jensen
Basics For Raising Junior Market Turkeys For Junior Turkey Show, Allan Sulser, Jim Jensen
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This fact sheet is constructed to be used by 4-H and FFA youth for training or as a tool to aid in the growing of market turkeys for the Utah Junior Turkey Show or for local turkey shows. The basics of the Utah Turkey Show are fairly simple. Poults (day old turkeys) are ordered from your 4-H agent or FFA advisor usually by mid May of the current year. Your order is then placed by them and your poults are received by everyone in the show on the same day. Everyone receives the same breed of poult, the same age …
Drinking Water Fact Sheet: Lead, Nancy Mesner, Barbara Daniels
Drinking Water Fact Sheet: Lead, Nancy Mesner, Barbara Daniels
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This fact sheet provides information about lead in water. It includes sections about what lead is, where it comes from, health concerns from lead exposure, drinking water standards for lead, how to know if it is in a water supply, what can be done to reduce lead in drinking water.
Drinking Water Fact Sheet: Nitrate, Nancy Mesner, Barbara Daniels
Drinking Water Fact Sheet: Nitrate, Nancy Mesner, Barbara Daniels
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This fact sheet provides information about nitrates, including sections about what nitrates are, where they come from, health concerns from exposure, drinking water standard for nitrates, how to know if there is nitrate in a water supply, and what can be done to reduce nitrate in drinking water.
Drinking Water Fact Sheet: Drinking Water Treatment Systems, Nancy Mesner, Barbara Daniels
Drinking Water Fact Sheet: Drinking Water Treatment Systems, Nancy Mesner, Barbara Daniels
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This fact sheet provides information about drinking water treatment systems. This fact sheet discusses different types of water treatment systems available to homeowners. It includes a table with water contaminants or problems, possible causes of the problem, and solutions.
Drinking Water Fact Sheet: Arsenic, Nancy Mesner, Barbara Daniels
Drinking Water Fact Sheet: Arsenic, Nancy Mesner, Barbara Daniels
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This fact sheet provides information about arsenic in drinking water. It includes sections about what arsenic is, where it comes from, health concerns from exposure, drinking water standards, how to know if there is arsenic in a water supply and how to reduce arsenic in drinking water.
Drinking Water Fact Sheet: Coliform Bacteria, Nancy Mesner, Barbara Daniels
Drinking Water Fact Sheet: Coliform Bacteria, Nancy Mesner, Barbara Daniels
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This fact sheet provides information about coliform bacteria. Including sections about what coliform bacteria is, how it enters drinking water, health concerns from exposure, drinking water standards, and how to treat drinking water that contains coliforms.
Do You Know Where Your Water Has Been Lately? - Homeowner Survey, Usu Extension
Do You Know Where Your Water Has Been Lately? - Homeowner Survey, Usu Extension
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If you answered “Yes” or “Don’t Know” to any of these questions, then the surface water or groundwater near your home may be at risk. Sources of pollutants on or near your property can contaminate water, which can threaten your family’s health, the value of your property or the health of people downstream.
Curl-Leaf Mountain Mahogany In The Landscape, Heidi Kratsch, Graham Hunter
Curl-Leaf Mountain Mahogany In The Landscape, Heidi Kratsch, Graham Hunter
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Caneberry Irrigation, Brent Black, Robert Hill, Grant Cardon
Caneberry Irrigation, Brent Black, Robert Hill, Grant Cardon
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