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North Carolina has an abundant supply of clean water, a resource vital to our high quality of life. Rivers, lakes, groundwater aquifers, and coastal estuaries are crucial to public health, economic development, and recreational opportunities. However, our water sources are constantly threatened with degradation by such activities as imprudent development, improperly managed agricultural and industrial activities, and unsound waste disposal practices. The soil exerts an important influence on water quality. How we manage the soil and what we put on it determine, in part, the level of treatment required to make our water supplies safe and enjoyable. This fact sheet explains how soils influence water quality and why efficient soil management helps protect water quality.
This publication identifies best management practices (BMP's) that protect water quality and the environment on Christmas tree farms in North Carolina. Profitable Christmas tree production can go hand-in-hand with sustainable goals that protect land and water resources. Several water quality BMP's described here also have the potential to slow the spread of Phytophthora root rot, a dire soil-borne disease that threatens Christmas tree production. BMP's are identified for road construction, stream buffers, site preparation, scouting-based pesticide decisions, selecting least-toxic pesticides, weed and ground cover management, fertilizer management, pesticide handling and storage, and well head protection. Growers who invest in BMP’s usually show a greater long-term profit because their land is maintained at higher productivity. With a multiple choice question for each BMP, readers can evaluate their level of compliance with each practice.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Pitt County.
This publication reports the results of an educational needs assessment of North Carolina’s non-industrial private forest owners conducted by NC State Extension Forestry in 2020.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Warren County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Wilson County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Orange County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Moore County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Mecklenburg County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Alamance County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Wilkes County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Washington County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Martin County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Granville County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Swain County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Scotland County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Madison County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Johnston County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Jackson County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Iredell County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Stokes County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Pamlico County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Onslow County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to New Hanover County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Macon County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Lincoln County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Jones County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Transylvania County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Alamance County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Yancey County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Wayne County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Watauga County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Union County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Transylvania County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Sampson County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Randolph County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Perquimans County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Pender County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Pasquotank County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Northampton County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Nash County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Mitchell County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Lenoir County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Lee County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Yadkin County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Wake County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Vance County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Rutherford County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Rowan County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Rockingham County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Alamance County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Richmond County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Polk County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Alamance County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Surry County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Montgomery County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Stanly County.
