Big Cedar Creek - Rocky Creek Nutrient Reduction
Implementing Organization
State of Mississippi; US Department of Agriculture; US Environmental Protection Agency
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$2,500,000
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (NRDA)
Funding Program
Natural Resource Damage Assessment NRDA
Details
Project Category
Environmental
Project Actions
Water Quality Restoration and Maintenance
Targeted Resources
Wetlands/Marshes/Estuaries
Project Description
This project will be implemented by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the Big Cedar Creek and Rocky Creek watersheds to improve water quality by implementing conservation practices to reduce nutrient and sediment runoff. USDA and its conservation partners will help private landowners on a voluntary basis to adopt management strategies to address nutrient and sediment transport from their farming operations. The project will focus on the enrollment of targeted tracts of agricultural and associated forested lands within the boundaries of four 12-digit Hydrologic Unit Codes (HUCs) watersheds to reduce sediment and nutrient loading at the watershed level.
Contact
Ronald Howard(601) 790-3754
ron.howard@ms.usda.gov
Project Website
None
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