An Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority project to determine the impact of agricultural best practices on water quality in Lake Huron is getting a longer life.
The Authority is working with the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association on the project as part of the Great Lakes Agricultural Stewardship Initiative.
ABCA Watershed Supervisor Mari Veliz says they were already doing work along that shoreline and so she applied to be involved in the project that essentially reports the success of best management practices in improving water quality.
Veliz points out they've been testing in a watershed just north of Bayfield since 2007 and a couple of other watersheds since 2010.
She feels the extended time period will also allow them to account for more variable weather conditions over the period of their testing.
Veliz adds the extra funding will support some of the other projects landowners want to undertake.
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Veliz says the agreement with the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association will give them more time to establish the link between agricultural best management practices and improved water quality.
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Veliz says it's going to give them more time to establish the link between agricultural best management practices and water quality.
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