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SUMMIT VI

Land Conversion Strategies for Water Quantity and Quality

Federal, State, and county governments are designing programs to maintain water quality and quantity by using landuse strategies such as riparian corridors, greenways, wetland buffers, and land aquisition. Most of the land in the lower Flint River is privately owned. A number of Federal and State programs (CRP, WHIP, EQIP) are available to encourage land use alternatives to row crops. What are the benefits of these programs to individual landholders and the river? What are the economic costs and benefits for the land owner and the region? What are your concerns and what opportunities do you see from such programs?

The University of Georgia College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences and its National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory (NESPAL), a research organization dedicated to development of environmentally and economically sound agricultural production systems, is proud to host this important forum for public discussion of water issues.

The views presented here do not represent those of NESPAL, The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, The University of Georgia, The State of Georgia or their employees. For more information please revisit these pages for updates, or send electronic mail to Dr. Jim Hook at jimhook@tifton.cpes.peachnet.edu.

Water Summit pages developed by Linsey Forlow and James Hook on April 1, 2002. This page last updated April 1, 2002.