ANNAPOLIS, Md. -
Agricultural leaders from
Maryland recently met with
members of the GPA Chesapeake
Bay Program to discuss con
servation efforts by agriculture to
improve conditions in the bay.
At the meeting were
representatives of the University
of Maryland, the Soil Conservation
Service, the Maryland Department
of Agriculture, the Department of
Natural Resources, and the
Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene.
Ms. Tippie, Technical Director
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Ag leaders in Md. discuss
of the Chesapeake Bay Program,
said she saw no quick fix solution
to bay pollution problems and that
no single solution exists for all
areas of the hay.
The consensus of the meeting
was that the best way for
agricultural efforts to be involved
was in the evaluations of the fin
dings and development of the
practices to address the major
impact issues brought forth in the
study.
There was concern expressed by
the agricultural community that
the State’s 208 Agricultural Plan
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was not being taken advantage of
by the Chesapeake Bay Program.
This Plan provides the basis to
control runoff of sediment and
animal waste. The plan is ap
proved by both the State and EPA
as a mechanism to address water
quality problems.
Those present at the meeting
agreed that more research on Best
Management Practices is needed
to determine a more effective
solution to control nitrogen runoff.
Nitrogen is very water soluble and
can quickly enter streams,
waterways and the bay through the
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area.
Interestingly enough is the fact
that the potential critical areas
established in the 208 Plan uj 1979
closely parallel the critical areas
outlined in the preliminary draft of
the EPA’s Chesapeake Bay
Management Study.
Also agreed by all parties at the
meeting was the agriculture
should continue working volun
tarily through the 24 local
Maryland Soil Conservation
Districts which have state, local
and federal involvement as this is
the best mechanism for developing
even more site specific con
servation plans.
The meeting was the first time
Maryland agricultural leaders
have had a roundtable discussion
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about the final reports with the
EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program
Technical Director and the
agriculturalists seemed pleased
with the outcome.
At the meeting Frank Bentz of
the University of Maryland said
that agriculture understands that
it is part of the Bay problem but he
has long believed that it has
received an unfair portion of the
blame for the complex problem.
He went on to say that
agriculture also needs some
recognition for its efforts so far. He
pointed out that a major portion of
cultivated' land in Maryland is
already being planted using
minimal tillage systems and that
many farms in the state already
have soil conservation plans and
are implementing them.
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