Lebanon Youth
(Continued from Pago A 22)
stone size) can be used by fish for
spawning habitat
Hie fishermen also were permit
ted a limited number of stream
bank plantings, mainly willows
that were mainly planted in the
bank at critical stress areas asso
ciated with the stream flow control
devices.
In the intervening years, the
stream bottom has filled in with
sediment, and most of the devices
in the former fishing stretch are
gone or hidden.
Though the water quality is still
considered good (limited stream
water quality sampling was done
showing low nitrogen and pho
sphorus), the stream bottom cur
rently appears that it would not
permit reproduction of fish such as
trout. Previously it was considered
to have some limited trout repro
duction, and there is potential for
restoring spawning sites.
The Copcnhavcr farm is cur
rently operated by Ron Copenhav
er, a member of the family for
whom the county farm is named.
Copcnhavcr operates a unique
cash crop operation growing string
beans.
In recent years, Copcnhavcr has
Act now! Or this may be the only
pest control tool you’ll ever use again!
Because the Environmental
Protection Agency is reevaluating
the pesticides you count on to
run your farm, keep bugs out
of your house and weeds out
of your garden
Soon, you could begin to lose
some of the most trusted insecti-
cides on the market today
Because EPA isn’t asking
-the farmer—or other
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fenced the stream, allowing gras
ses and some perennials to take
hold. He has also allowed it to
meander somewhat
The stream has long had a size
able muskrat population, which
can easily reduce the stability of
stream banks to withstand erosive
forces.
But muskrat activity isn’t an
unnatural state. The lower eleva
tion reaches of many streams in the
clay and soil valley bottoms have
naturally unstable banks, where
muskrats are natural water
mammals.
What’s missing are the plants
which historically serve to prevent
excessively rapid course changes.
That compares to the typical
rock beds and banks of streams of
higher elevations, and where
streams cut through a mountain.
(Side note: The meanders of a
stream are a consequence of wave
action in a stream, and the resis
tance of the materials over and
through which it flows. If allowed
to, or forced to meander, the length
of a stream through a pasture can
be increased tremendously, there
by retaining water longer, and also
providing considerably more habi
tat for a nutrient-using aquatic
community.)
How come?
Why?
Amer I c o n
Association
Americans how you actually
use these pest control products
Without accurate input, the
new Food Quality Protection
Act cannot be fully and
fairly implemented
So what?
So you lose many cost-
effective pesticides—the tools
you depend on most Fewer
products lead to less IPM and
less conservation tillage Pest
resistance rises Yields drop
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Standing at the back of a Lebanon County Conservation District pickup, and wear
ing a baseball cap and holding a cup of coffee, Chuck Wertz, district director, points
out some of the tree planting plans to students awaiting further instructions before
helping to unload the truck. Wearing sunglasses, district nutrient management spe
cialist Andrea Long stands to the right.
Riparian buffer plantings are not
a new concept for promotion, but it
is new for government to promote
such activity.
During die 19705, through fed
eral incentives, many natural ripa-
Incomes fall And farm
production moves offshore
So what 3
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American
Farm Bureau
Federation,
rian tree and brush buffets and
forests were removed as well as
many stream-bordering wedands
and short-distance spring streams.
At the same time, many wind
breaks were also removed in order
to gain additional acreage exposed
to the sun for maximum crop yield.
However, while shady areas
along field edges can reduce a
field's total potential yield, there is
increased risk of field and crop
damage from high wind exposure.
Windbreaks prevent wind ero
sion and allow greater retention of
soil moisture ground moisture
evaporation is reduced when air
flow close to the ground is
reduced.
As far as riparian buffer plant
ings, though aquatic biologists,
limnologists, and long-time pro
fessional experts on streams have
promoted such plantings for years,
many people have seemed to
express a cultural preference for
denuded, or otherwise “sanitary
(Turn to Pag* A 26)
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