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Resources 
Action Plan - Crop A Syst for field and vegetable crop growers 172 kb   Action Plan Crop A Syst for field and vegetable crop growers    
Action Plan - Crop A Syst for orchards and fruit producers 97 kb   Action Plan Crop A Syst for orchards and fruit producers    
Action Plan - Greenhouse A Syst 91 kb   Action Plan Greenhouse A Syst    
Accurate Calibration 75 kb

Accurate Calibration

     
Anhydrous Ammonia Safety and Security Practices (AASSPs) 27 kb

Anhydrous Ammonia Safety and Security Practices

     
Calibrating a Center Pivot for Chemigation 29 kb

Calibrating a Center Pivot for Chemigation

     
Container Recycling Handbill 430.50 kb

Container Recycling Handbill

     
2009 Crop*A*Syst Supplement for Field Crops and Vegetables 27 kb   2009 Crop A Syst Supplement for Field Crops and Vegetables    
Crop A Syst for field and vegetable crop producers Sept 2007 4645 kb   Crop A Syst for field and vegetable crop producers Sept 2007    
Crop-A-Syst for Nursery Crop & Christmas Tree Producers, June 2009 507 kb   Crop-A-Syst for Nursery Crop & Christmas Tree Producers, June 2009    
Crop A Syst for orchards and fruit producers Sept 2007 552 kb   Crop A Syst for orchards and fruit producers Sept 2007    
Crop A Syst Improvement Action Plan 46.5 kb

Crop A Syst Improvement Action Plan

     
Determining Manure Nutrients 511 kb    

Determining Manure Nutrients

 
Evaluating Irrigation System Uniformity 8-24-04 111 kb

Evaluating Irrigation System Uniformity

     
FAS 104 Crop A Syst for Orchards and Fruit Producers (September 2007) 7977 kb   FAS 104 Crop A Syst for Orchards and Fruit Producers    
FAS 110 Crop A Syst for Field Crop and Vegetable Producers (September 2007) 7977 kb   FAS 110 Crop A Syst for Field Crop and Vegetable    
General Manure Management 18264 kb    

General Manure Management

 
Greenhouse A Syst, May 2007 519 kb   Greenhouse A Syst    
Groundwater and Freshwater Protection Act Chapter 324 66 kb   Groundwater and Freshwater Protection Act Chapter 324    
Groundwater Links (water resource websites) 51 kb

Groundwater Links

     
Guidelines for Crop A Syst Recertification Credits REV Jan 2007 41 kb

Guidelines for Crop A Syst Recertification Credits REV Jan 2007

     
Guidelines for Crop A Syst for Orchards and Fruit Producers Recertification Credits April 2007 47 kb

Guidelines for Crop A Syst for Orchards and Fruit Producers Recertification Credits April 2007

     
Guidelines for Greenhouse*A*Syst Recertification Credits April 2007 51 kb

Guidelines for Greenhouse A Syst Recertification Credits April 2007

     
Guidelines for Nursery A Syst Recertification Credits Feb 2007 45 kb

Guidelines for Nursery A Syst Recertification Credits Feb 2007

     
Irrigation System Uniformity Standard 551 kb   Irrigation System Uniformity Standard    
Keeping Herbicides Out of Groundwater and Surface Water 6-05 43 kb

Keeping Herbicides Out of Groundwater and Surface

     
Legislation Water use for Irrigation 45 kb

Legislation Water use for Irrigation

     
Livestock Supplement E-2575S - Writable Copy 85 kb

Livestock Supplement E-2575S Writable Copy

     
MAEAP Phase I Requirements 3 124 kb

MAEAP Phase I Requirements 3

     
Manure Haul Spreadsheet 8 kb       Manure Haul Spreadsheet
Measuring Well Water Levels EC-1368 78 kb

Measuring Well Water Levels EC-1368

     
Methods of Estimating Water Use for Swine Operations 8 3kb

Methods of Estimating Water Use for Swine Operations

     
MSU Nutrient Recommendations 5.0 290 kb      

MSU Nutrient Recommendations 5.0

MSUE Irrigation Record Sheet 1121 kb

MSUE Irrigation Record Sheet

   
MSUE Irrigation System Evaluation Tool-Center Pivot 93 kb      

MSUE Irrigation System Evaluation Tool-Center Pivot

MSUE Irrigation System Evaluation Tool-Linear 93 kb      

MSUE Irrigation System Evaluation Tool Linear

MSUE Bulletin 2349 Protect Your Water Supply From Agricultural Chemical Backflow 1078 kb  

MSUE Bulletin 2349 Protect Your Water Supply From Agricultural Chemical Backflow

   
Nutrient Calculator 18 kb      

Nutrient Calculator

Pest Management 595 Job Sheet 559 kb  

Pest Management 595 Job Sheet

   
Pesticide Drift Management Plan (October 2007) 23 kb  

Pesticide Drift Management Plan October 2007

   
Phosphorus Management to Protect Water Qualty 21,658 kb    

Phosphorus Management to Protect Water Qualty

 
Reducing and Avoiding Irrigation Runoff 81 kb

Reducing and Avoiding Irrigation Runoff

     
Sample Nutrient Management Plan (Gangwer 2006) 7902  

Sample Nutrient Management Plan Gangwer 2006

   
Wind Erosion Worksheet 30 kb       Wind Erosion Worksheet
REQUIRED READINGS FOR NRCS NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT COURSE:
1.  Plant Nutrients in the Environment 40 kb  

Plant Nutrients in the Environment

   
2.  Managing Soil Organic Matter to Enhance Soil              Frequency  50 kb  

Managing Soil Organic Matter to Enhance

   
3.  Understanding Soil Phosphorus 2002 kb  

Understanding Soil Phosphorus

   
4.  Nutrient Recommendations for Field Crops in Michigan 2002 kb  

Nutrient Recommendations for Field Crops in Michigan

   
SARA Title III EHS (see narrative listed below) 42 kb      

SARA Title III EHS

SARA Title III Narrative 54 kb

SARA Title III Narrative

     
SFAS flyer (read only) 280 kb SFAS flyer Read Only      
SFAS flyer (Publisher document) 3259 kb SFAS Publicher Document      
SFAS Brochure 280 kb SFAS Brochure Doc      
SFAS Brochure 905 kb       SFAS Brochure PDF
SFAS Page 2 998 kb       SFAS Page 2
Six Easy Steps to Calibrating a Center Pivot for Chemigation 31 kb

Six Easy Steps to Calibrating a Center Pivot for Chemigation

     
Static Water Level Water Use Reporting 231 kb

Static Water Level Water Use Reporting

     
Using Chemigation Safely and Effectively-MSUE Bulletin E-2099 2438 kb  

Using Chemigation Safely and Effectively-MSUE Bulletin E-2099

   
Water measurement for Turf 7201 kb    

Water measurement for Turf

 
Water use Facts 174 kb

Water use Facts

     
Water use for Swine Operations Final 85 kb

Water use for Swine Operations Final

     
Well Isolation Distance FAQ 597 kb  

Well Isolation Distance FAQ

   
Well Isolation Distance Worksheet 12- kb  

Well Isolation Distance Worksheet

   
Well Isolation Reduction Protocol 36 kb

Well Isolation Reduction Protocol

     
Worker Protection Standard Trainers Video Order Form/Brochure 146 kb  

Worker Protection Standard Trainers Video Order Form/Brochure

   
Forms
FAS 105 - Seasonal Integrated Pest management Checklist for Orchards 461 kb  

FAS 105 - Seasonal Integrated Pest management Checklist for Orchards

   
Pesticide Application Record Form 57 kb Pesticide Application Record Form      
Pesticide Records Form (W/O examples 01-06) 131 kb Pesticide Records Form      
Pesticide Records Form (W/Examples 01-06) 139 kb Pesticide Records Form      
Water Use Facts 174 kb

Water Use Facts

     
Powerpoint Presentations
Assessing and Managing Waste on the Farm, Final 2677 kb     Assessing and Managing Waste on the Farm, Final  
Crop A Syst (2008) 1127 kb     Crop A Syst 2008  
FAS 03 Dead Animal 23809 kb     FAS 03 Dead Animal  
Getting It Right with Nutrient and Pesticide 2322 kb     Getting It Right with Nutrient and Pesticide  
Irrigation Tools for Stewardship 587 kb     Irrigation Tools for Stewardship  
Land Base - Dairy 2698 kb     Land Base Dairy  
Land Base - Pasture 2451 kb     Land Base Pasture  
Land Base - Swine 2754 kb     Land Base Swine  
MAEAP Water Quality Indicators, 9-03 2038 kb     MAEAP Water Quality Indicators  
Manure Record Keeping, Rector 11-03 10252 kb     Manure Record Keeping  
Pesticide Basics - RUP Ch 3 13627 kb     Pesticide Basics  
Pesticide Drift Management, Hines/Kelly, 11-3 6458 kb     Pesticide Drift Management  
Pesticide Drift management Plan Applicator use Reg 637 9.28 kb     Pesticide Drift management Plan Applicator use Reg 637  
Pesticide Protection for Critical Area 1-8-06 4526 kb     Pesticide Protection for Critical Area  
Public Well Isolation Distance, Appleby 11-03 988 kb     Public Well Isolation Distance  
Soil Sampling 6515 kb     Soil Sampling  
Surface Spreading Manure on Frozen 7 Snow Covered Fields, Rector, 11-03 8209 kb     Surface Spreading Manure on Frozen 7 Snow Covered Fields  
Transport, Storage and Disposal of Pesticides and Farm Security 2684 kb     Transport, Storage and Disposal of Pesticides and Farm Security  
Water use Frequently Asked Questions 113 kb   Water use Frequently Asked Questions    
Water Rights and Legislation 6-3-03 1910 kb     Water Rights and Legislation  
Water Sources for Irrigation 291 kb     Water Sources for Irrigation  
Web Soil Survey May 06 14,994 kb     Web Soil Survey  

Links

Government – federal

www.nrcs.usda.gov 

 Natural Resources Conservation Service

www.mw.nrcs.usda.gov 

 NRCS – Midwest Headquarters

*www.mi.nrcs.usda.gov 

 NRCS – Michigan Office

www.fsa.usda.gov 

 Farm Service Agency

www.water.usgs.gov 

 United States Geological Survey

www.epa.gov 

 Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.epa.gov/water/

 EPA – Water Division

www.epa.gov/owow

 EPA – Office of Wetlands and Watersheds

http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/

 MI Resource Conservation &  Dev.  

Government - state

www.michigan.gov/mda 

 Michigan Department of Agriculture MGSP MAEAP GAAMP’s CREP

www.michigan.gov/deq 

 Department of Environmental Quality Wellhead Protection    Abandoned  Wells Groundwater Modeling

www.michigan.gov/

 Public Health

www.michigan.gov/dnr

 Michigan Department of Natural Resources

www.michigan.gov/mdot 

 Michigan Department of Transportation

www.michigan.gov/mesb

 Michigan Environmental Science Board  

http://www.deq.state.mi.us/documents/deq-dwrpd- gws-wcu-Reg-Contractors-By-County.pdf  Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Well Drillers list
Wellogic Well Logs

(URL too long to list, click on link to go to the site) 

Well Logs, Wellogic (2000 and newer wells)-MDEQ (Go to website to get user ID and password to access well logs at this site.)
www.deq.state.mi.us/well-logs/ Well Logs, scanned (1999 and older wells) - Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

University Programs

www.iwr.msu.edu

Institute of Water Research  

www.agweather.geo.msu.edu/mawn/ MAWN - Michigan Automated Weather Network

http://www.kbs.msu.edu/

MSU – Kellogg Biological Station

http://www.msue.msu.edu/waterqual/projects-97.html

MSU - Extension Water Quality

www.egr.msu.edu/age

MSU - Department of Agricultural Eng.

www.css.msu.edu 

MSU – Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences Turf Grass  Env.  Stewardship Program

http://web1.msue.msu.edu/iac/434 2004 Weed Control Guide for Field Crops (E-434)

www.uwex.edu/ces/regionalwaterquality

U Wisconsin  

http://web1.msue.msu.edu/waterqual/ MSUE Water Quality
http://www.pested.msu.edu  Restricted Use Pesticide Training Materials

Other Non-Government Resources

www.macd.org

Michigan Assoc. of Conservation Districts  (Includes links   to all local districts that have a web site, 15 sites have local MGSP information)

www.michiganfarmbureau.com

Michigan Farm Bureau

www.maeap.org

MI Agriculture Env. Assurance Program

www.agronomy.org

American Society of Agronomy

www.crops.org

Crop Science Society of America

www.soils.org

Soil Science Society of America

www.swcs.org 

Soil and Water Conservation Society       

Information Services - References

www.cwp.org 

 The Center for Watershed Protection    

www.michigan.gov/cgi

 Michigan Center for Geographic Information

www.uwin.siu.edu

 Universities Water Information Network  Web Directory – Water Resources  

This page is updated by Allen Krizek


 

Maintained by the Kellogg Biological Station Land and Water Program
Contact: Rene Wilson
Last update: 02/11/2008