Agreement Number
68721714017
Awardee Name
The Nature Conservancy
Grant Type
State
Project Title
Develop a software application and accompanying infographic that will allow users to interact with and manipulate 50- years of nutrient data to allow land owners to target specific best management practices
Awardee State/Territory
Louisiana
Involved States/territories
Louisiana
Award Year
2014
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$74,789.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Grassland (Includes Pasture/Rangeland)
Resource Concern (Broad)
Water
Resource Concern (Specific)
Sediment transported to surface water
Nutrients transported to surface water
Conservation Practice(s)
Conservation Cover
Cover Crop
Irrigation and Drainage Tailwater Recovery
Prescribed Grazing
Residue and Tillage Management
Reduced Till
Nutrient Management
Project Background
Development of a water quality hot spot targeting tool to aid in the selection of 12 digit sub-watersheds in Louisiana for mitigation strategies. The main functional requirement of the application would be to identify “hot spots” where there are relatively high concentrDevations of selected water quality traits that represent potential problem areas. Supplemental data such as land cover and soils data would also be included to elucidate contributing factors to the “hot spot”. The “hot spot” analysis would be accomplished using readily available existing sample data from EPA and LDEQ. These sample data would be interpolated within 8 digit sub-basins (HUC 8) to create heat maps. This would allow users to evaluate 12 digit sub-watersheds based on relative concentrations of water quality traits within the HUC 8 and the supplemental data.
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No