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{"title":"A Survey of Perceptions and Attitudes about Water Issues in Oklahoma: A Comparative Study","authors":"Christopher J. Eck,&nbsp;Kevin L. Wagner,&nbsp;Binod Chapagain,&nbsp;Omkar Joshi","doi":"10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03321.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03321.x","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>Understanding people’s perceptions of the environment, drinking water issues, and protecting and preserving water resources is of great importance. This study aims to assess and compare the perceptions of the general public (<i>n</i> = 414), post-secondary students (<i>n</i> = 103), and water professionals (<i>n</i> = 104) in Oklahoma on water issues in the state. To address these goals, a 53-item paper questionnaire was first administered to a randomly sampled mailing list of Oklahoma residents. As a follow up to the initial survey, post-secondary students at Oklahoma State University were sampled in addition to Oklahoma water professionals at regional conferences. Respondents ranged from 18 to over 65 years old, with all three demographics agreeing the top water priority to be clean drinking water. The majority were satisfied with their home water supply and felt it was safe to drink, while they were not sure of the quality of ground and/or surface water. Age was a key factor in information delivery and learning preferences as the older participants favored print material versus the younger demographic interest in technology. Data collected via this study provide insight into the perceptions, priorities, and learning preferences of these three populations. Despite our finding that clean water is a priority in Oklahoma, regardless of demographic, results suggest more education and outreach is needed to provide additional information regarding water in Oklahoma.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":45920,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education","volume":"168 1","pages":"66-77"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2020-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03321.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46870251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Review of Water Resources Education in Geography Departments in the United States","authors":"Mike Pease,&nbsp;Philip L. Chaney,&nbsp;Joseph Hoover","doi":"10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03323.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03323.x","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Geographers have long played an important role in water resources scholarship; however, academic literature has not focused on the teaching contributions of geographers in this area. To address this gap, we cataloged courses taught and faculty interests for geography departments in the United States with a stated focus on water resources. We identified 129 departments with both courses and faculty having water resources expertise. The majority of water-related courses focused on climatology or climate change, suggesting that students are regularly provided opportunities to learn about water topics primarily through the lens of climatology and water resources. We also summarize a panel organized at the 2017 American Association of Geographers Annual Conference that focused on water resources curriculum in geography programs. The panel discussed curriculum and pedagogical approaches, concluding that a water resources course syllabi repository would be beneficial for creating new and refining existing water resources courses. The panel also recommended that faculty consider incorporating water resources topics into their general education classes to concurrently enhance student learning opportunities and positively impact recruitment and interest in geography programs. Additionally, online education represents a substantial change in higher education that presents new challenges and opportunities for geographers. We hope these data and the summary of the panel session stimulate greater discussions of curricular needs across all disciplines that offer water resource focused courses.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":45920,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education","volume":"168 1","pages":"93-105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2020-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03323.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42689814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reduced and Earlier Snowmelt Runoff Impacts Traditional Irrigation Systems","authors":"Yining Bai,&nbsp;Alexander Fernald,&nbsp;Vincent Tidwell,&nbsp;Thushara Gunda","doi":"10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03318.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03318.x","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Seasonal runoff from montane uplands is crucial for plant growth in agricultural communities of northern New Mexico. These communities typically employ traditional irrigation systems, called acequias, which rely mainly upon spring snowmelt runoff for irrigation. The trend of the past few decades is an increase in temperature, reduced snow pack, and earlier runoff from snowmelt across much of the western United States. In order to predict the potential impacts of changes in future climate a system dynamics model was constructed to simulate the surface water supplies in a montane upland watershed of a small irrigated community in northern New Mexico through the rest of the 21^st century. End-term simulations of representative concentration pathways (RCP) 4.5 and 8.5 suggest that runoff during the months of April to August could be reduced by 22% and 56%, respectively. End-term simulations also displayed a shift in the beginning and peak of snowmelt runoff by up to one month earlier than current conditions. Results suggest that rising temperatures will drive reduced runoff in irrigation season and earlier snowmelt runoff in the dry season towards the end of the 21^st century. Modeled results suggest that climate change leads to runoff scheme shift and increased frequency of drought; due to the uncontemporaneous of irrigation season and runoff scheme, water shortage will increase. Potential impacts of climate change scenarios and mitigation strategies should be further investigated to ensure the resilience of traditional agricultural communities in New Mexico and similar regions.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":45920,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education","volume":"168 1","pages":"10-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2020-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03318.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44731599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Investigating Relationship Between Soil Moisture and Precipitation Globally Using Remote Sensing Observations","authors":"Robin Sehler,&nbsp;Jingjing Li,&nbsp;JT Reager,&nbsp;Hengchun Ye","doi":"10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03324.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03324.x","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The complex relationship between precipitation and soil moisture plays a critical role in land surface hydrology. Traditionally, the analysis of this relationship is restricted by the spatial coverage of both soil moisture and precipitation data that are collected through in-situ observations at limited locations. In this study, we utilized the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s remote sensing products of soil moisture (SMAP: Soil Moisture Active Passive) and precipitation (TRMM: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission), which provide near-global coverage, to investigate the co-variation of precipitation and soil moisture regionally, as a function of ecosystem types and climate regimes. We apply information on land cover and climate regimes to provide insight about correlation strength of soil moisture and precipitation. The results indicate that most of the globe has a moderate to strong positive correlation of SMAP soil moisture and TRMM precipitation data during the study period. In relation to land cover, soil moisture and precipitation have the strongest correlations in regions of limited vegetation, whereas forests and densely vegetated regions have weaker correlations. As for climate regimes, they have the strongest correlations in arid or cold regions, and weaker correlations in humid, temperate locations. While remotely sensed soil moisture data are less reliable in dense vegetation, these results confirm that drier, less vegetated climates show a highly linear relationship between soil moisture and rainfall.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":45920,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education","volume":"168 1","pages":"106-118"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2020-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03324.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48474199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Perspective Piece Fallacies, Fake Facts, Alternative Facts, and Feel Good Facts; What to do About Them?","authors":"Donald I. Siegel","doi":"10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03317.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03317.x","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;B&lt;/b&gt;oth sides of the political spectrum now use deception and misinformation to argue their philosophical positions on environmental harm, present and future. And both use common logical fallacies to enhance their views: &lt;i&gt;cherrypicking&lt;/i&gt; (selecting data fitting their preconceived outcome); &lt;i&gt;hasty generalization&lt;/i&gt; (suggesting conclusions from a small set of data implies the same conclusion elsewhere); and &lt;i&gt;ad hominem&lt;/i&gt; (personal attacks on the ethics, funding, or perceived associations of those having different views).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beyond these long-known logical fallacies, the public debate of science includes outright lies, “fake and alternative facts,” and “feel good facts” information or ideas that &lt;i&gt;feel&lt;/i&gt; like they should be true but are not. Real facts consist of information that can be reproduced by anyone with the same skills. How many people showed up at President Obama and President Trump’s inaugurations? This information can be found in the public record through photographs made by the U.S. Park Service and those made independently by others.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;How do scientists change the conversation to allow for measured civil discourse to solving the large environmental challenges of the future? The fakery in public debate usually starts with the &lt;i&gt;cherrypicking&lt;/i&gt; and then moves to never setting a bar for collective agreement. If these approaches fail to win the day, the &lt;i&gt;ad hominem&lt;/i&gt; attacks begin and invocation of conspiracy theories which &lt;i&gt;appeal to public ignorance&lt;/i&gt; (another fallacy). I became subject to these tactics in debate over hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) used to obtain oil and natural gas out of solid rock. I even wrote a paper on what happened to me when the dust settled (Siegel &lt;span&gt;2015&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Briefly, I challenged the premise of a published paper that concluded groundwater quality in northeastern Pennsylvania could be broadly contaminated by fracking. The paper used flawed statistics and a non-random small data set. I gained access to chemical analyses of groundwater from more than ten thousand water wells in the same area and showed that no broad environmental harm had in fact occurred. Indeed, groundwater quality in that part of Pennsylvania has actually improved since fracking, although this improvement did not relate to fracking (Wen et al. &lt;span&gt;2019&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some of those who philosophically felt fracking &lt;i&gt;should&lt;/i&gt; cause harm to groundwater (for them, a “feel good fact”), could not dispute the science since I effectively used the entire population of water wells. So, they attacked me &lt;i&gt;ad hominen&lt;/i&gt; and suggested I participated in a conspiracy with the hydrocarbon industry. I ultimately testified at a Congressional hearing over the matter. You can find all the references and pertinent URLS to my unpleasant experience in Siegel (&lt;span&gt;2015&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I see similar discourse happening to scientists across disciplines in almost every part of the environmental sphere. Soc","PeriodicalId":45920,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education","volume":"168 1","pages":"7-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2020-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03317.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48603403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"River-Ditch Flow Statistical Relationships in a Traditionally Irrigated Valley Near Taos, New Mexico","authors":"Jose J. Cruz,&nbsp;Alexander G. Fernald,&nbsp;Dawn M. VanLeeuwen,&nbsp;Steven J. Guldan,&nbsp;Carlos G. Ochoa","doi":"10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03320.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03320.x","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Current and predicted drought and population growth challenge the longevity of irrigation systems of northern New Mexico. Irrigation ditches, also known as acequias, draw runoff directly from rivers without use of storage reservoirs, so it is important to understand the effects of changing river flow on irrigation flow. This study sought to examine river-ditch relationships in an agricultural valley of the region. A first order linear model was used to fit the river-ditch flow relationship on which daily river flow was the explanatory variable and daily ditch flow the response variable. A strong positive relationship between river and ditch flow was observed for all but one of the ditches. Using a statistical model approach that addressed serial autocorrelation, heteroscedasticity, as well as outlier observations, statistical evidence at 5% significance level was found in all ditches but one. The ditch without a positive relationship was at a downstream location, subject to upstream flow diversion that may have influenced river-ditch flow relationships. Results from this study can be used to evaluate the potential effects of changing socioeconomic dynamics and climate change projections in the operations of these irrigation systems to better understand and manage their water resources.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":45920,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education","volume":"168 1","pages":"49-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2020-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03320.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47146163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Perspective Piece Reflections on the Federal Role in River Management∗","authors":"Leonard Shabman","doi":"10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03316.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03316.x","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;F&lt;/b&gt;ederal government agencies’ responsibilities for national water resources management grew rapidly in the 20&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; century, along with the budget to execute those responsibilities. In most places today, river flows are the result of rainfall and runoff, as well as the presence of the water development projects of these agencies. Meanwhile in the nation’s watersheds, demands on water resources are changing along with changes in rainfall and runoff volume and patterns, suggesting the possible need for new investments and different management of the investments currently in place. However, by historical standards, there has been a radical reduction in the Federal roles and budgetary commitment to river management. This diminished Federal role has resulted from competing water management visions that I will refer to as “old water conservation,” “new water conservation,” and “watershed restoration.” Old water conservation is where I begin.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Throughout the nation’s first 200 years, engineering works (i.e., infrastructure) were supposed to remove the tails from the hydrograph – that is remove natural variation in river flows – promoting material prosperity and general social well-being. In 1934, the National Resources Planning Board declared&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In 1963, when dedicating the Whiskeytown Dam on the Trinity River in California, President Kennedy concluded his remarks by endorsing the old water conservation vision, as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A drawing of an ideally managed &lt;i&gt;large&lt;/i&gt; river basin in the 1950 Truman administration’s report on water resources has an illustration of the old water conservation. In the upper reaches of the smaller watersheds, cover crops and reforestation on eroded soils slow runoff and control erosion. Downstream, small dams are combined with diversion channels and other conveyance facilities to move water to irrigated farm fields and small communities. Previously wet areas are drained by small ditches leading to larger canals, with the drained land dedicated to cities and farms. On the larger rivers, dams create reservoirs to store water, while levees along the river edges and deepened river channels limit flooding of fertile soils. Cities are located adjacent to flood-protected rivers, and their manufacturing and other commercial facilities along the river edge are served by ports and barge terminals. The water stored in reservoirs irrigates agricultural fields, generates electric power, and provides for other water uses in dry times.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This grand vision of the ideally managed river basin was to be executed by Federal construction of levees, channels, dams, and reservoirs paid for by the Federal taxpayer. The Federal efforts were accompanied by state and local governments building water supply reservoirs, pipes, and open canals and transferring that stored water over long distances. This national investment in advancing the old water conservation vision transformed a natural water supply that ","PeriodicalId":45920,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education","volume":"168 1","pages":"2-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2020-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03316.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41686654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Letter from the Editors","authors":"Karl W.J. Williard,&nbsp;Jackie F. Crim","doi":"10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03315.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03315.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We are pleased to introduce a new feature of the <i>Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education</i>: Perspective Pieces. We invited experts in the water arena to give us their perspectives on a water issue near and dear to them. In this issue, Dr. Len Shabman, Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future, shares his thoughts on the federal role in river management and the need to reframe the discussion. Dr. Don Siegel, Emeritus Professor of Earth Sciences at Syracuse University, offers us some thought provoking insights on the current state of public discourse on environmental issues. Perspective pieces were a hallmark of our journal since its inception as <i>Water Resources Update</i> in 1964 and our editorial team wanted to reemphasize this feature in 2019 after a long absence. So, please enjoy Dr. Shabman’s and Dr. Siegel’s pieces and we invite you to consider sharing your perspectives on an important water issue with our readership. We look forward to hearing from you.</p><p>Sincerely,</p><p>Karl W.J. Williard and Jackie F. Crim</p><p>Co-Editors, <i>Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education</i></p>","PeriodicalId":45920,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education","volume":"168 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2020-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03315.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87322589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Catalyzing Change: Social Science for Water Resources Management","authors":"Mark E. Burbach,&nbsp;Kristin Floress,&nbsp;Linda Stalker Prokopy","doi":"10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03307.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03307.x","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;M&lt;/b&gt;anaging water resources is becoming increasingly difficult as demographic, economic, institutional, technological, and climate changes manifest across the U.S. and around the world (Cosgrove and Louchs &lt;span&gt;2015&lt;/span&gt;). These extraordinarily complex water quality and quantity challenges facing water resource management are “wicked problems” (Gold et al. &lt;span&gt;2013&lt;/span&gt;). Wicked problems - those that are difficult to resolve because of complexity, uncertainty, and divergence and fragmentation in viewpoints, values, and intentions (Rittel and Webber &lt;span&gt;1973&lt;/span&gt;; Head &lt;span&gt;2008&lt;/span&gt;) - arise in numerous resource management contexts. The act of simply trying to define the problem illustrates the level of difficulty associated with resolution. For example, multiple perspectives on an issue, the level to which numerous social and natural systems are connected, and the overwhelming number of potential fixes that need to be understood to clearly define the issue make water management a wicked problem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Historically, water problems have been regarded as requiring engineering or technological fixes. However, because most water problems are largely the result of human activity (Schultz &lt;span&gt;2011&lt;/span&gt;; Rockström et al. &lt;span&gt;2014&lt;/span&gt;), it is the social - not technical - complexity of these problems that overwhelms water management. Social factors (e.g., equity, water rights, norms, attitudes, values, beliefs, etc.) are often the primary determinants of management success or failure (Mascia et al. &lt;span&gt;2003&lt;/span&gt;; Floress et al. &lt;span&gt;2015&lt;/span&gt;). Thus, the resolution or mitigation of wicked water problems requires interdisciplinary collaboration, particularly from the social sciences, to foster new thinking, behavior, and innovative ideas for management of water resources under conditions of rapid change and uncertainty (Jury and Vaux &lt;span&gt;2005&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Despite the social complexity of water challenges, most people working in water resource management are trained in the bio-physical sciences, in turn limiting access to knowledge that could be gained from social sciences (Floress et al. &lt;span&gt;2015&lt;/span&gt;). Water resource professionals and the staffs of myriad water-related agencies tend to have backgrounds in engineering, hydrology, ecology, aquatic sciences, and so on. Thus, agencies and organizations may not have the necessary skills to effectively address the human dimensions of water resource management (Sexton et al. &lt;span&gt;2013&lt;/span&gt;). Many lack the capacity to deal with the social complexity and interdependencies of current water resource management. “The management of water resources is currently undergoing a paradigm shift toward a more integrated and participatory management style” (Pahl-Wostl et al. &lt;span&gt;2007&lt;/span&gt;, p. 1) in order to address “complex interdependencies, human behavior and social institutions” (Pahl-Wostl et al. &lt;span&gt;2012&lt;/span&gt;, p. 25). Future water management will require new and cont","PeriodicalId":45920,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education","volume":"167 1","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03307.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42131390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Beargrass Story: Utilizing Social Science to Evaluate and Learn from the “Watershed Approach”","authors":"Sarah P. Church,&nbsp;Nicholas Babin,&nbsp;Belyna Bentlage,&nbsp;Michael Dunn,&nbsp;Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad,&nbsp;Pranay Ranjan,&nbsp;Joe Magner,&nbsp;Eileen McLellan,&nbsp;Susi Stephan,&nbsp;Mark D. Tomer,&nbsp;Linda S. Prokopy","doi":"10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03313.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03313.x","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This paper presents the case of a voluntary watershed project that addressed the need for improving water quality by reducing agricultural nutrient loss. The Beargrass Creek Watershed Approach Project in Wabash County, Indiana aimed to demonstrate that it is possible to achieve ambitious water quality goals and maximize the effectiveness of conservation funding through locally-led efforts that bring together multiple stakeholders throughout the process. The project focused on implementing the “right practices” in the “right places” through a goal-oriented, science-based, and locally-adapted approach to voluntary conservation. We examine and evaluate all three phases of the project and discuss successes and lessons learned from the point of view of both agricultural producers and agency staff from the local Soil and Water Conservation District and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":45920,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education","volume":"167 1","pages":"78-96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2019.03313.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43512724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}