Photos: Conservation In Action Tour Stops At Mississippi Delta
The tour focused on innovative conservation practices that producers have implemented to protect and preserve one of the largest contiguous coastal ecosystems in the U.S.
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Charlotte Bird of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Surface Water Division discusses water conservation with the CTIC tour.
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Dave White, Chief of the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) addresses CTIC tour members from atop a Cotton Gin at the Mill Creek Gin in Clarkston, MS.
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Jim Burton, the inventor of AgRobotics AutoProbe, shows the technology to CTIC tour members at Mill Creek Gin.
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NRCS area engineer Paul Rodrigue discusses the tailwater recovery reservoir system as he stands in front of a tailwater reservoir on Stovall Farms.
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An avid saltwater fisherman and local soil and water conservation district official, Stovall Farms owner Pete Hunter welcomes the CTIC tour to his family farm in Clarkston, MS.
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Mississippi State University assistant professor in the Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department explains the drainage ditch on Stovall Farms to attendees.
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A warm grass field buffer adjacent to a soybean field at Williams Farm in the Mississippi Delta.
The Yazoo-Mississippi Delta – often referred to colloquially as the Delta – is one of the largest contiguous coastal ecosystems in North America, boasting both ecological and economic value. The Delta hosts the United States' largest fishery, by weight, and its port activity rivals those worldwide.
Human activity destroyed about a fourth of the region's beneficial wetlands. A Louisiana State University study reports that wetlands will disappear during this century if losses continue at the present rate.
The Conservation Technology Information Center, in partnership with Delta Farmers Advocating Resource Management (Delta F.A.R.M.), hosted the 2012 Conservation In Action Tour May 30-31. CropLife assistant editor Matthew Grassi joined this year's tour, which included stops at Stovall Farms, Mill Creek Gin, and Williams Farms. Here are several photos from the event.
