University of Guelph Field Tour
Stewardship staff from the 糖心直播 (UTRCA) hosted staff from the Universities of Guelph and Waterloo as well as Environment Canada on Tuesday, August 20th to showcase a number of agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs) that have been implemented throughout the watershed.
BMPs included in the tour were focused on erosion control and included a water and sediment control basin, a grassed waterway, a rock chute, cover crops and windbreaks. The tour started in the Medway subwatershed and continued to two farms owned by landowners who have worked in collaboration with the UTRCA continuously throughout the years. They have implemented multiple BMPs in an effort to maximize conservation practices on their farms. These collaborations are very important for the ongoing goal of improving water quality and soil health while maintaining agriculture production for farmers in our area.
The UTRCA would like to thank the University of Guelph's Wanhong Yang, a Professor in the Department of Environment, Geography and Geomatics who works with the UTRCA to model nutrient and sediment losses from agricultural land. During the field tour day, staff engaged in a full afternoon of knowledge transfer, allowing all members of the tour an enhanced understanding of the importance of conservation farming and the important research that complements it.
