workgroup goal
To minimize agricultural impacts on water quality and enhance land productivity.
key actions
- Implementation and maintenance of BMPs to reduce pollutants.
- Development of comprehensive conservation plans.
- Education and collaboration with farmers and stakeholders.
- Monitoring and assessment of BMP effectiveness.
The Agriculture workgroup works to engage and educate farmers to implement agricultural best management practices (BMPs) and to conserve and improve agricultural lands. These efforts ultimately improve land, habitat, and water quality by reducing the pollutants such as sediment, nutrients, pesticides, herbicides, and pathogens running off of agricultural land.
Events
featured event
SAN Agriculture Workgroup Meeting (Virtual)
November 6, 2024
News
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EQB Invites Comments On Proposed $8 Million Water Quality Permit Fee Increases To Make Up For Cuts In State Funding For DEP
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Most-Used Pesticides Pose Unknown Threat to Waterways, Subject of New Study
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Farm Stewardship Program with Berks County Conservation District
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NY, NJ, DE, and PA Waterways to Benefit from Infusion of Delaware River Basin Funds
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PA Farm Bill Invests in Commonwealth’s Urban Ag System