Sediment Fundamentals
Managing sediments is a critical component of watershed management. Erosion is a natural process and the sediments it produces provide essential inputs to downstream ecosystems. They also have negative impacts on other ecosystems and on ecosystem services that become environmental, social, and economic interests downstream. The NRCS, USEPA, USGS and other federal, state, and local agencies provide education, resources, cost sharing to assist farmers and others in managing their land and water resources to minimize the negative impacts of erosion and sediment loading. This course helps develop an understanding of the sediment loading issue and how to accurate assess different sources, and the management practice changes that can reduce the negative effects of sediment for downstream interests.
- Date:
- 2016-03-21
- Primary Material Type:
- Assessment Tool
- Other Material Types:
- Collection, Development Tool, Presentation, Reference Material, Syllabus, Workshop and Training Material
- Institution:
- Lincoln Land Community College
- Project Name:
- Agricultural Watershed Management
- Funding Source:
- TAACCCT Round 4
- Subjects:
- agricultural sediments, positives & negatives of soil sediments, soil movement under differing types of water erosion, soil loss is productivity lost, can soil losses be "tolerable", various regulations and incentives to reduce soil loading, Soil deposition: where all that soil goes, Sediment losses other than agriculture
Industry / Occupation
- Industry Partner:
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's National Corn Ethanol Research Center
- Industry Sector:
- Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting -- Crop Production (111)
- Occupation:
- Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations (45-0000)
Education / Instructional Information
- Instructional Program:
- Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences (01)
- Credential Type:
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- Certificate
- Associate Degree
- Educational Level of Materials:
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- 1st year Community College or equivalent
- Time Required:
- 75-hrs. (15-wk. semester), 75-hrs. (8-wk. Module)
- Language:
- English (United States)
- Interactivity Type:
- Mix of Active and Presentation.
- Quality Note:
- Program development began with convening industry expertise of employers, agencies, and individuals that formed into a LLCC District-wide Advisory Committee Content providers came from with, and outside of, this initial group. Lincoln Land Community College/Illinois Community College Board processes for new programs and curricula insured the highest development standards for this initiative. The Higher Learning Commission approval was also received - thus enabling federal and State aid.
- Quality of Subject Matter was assured by:
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- Consultations during development of instructional materials
- Participation as an ongoing member of team developing the instructional materials
- Conducting an evaluation of the instructional materials and providing a report
- Quality of Online/Hybrid Course Design assured by:
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- Quality Matters
- Quality Online Learning and Teaching (Cal State University)
- Quality Scorecard (Online Learning Consortium)
- Course Note:
- Agricultural Watershed Management
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