About The Conservation Catalog

The Pennsylvania Conservation Catalog describes conservation practices to reduce soil erosion and enhance and protect water quality. The Catalog also addresses other resource concerns. It explains how each practice works, gives tips on installing and managing practices and suggests how practices may be combined to form a conservation system. You may be interested in comparing the economics of different practices on pages 26-27.
Silt is the most common pollutant of our surface waters. Controlling sheet and gully erosion on all land is the first step in reducing sediment and improving water quality. Since erosion control practices both assure the continued productivity of our cropland and protect water quality, they are listed first in this publication. Practices that specifically address water quality and other resource concerns are found in the latter portion of the Catalog.

The Pennsylvania Conservation Catalog is a cooperative effort of the Pennsylvania Conservation Partnership. The Catalog was written, produced and funded by the following organizations:

• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
• Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
• Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering
• Pennsylvania State University - Department of Agronomy
• Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts
• Pennsylvania Chesapeake Bay Education Office
• Penn State Cooperative Extension
• Chesapeake Bay Program
  

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