Conservation Practices

This article discusses how you can use harvesting as a management tool to improve your woodlands while also safeguarding against poor harvesting practices.

Managing stormwater, reducing flooding, and improving water quality.

A Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training article about the benefits of, design tips for, maintenance of, and resources for underground outlets.

Practical steps to helping farms secure conservation funding without the stress.

A Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training article about the benefits of cover crops, available options, management practices, and additional resources.

Social sciences can offer insights that can lead to better outcomes for farmers and our shared environment.

Establishing vegetated areas, or riparian buffers, next to streams and rivers will help absorb stormwater pollutants before they enter the waterway. Learn more about riparian buffer benefits by watching this video.

The lack of private water well construction regulations in Pennsylvania means that observing manure application setbacks is crucial for protecting private drinking water resources.

Live stakes are an increasingly popular way to repair eroding streams on a budget. However, moving plants always comes with the risk of spreading pests and diseases.

A brief introduction and instructional guide to using live staking as an inexpensive and simple technique to restoring eroding stream banks.

Manure is a great resource for farms because it contains valuable nutrients that benefit growing crops.

Grassed waterways are wide, shallow channels installed where water runoff usually concentrates in an agricultural field.

Without cover crops, the soil would be bare during the off-season and exposed to rain, snow, and wind.

A Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training article about streambank stabilization, including information about benefits, design and maintenance, and cost, aimed at conservation professionals, ag landowners, and farmers

Basic overview of a few government programs for Pennsylvania farmers.

This video provides basics about wildlife habitat enhancement. It covers plant diversity, forest structure, food and water for wildlife, and sources of professional assistance.

In Pennsylvania, the area of agricultural land disturbance determines if a farm needs an Agricultural Erosion and Sediment Control Plan (Ag E&S Plan). Learn more about why these are important, whether your farm needs a plan, and available resources.

This article discusses forested watersheds, effects of timber harvesting and how to protect the watershed, and technical information specific to Pennsylvania.

Helps farmers, ag landowners, and conservation professionals implement best practices, ensure the health of land and water in our communities, and leverage funding and partnerships.

This manual for landowners describes where wetland restoration is possible and how it is done. It covers basic wetland concepts, ecological concepts and terms, wetland restoration, and maintenance.

Connect with over 200 conservation professionals at ACAP Ag Conservation Con to grow skills, share ideas, and advance agricultural conservation across Pennsylvania.

Manure management is a difficult but critical part of managing any horse property.

Tree shelter cages constructed with metal garden fencing help protect newly planted tree and shrub seedlings from wildlife damage and other problems such as overheating, and wind knock-over sometimes associated with plastic tree tubes.

The Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program (ACAP) is preserving more than the environment, it is preserving a way of life for this Washington County farming family.

Where to look for funding or financial assistance for improvements on the farm.