Who we are
The Tri-State Watershed Alliance (TSWA) is a nonprofit
organization utilizing a non-regulatory approach to develop
innovative solutions to improve our water quality. The TSWA
works as a regional leader in establishing collaborative, working
partnerships to protect and improve the quality of water and
health of the watersheds throughout our focus area.
New Business
Opportunity
for
Ag Retailers &
Certified Crop Advisors
Regardless of
the source,
research clearly
indicates that
excessive
sediment and
nutrient loading is impacting our lakes, rivers and streams. Ag
WLEB – Western Lake Erie Basin
NRCS – Natural Resource Conservation Service
RCPP – Regional Conservation partnership Program
SWCD – Soil & Water Conservation District
GLRI – Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
TSWA – Tri-State Watershed Alliance
3718 New Vision Drive
Fort Wayne, IN 46845
Email: danwire@omirivers.org
Web: OMIrivers.org
retailers and their Certified Crop Advisors play a pivotal
role in ensuring that the agricultural sector of our
community is doing its share in helping to minimize that
impact. Please join us on July 8th as we roll out the
recently funded Regional Conservation Partnership
Program’s Western Lake Erie Basin Phosphorus Reduction
Project. Unique to this project is its opportunity to connect
producers, conservation agencies and Ag retailers, with
new opportunities for all.
TRI-STATE WATERSHED
ALLIANCE, INC.
July 8, 2015
Purpose of Training
Agenda
Don Hall’s Old Gas House
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Inform CCA’s within the Western Lake Erie Basin (WLEB),
Indiana portion, about the recently funded Regional
Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) and its focus
regarding water quality conditions.
Share the importance of a CCA assisting producers in
developing and carrying out nutrient management plans
and the role that such plans will play in the RCPP,
especially if financial assistance is desired for BMP
implementation.
Offer training on developing nutrient management plans
that will met the NRCS 590 Nutrient Management
Standard for RCPP.
o Training will include how to efficiently
incorporate soil testing and nutrient
recommendation reports from CCA’s into the
NRCS template and effective ways to assist
producers in identifying soil resource concerns
and potential practices needed to address them.
Build a working relation between CCA’s and conservation
agency technical staff while assisting producers, with an
overall goal to improve nutrient management and
implement practices and technologies that improve
profitability while reducing the risk of downstream
impacts from agricultural production.
305 E Superior St, Fort Wayne, IN 46802
8 a.m. Registration & Refreshments
8:15
Introductions & Meeting Objectives -Jim Lake,
TSWA RCPP Implementation Team Member
8:25
Lake Erie Water Quality Issues and the
Phosphorus Connection –Carrie VollmerSanders, TNC Western Lake Erie Basin Project
Director
8:55
WLEB RCPP Phosphorus Reduction Project –
Jennifer Thum, ISDA, District Support Specialist
9:05
Reducing Phosphorus Losses –Shannon Zezula,
NRCS Resource Conservationist (IN)
9:35 a.m. Break
9:45
RCPP Conservation Practices and Cost-Share –
Tim Bomba and Kelley Barkell, NRCS District
Conservationists (IN)
10:15 Assisting Producers Through the New Tri-State
Nutrient Management 590 Planning Tool and
Integrating in Your Current Nutrient Planning –
Tony Bailey, Eric Schwab, NRCS State
Agronomists (IN and OH)
11:15 RCPP Contracting Process and 590 Nutrient
Management Plan Development Process –Tim
Bomba and Kelley Barkell, NRCS District
Conservationists (IN)
12:05 p.m. Wrap-up & Discussion (Lunch provided)