Location: Water Quality and Ecology Research
Project Number: 6060-13660-009-032-I
Project Type: Interagency Reimbursable Agreement
Start Date: Jan 16, 2025
End Date: Aug 31, 2028
Objective:
Assess the impacts of conservation practices on greenhouse gas (GHG) emission freshwater sources and contributions within conservation effects assessment project (CEAP) watersheds in Mississippi.
Approach:
Research will be conducted at the Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) watersheds in Mississippi utilizing greenhouse gas (GHG) freshwater measurements from USDA-ARS CEAP efforts in Beasley Lake Watershed (BLW) and Goodwin Creek Experimental Watershed (GCEW) to provide a comprehensive dataset essential in understanding and enhancing current technology that incorporates agroecosystem water-carbon nutrient budgeting and cycling processes and pathways from land to plant, water, and air. Additionally, this research will be used to improve fundamental understanding and predictability of the impact of conservation practices on GHG processes to improve agroecosystem conservation management technology in support of CEAP.