Managing Agricultural Landscapes for Environmental Quality Strengthening the Science Base

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1 Managing Agricultural Landscapes for Environmental Quality Strengthening the Science Base Max Schnepf and Craig Cox, Editors

2 Managing Agricultural Landscapes for Environmental Quality Strengthening the Science Base Max Schnepf and Craig Cox, Editors

3 Managing Agricultural Landscapes for Environmental Quality Strengthening the Science Base Max Schnepf and Craig Cox, Editors Soil and Water Conservation Society Ankeny, Iowa

4 Soil and Water Conservation Society 945 SW Ankeny Road, Ankeny, IA by the Soil and Water Conservation Society. All rights reserved. Published Printed in the United States of America ISBN Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Managing agricultural landscapes for environmental quality : strengthening the science base / Max Schnepf and Craig Cox, editors. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN Agriculture--Environmental aspects. 2. Agricultural landscape management. 3. Environmental impact analysis. I. Schnepf, Max, II. Cox, Craig A. (Craig Alan) S M dc The Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) is a nonprofit scientific and educational organization that serves as an advocate for natural resource professionals and for science-based conservation policy. SWCS fosters the science and art of soil, water, and environmental management on working lands to achieve sustainability. SWCS members promote and practice an ethic that recognizes the interdependence of people and their environment.

5 Contents Foreword / Craig Cox Preface / Max Schnepf vii ix 1 What should we measure, and how, to account for environmental effects? Ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes / Peter Groffman, Paul Capel, Kurt Riitters, and Wanhong Yang 3 Roundtable 16 Integrating the biophysical and social sciences / K.M. Sylvester and C.L. Redman 17 What science can and cannot provide policymakers / Otto Doering 21 2 Methods for environmental management research at landscape and watershed scales New approaches to environmental management research at landscape and watershed scales / G. Philip Robertson, L.Wesley Burger Jr., Catherine L. Kling, Richard Lowrance, and David J. Mulla 27 Roundtable 51 Coping with the data dilemma / F.J. Pierce, P. Nowak, and P.E. Cabot 52 3 The science of targeting within landscapes and watersheds to improve conservation effectiveness The science of targeting within landscapes and watersheds to improve conservation effectiveness / Todd Walter, Mike Dosskey, Madhu Khanna, Jim Miller, Mark Tomer, and John Wiens 63 Roundtable 90 Buying environmental services: Effective use of economic tools / Roger Claassen 92 The disproportionality conundrum / P. Nowak and F.J. Pierce 104

6 4 Realistic expectations about the timing between conservation implementation and environmental effects Realistic expectations of timing between conservation and restoration actions and ecological responses / Stan Gregory, Arthur W. Allen, Matthew Baker, Kathryn Boyer, Theo Dillaha, and Jane Elliott 115 Roundtable 145 The promise of adaptive management / Mary C. Watzin 147 The Chesapeake Bay experience: Learning about adaptive management the hard way / Thomas W. Simpson and Sarah Weammert Research information needs: Constituency perspectives A local stakeholder perspective/ Steve John 173 A state agency perspective / Todd Ambs 178 A Natural Resources Conservation Service perspective / William E. Puckett 181 A policymaking perspective / Anne Simmons 183 Concluding remarks / Craig Cox 185 Contributors 187 Index 191