Laguna de Santa Rosa Dairy Enhancement Project
Project Overview
Basics
Laguna de Santa Rosa Dairy Enhancement Project
Completed
The Laguna de Santa Rosa Dairy Enhancement Project was a planning and implementation project that offered assistance to dairy livestock owners/managers within the Laguna de Santa Rosa watershed. This project focused on protecting the Laguna de Santa Rosa from potential nutrient loading by engaging 92% of watershed dairies – 4,093 acres of the Laguna de Santa Rosa watershed – in nutrient management planning and implementation of prioritized projects. Specific goals included educating dairy livestock owners on nutrient management and other non-point source pollution prevention in their operations, developing comprehensive nutrient management plans (CNMPs) with individual dairy operators in order to guide their management decisions and implementation of identified projects. The anticipated outcomes were to contribute to the long-term attainment and maintenance of water quality objectives primarily through nutrient management planning and implementation projects. These goals directly support the NPS Program Preference for identification and prioritization of potential restoration projects/sites that address nutrients and dissolved oxygen in the Laguna de Santa Rosa.
2014
2015
2017
2/27/2023
Location
Organizations
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| Lead Implementer | |
| Partners | |
| Primary RCD | |
| State Assembly Voting District | |
| State Senate Voting District |
Contacts
Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) | Conservation Practice : 590 - Nutrient Management Operation Type: Cropland | 4,093 acres |
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) | Conservation Practice : 550 - Range Planting Operation Type: Cropland | 20 acres |
Reported Performance Measures
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservation Practice | Operation Type | Total | 2016 | 2015 | Units |
| 550 - Range Planting | Cropland | 20 | 20 | N/A | acres |
| 590 - Nutrient Management | Cropland | 3,960 | 2,960 | 1,000 | acres |
| Total | 3,980 | 2,980 | 1,000 | acres | |
| Nitrogen Reduction | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operation Type | Total | 2016 | 2015 | Units |
| Range/Pastureland | 12,332 | 12,332 | N/A | lbs |
| Vineyard | 1,842 | 1,842 | N/A | lbs |
| Total | 14,174 | 14,174 | 0 | lbs |
| Sediment Load Reduction | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sediment Source | Total | 2016 | 2015 | Units |
| Mass wasting | 1,274 | 1,274 | N/A | tons |
| Total | 1,274 | 1,274 | 0 | tons |
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 319(h) Grant (Water Board) | $100,000.00 | $200,000.00 | $278,280.00 | $0.00 | $578,280.00 |
| EQIP (NRCS) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $192,336.00 | $0.00 | $192,336.00 |
| Landowner Cost Share (Private) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $8,858.00 | $0.00 | $8,858.00 |
| RCPP (NRCS) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $38,451.00 | $0.00 | $38,451.00 |
| USDA NRCS Field Office Staff Time (NRCS) | $43,330.00 | $100,000.00 | $100,000.00 | $0.00 | $243,330.00 |
| Grand Total | $143,330.00 | $300,000.00 | $617,925.00 | $0.00 | $1,061,255.00 |
| Note: | None provided |
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Project Themes
Project Themes
Improved soil management in pastures, and reduced methane emissions from grazing practices and manure management practices.
Expert technical assistance to dairy producers.
Reducing nutrients to Laguna de Santa Rosa a 303d listed watershed for nitrogen and phosphorus.
Increased forage production and access to milk.
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