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Wetland Soil Carbon in a Watershed Context for the Prairie Pothole Region

Journal of Environmental Quality, 2016
Wetland restoration in the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) often involves soil removal to enhance water storage volume and/or remove seedbanks of invasive species. Consequences of soil removal could include loss of soil organic carbon (SOC), which is important to ecosystem functions such as water-holding capacity and nutrient retention needed for plant re-
Rebecca L, Phillips, Cari, Ficken, Mikki, Eken, John, Hendrickson, Ofer, Beeri   +4 more
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Duck Populations as Indicators of Landscape Condition in the Prairie Pothole Region

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2001
The Prairie Pothole Region of the northern Great Plains is an important region for waterfowl production because of the abundance of shallow wetlands. The ecological significance of the region and impacts from intensive agriculture prompted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to select it as one of the first areas for developing and evaluating ...
Austin, Jane, Buhl, Thomas K., Guntenspergen, Glenn R., Norling, Wayne, Sklebar, H. Thomas   +4 more
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Topographic analysis for the prairie pothole region of Western Canada

Hydrological Processes, 2012
AbstractThe unique topography of the pothole region of the North American prairies creates challenges for properly determining basin contributing area. Numerous depressions or potholes within the landscape impound runoff. However, potholes can ‘fill‐spill’ resulting in surface water connections between the potholes.
Dean A. Shaw, Al Pietroniro, L.W. Martz
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Characteristics of recently restored wetlands in the prairie pothole region

Wetlands, 1996
Between 1987 and 1991, 1892 prairie potholes were restored in northern Iowa, southern Minnesota, and southeastern South Dakota by state and federal agencies, most as part of the Conservation Reserve Program. The total area covered by these restored wetlands is approximately 2714 ha.
Susan M. Galatowitsch, Arnold G. van der Valk   +1 more
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A conceptual model for the assessment of depressional wetlands in the prairie pothole region

Wetlands Ecology and Management, 1995
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's), Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) is developing a landscape-level conceptual model to evaluate the condition of depressional (basin-type) wetlands in the prairie pothole region (PPR) of the United States.
B.H. Rosen, P. Adamus, H. Lal
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Landowner Conservation Attitudes and Behaviors in the Prairie Pothole Region

2018
Long-term and widespread wetlands conservation within agricultural working lands remains tenable. There exists a need to identify alternative options for incentivizing wetland maintenance on private property. The objective of this research is to facilitate development of viable options by developing an understanding of how landowners view conservation,
Wachenheim, Cheryl J., Devney, John, Wachenheim, Cheryl J., Devney, John   +3 more
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Modelling surface‐water depression storage in a Prairie Pothole Region

Hydrological Processes, 2018
AbstractIn this study, the Precipitation‐Runoff Modelling System (PRMS) was used to simulate changes in surface‐water depression storage in the 1,126‐km2Upper Pipestem Creek basin located within the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota, USA. The Prairie Pothole Region is characterized by millions of small water bodies (or surface‐water depressions ...
Lauren Hay, Parker Norton, Roland Viger, Steven Markstrom, R. Steven Regan, Melanie Vanderhoof   +5 more
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Landowner valuation of a working wetlands program in the Prairie Pothole Region

Agricultural Economics, 2019
AbstractWetlands conservation within agricultural working lands is currently incentivized by land retirement programs and farm program eligibility criteria. Private ownership of the majority of agricultural lands within which these wetlands reside and growing opportunity costs facing landowners put wetlands at risk and motivate consideration of ...
Cheryl Joy Wachenheim, Siew Hoon Lim, David C. Roberts, John Devney   +3 more
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Conservation Reserve Program enrollment decisions in the Prairie Pothole Region

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 2018
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has retained support from farmers and the conservation community for three decades. Beneficial to farmers, the program is voluntary, does not require a permanent easement or the transfer of property rights, and provides fixed income and other financial support. However, high and volatile commodity prices in recent
C. Wachenheim, D.C. Roberts, N. Dhingra, W. Lesch, J. Devney   +4 more
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Groundwater Connectivity of Upland-Embedded Wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region

Wetlands, 2017
Groundwater connections from upland-embedded wetlands to downstream waterbodies remain poorly understood. In principle, water from upland-embedded wetlands situated high in a landscape should flow via groundwater to waterbodies situated lower in the landscape.
Brian P. Neff, Donald O. Rosenberry
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