Adaptive management of soil conservation is essential to improving water quality The quality of our rivers and lakes could be placed under press...

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Adaptive management of soil conservation is essential to improving water quality The quality of our rivers and lakes could be placed under pressure from harmful levels of soluble phosphorus, despite well-intended measures to reduce soil erosion and better manage and conserve farmland for crop production, a new study shows. The team of international scientists found that increased levels of soluble phosphorus in rivers entering Lake Erie, in the USA, may be linked to conservation measures.​ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170113155458.htm