Amanda Gumbert UK Cooperative Extension Service Kentucky Division of Conservation.

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Amanda Gumbert UK Cooperative Extension Service Kentucky Division of Conservation

Passed in acres in agriculture or forestry must develop a water quality plan, implement plans by 2001 Plan includes Best Management Practices (BMPs) to protect water quality Established the KY Ag Water Quality Authority Multi-agency committee Developed the KY Ag Water Quality State Plan Tasked with reviewing BMPs, implementing the Act

Anyone farming or raising trees on 10+ acres Anyone applying for cost share Kentucky Soil Erosion and Water Quality Cost Share Program (State cost share) NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) GOAP County Ag Investment Program (CAIP)

Conservation District Cooperative Extension Service NRCS Office

A plan is the list of implemented BMPs Plans should be up-to-date and reflect current farm activities

A plan is the list of implemented BMPs The self-certification is NOT your Ag Water Quality Plan

This is NOT your Ag Water Quality Plan, this is only the self-certification sheet.

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