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Watershed Health within Ioway Nation of Kansas and Nebraska: Measuring Nitrogen & Phosphorus Nutrient Loads in the Roy’s and Snake Creek Watersheds
Zupan, Joseph
Zupan, Joseph
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Conventional agriculture has disrupted soil function in the soils of the Midwestern United States for many years. Plowing, fertilizers, and herbicides have created soil degradation throughout the expansion of industrial sized farming. Further enhancement is created by drought induced by climate change. Nitrogen and phosphorus loads derived from conventional agriculture are far from what the natural processes create. In areas where Indigenous People live, it has created severe impacts on everyday life as well as from a cultural and spiritual perspective. The Ioway Nation of Kansas and Nebraska have a complex relationship with their land and are concentrating on regenerative agriculture. The Ioway People were stewards of their land long before Europeans settled in America.This study has taken place on the Ioway Reservation to create a baseline of soil health. The baseline is for the tribe to use as a reference. The study focuses on nitrogen and phosphorus nutrient loads in the Roy’s and Snake creek watersheds. As the tribe continues to accomplish their environmental goals, more data may be collected and added to create a database for the tribe. This information will help the tribe in future environmental projects. This study is for the tribe and will be utilized by the tribe in the manner which the tribe sees fit to their needs.
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2023-05-31
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University of Kansas
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Geography, Environmental health, Geographic information science and geodesy, Nitrogen, Nutrients, Phosphorus, Soil