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Additional Information
With eLINK, state agencies can:
- Evaluate effectiveness of programs;
- Compile data on a county, watershed, or individual-project basis;
- Calculate pollution reduction benefits from conservation practices and easements;
- Track cumulative grant funding over a period of years;
- Review and evaluate competitive grant applications;
- Map locations of projects.
Local governments can:
- Plan and track conservation projects and grants;
- Prioritize and target financial assistance programs;
- Evaluate the cost and benefits of conservation practices;
- Track projects for long-term monitoring.
Front-line field staff technicians can:
- Use the system's on-line aerial photography to identify and map problem areas;
- Plan and budget Best Management Practices using menu-driven templates;
- Manage landowner contact information;
- Quickly assemble a customized package of materials for individual landowners to consider in conservation planning;
- Generate reporting data that funding organizations require.
Links
Pollution Reduction Calculators
- Choosing the best calculator for eLINK (Includes list of conservation practices with recommended calculators for each practice - posted Sept. 2, 2009)
- Instructions for using BWSR spreadsheet Pollution Reduction Estimator (Sept. 2009)
- Download BWSR Water Erosion Pollution Reduction Estimator
- Download RUSLE Calculator
- RUSLE 2 (ARS) program and guidance
- NRCS Field Office Technical Guide - Section 1C (Erosion Prediction)
- Wind Erosion Equation
- Wind Erosion Prediction System
