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Dr. Gary Felton- Grants
15. Quantifying Nitrogen Fate from Hybrid Poplar Productionon Biosolids Incorporated into Deep Rows. G.K. Felton, J.S. Kays, E. Flamino.
Sponsor: USDA [McIntire - Stennis Funds]
Funding: $60,000
Duration: January 2003 - December 2007
Role: P.I.
Description: A five-year project incorporating research andExtension education will be implemented to investigate the effect of treedensity and application rate on water quality resulting from deep row biosolidapplications. The project is designed to determine the effect of soil andbiosolid application rates on water quality around deep rows on a gravel minespoil and to determine the contribution to nutrient removal made by trees. Panlysimeters, suction lysimeters, wells, and soil sampling will be utilized toquantify fate of nitrogen in this system.
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14. Mid-Atlantic Regional Water Quality CoordinationProject. T.W. Simpson, G.K. Felton.
Sponsor: USDA - CSREES
Funding: $1,294,500
Duration: Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2004
Role: Co-P.I.
Description: This Extension project integrates water qualityactivities among nine institutions in the Mid-Atlantic region. Projectactivities will be tracked by watershed and presented spatially using GIStechnology. Topic teams will develop integrated regional educational programson six specific topics.
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13. Determination of Optimum Tree Density and BiosolidApplication Rate and the Effect on Water Quality and Tree Growth Using the DeepRow Biosolids Incorporation Method. Kays, J.S., G.K. Felton, D. Johnson, E.Flamino.
Sponsor: Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
Funding: $265,262
Duration: January 2002 - December 2004
Role: Co-Investigator
Description: This project will apply biosolids at 3 rates(6,000, 12,000, and 18,000 lbs nitrogen/acre) to grow hybrid poplar trees for asix year cycle at 10' x 10' and 10' x 17' spacing. Water quality measurementswill be collected to define nutrient fate and transport. Optimum spacing andeconomics will be evaluated. Extension education aimed at regulators andlegislative aids will be given.
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12. Nutrient Fate and Transport Associated with PoultryLitter Stock Piles G.K. Felton, L.E. Carr; U. MD. E.Collins and B. Ross;VPI&SU.
Sponsor: US EPA - Chesapeake Bay Program
Funding: $94,722
Duration: October 2000 - September 2002
Role: Principal Investigator
Description: The effects of poultry litter stockpiles onnutrient availability and movement will be evaluated for the major poultryproducing regions in Virginia and Maryland. The effect of covering stockpileswith tarps will be compared to properly built uncovered piles. In each of thetwo states, two areas of the poultry-producing region will be used.
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11. Immobilization of Soluble Phosphorus in Animal Wastewith SWAN-Gypsum and Iron Oxide Filter Cake Co-Products. Felton, G.K., K.J.Hughes, and L.J. Ottmar
Sponsor: Maryland Industrial Partnerships and MillenniumInorganic Chemicals, Inc.
Funding: $309,676
Duration: February 2000 - January 2002
Role: Principal Investigator
Description: Two locally produced materials that containboth calcium and iron, SWAN-gypsum (SWAN) and Iron Oxide Filter Cake (FC), willbe tested for suitability as amendments to manures. These amendments forminsoluble metal-phosphorus complexes, thereby decreasing phosphorusconcentrations in soil pore water and surface runoff. Methods of investigationinclude laboratory incubation experiments and the construction of phosphorussorption isotherms, as well as greenhouse and field plot experiments.
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10. Phosphorus Removal from Animal Waste with SWAN-Gypsum.G.K. Felton, K.J. Hughes
Sponsor: Millenium Inorganic Chemicals Inc.
Funding: $175,000
Duration: 1999 - 2000
Role: Principal Investigator
We propose to: (1) develop a single tank phosphorustreatment system, suitable for agricultural use, that utilizes chemicalprecipitation with SWAN-gypsum (a locally produced industrial byproduct with anextremely high P sorbing capacity in a neutral pH environment ) as a means ofremoving soluble phosphorus from animal wastewater; (2) determine thesuitability of the solids generated in the precipitation tank and poultrylitter amended with SWAN-gypsum as a soil amendment in terms of both soluble Pin leachate and basic soil fertility; and (3) demonstrate, on-farm, theviability of the design under day-to-day operational conditions. The processgenerates a liquid effluent and solid waste that is sustainable andeconomically feasible in terms of both time and money and is easilyincorporated into existing farm wastewater treatment and handling systems. Theresulting products maintain the nitrogen fertilizer value of both liquid andsolid animal waste and is an agronomically valuable soil amendment that can beapplied to local agricultural land based on crop nitrogen requirements.
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9. Baltimore Sun Partnership to Raise EnvironmentalAwareness of One Million Citizens. Felton, G.K.
Sponsor: USDA/CSREES Water Quality Program
Funding: $40,000
Duration: June 1999 - May 2000
Role: Principal Investigator
Description: This grant is partial support of the TributaryTeams outreach project to develop a guide with specific steps that the citizencan take to improve water quality. This 32 page guide will be delivered toevery subscriber of the Baltimore Sun (approximately 1.1 million households.)
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8. Urban Nutrient Management in Maryland. Felton, G.K., andT. Miller.
Sponsor: USDA/CSREES Water Quality Program
Funding: $60,000
Duration: June 1999 - May 2001
Role: Principal Investigator
Description: Increase delivery of educational programsconcerning water and the urban sector. Increase public understanding andinvolvement in decision making policies concerning water resources issues.
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7. Environmental Benefits and Costs of a Voluntary RiparianForest Buffer Program in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Hardie, I., A.H.Baldwin, G.K. Felton, L.L. Lynch, E. Russek-Cohen, R.L. Tjaden.
Sponsor: USDA/CSREES Fund for Rural America
Funding: $205,000
Duration: 1999 - 2000
Role: Co-Investigator
Description: Develop analysis of the type of education andfinancial incentives necessary to implement the voluntary Chesapeake BayProgram goal of 2010 miles of riparian forest buffer (RFB) by the year 2010.The objectives are 1) establish data base that matches physiographicinformation about buffer sites with agronomic, land use, and socio-economiccharacteristics of the land and the owners; 2) determine the types ofinformation that owners find most useful in making RFB decisions; 3) determinethe level of financial incentives that owners require to adopt RFB on avoluntary basis; and 4) determine the type and level of environmental benefitsthat might reasonably be expected from the voluntary incentive based RFBprogram.
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6. Residential Environmental Management, Felton, G.K.
Sponsor: Chesapeake Bay Improvement Grant (CBIG)
Funding: $47,500/year
Duration: July 1998 - December 2000
Role: Principal Investigator
Description: This grant, originated in 1995, supports WandaMacLachlan's salary (but not benefits) and provides some operating funds. Thisproject proposes actions to increase awareness, knowledge and adoption of bestmanagement practices that reduce the input of fertilizers and pesticides in theurban areas of Maryland. This outcome is obtained through publications,training programs, group presentations and demonstration projects. The projectfocuses on residents and groups in the NPDES counties and Baltimore City but,through the MCE County Network system, would be a Statewide effort inenvironmental improvement. I am the PI and do the grant management and service.I have written and received the continuation grants.
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5. Home Environment Assessment Guide for Public Television. Felton, G.K., and M. Greene.
Sponsor: USDA/CSREES Water Quality Program
Funding: $151,306
Duration: October 1997 - May 2001
Role: Principal Investigator
Description: Develop three 28 minute television programs forPBS television, in order to a) break the material into three smaller sections[Stormwater management, Wells, Septics, and Drinking Water; Householdenvironmental management; and Urban Nutrient Management], b) teach the materialby audio and visual elaboration, as a complement to the Home*A*Syst manual, andc) address thousands of households at one time. The programs developed would besuitable for any area, hence nationally applicable (i.e., avoid Bay-specificprogramming).
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4. Regional pilot residential environmental stewardship demonstration and educational project. Felton, G.K. (PI), and T.H. Miller(Co-PI)
Sponsor: Md. DNR using USEPA 319 pass through funds.
Funding: $34,950
Duration: July 1997 - November 1998
Role: Principal Investigator
Description: The goal is to educate the individual citizenconcerning the consequences of their actions and the relationship of their ownresidence to ecosystem management of the tributary and the Chesapeake Bay. HomeWork,a comprehensive program focusing on natural resources and environmentalinteractions, contains a series of presentations on residential topics such asnutrient management, lawn and garden care, well and septic system management,and household wastes. This project will implement HomeWork which involvesestablishing demonstration homes and lawns, obtaining a cooperation from alocal business, guiding tours of the demonstration sites, and presentingworkshops on the HomeWork topics.
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3. Use of the WWW for the Distribution of ExtensionPublications. P.D. Schreudders, Felton, G.K.
Sponsor: Maryland Cooperative Extension Service
Funding: $6,000
Duration: August 1997 - July 1998
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Description: This project is developing a Web page that hasall the Extension publications that the Department has developed available asboth HTML and a .pfd file . The page will be organized so that someone can getto the article in no more that four clicks and each page will provide someinformation.
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2. Maryland Monocacy River Watershed Water Quality DemonstrationProject. R. Weismiller.
Sponsor: USDA/CSREES Water Quality Program
Funding: $161,743 annually
Duration: October 1990 - September 1998
Role: Co-Investigator
Description: One of 16 original USDA National Water Qualitydemonstration sites, the purpose of the Monocacy project is to promotewidespread voluntary adoption of BMPs to reduce nonpoint source pollution andprotect water quality. This project focuses on "demonstration farm"educational programs and utilizes enhanced interagency educational, technical,and financial assistance.
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1. Environmental Benefits and Costs of a Voluntary RiparianForest Buffer Program in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Hardie, I., A.H.Baldwin, G.K. Felton, L.L. Lynch, E. Russek-Cohen, R.L. Tjaden.
Sponsor: USDA/CSREES Fund for Rural America
Funding: $205,000
Duration: 1998 - 1999
Role: Co-Investigator
Description: Develop analysis of the type of education andfinancial incentives necessary to implement the voluntary Chesapeake BayProgram goal of 2010 miles of riparian forest buffer (RFB) by the year 2010.The objectives are 1) establish data base that matches physiographicinformation about buffer sites with agronomic, land use, and socio-economiccharacteristics of the land and the owners; 2) determine the types ofinformation that owners find most useful in making RFB decisions; 3) determinethe level of financial incentives that owners require to adopt RFB on avoluntary basis; and 4) determine the type and level of environmental benefitsthat might reasonably be expected from the voluntary incentive based RFBprogram.
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