Nutrient Management in Arkansas

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Nutrient Management in Arkansas

The State of Arkansas General Assembly passed new nutrient management laws in 2004. The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (ANRC) has the responsibility of implementing the program. The rules and regulations of these laws have the following implications:

Requires Nutrient management plans in these watersheds be written by planners that have been certified by the State (Title XX).
Requires that nutrients applied within the nutrient surplus watersheds be applied by State-certified nutrient applicators. (Title XXI)
Nutrient Surplus watersheds were designated requiring all nutrient applications beginning in 2006 to be done according to a nutrient management plan or an approved protective use rate. This includes any material containing nitrogen or phosphorus and on any land including agricultural or urban areas. (Title XXII)

To help certify planners and applicators, the ANRC partnered with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service (UA-CES) to develop and deliver educational programs as part of the certification process.

In response, UA-CES led the development of a 4-day training program for planners as well as the "Arkansas Nutrient Management Planner’s Guide", which is used as training curriculum.

The UA-CES has also developed a two and one half hour nutrient applicator training program as well as the "Arkansas Nutrient Applicator Guide", which is used as the training curriculum for private and commercial nutrient applicators.

The guides were developed in partnership with:

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