Resource Guide for Livestock Manure Management
NM-1320 (Revised), November 2006
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Livestock manure management issues are becoming increasingly important and
complex. Ample educational, technical and financial assistance is available
to producers. Individuals are encouraged to take a proactive approach when dealing
with livestock manure to take advantage of resources and avoid negative regulatory
action.
Livestock producers and those who work with them often have questions or specific
concerns about managing livestock manure. The following is a description of
available resources, along with the names of contact people. Some of these programs
are strictly educational, while others may provide educational, technical and
financial assistance.
Livestock Manure Management Education and Assistance Program
Sponsor: North Dakota State University Extension Service
Purpose: To provide research-based educational programs
about livestock manure handling, storage and utilization using technologies
that will protect water quality and put livestock producers in compliance
with regulations.
Contacts:
Ron Wiederholt
Area Nutrient Management Specialist
Carrington Research Extension Center
P.O. Box 219
Carrington, ND 58421-0219
Phone: (701) 652-2951
Fax: (701) 652-2055
E-mail: ron.wiederholt@ndsu.edu
Web site: www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/carringt/
Teresa Dvorak
Livestock Nutrient Management Specialist
Dickinson Research Extension Center
1041 State Ave.
Dickinson, ND 58601
Phone: (701) 483-2348, ext. 108
Fax: (701) 483-2005
E-mail: teresa.dvorak@ndsu.edu
Web site: www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/dickinso/
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) field offices
Sponsors: Local soil conservation districts (SCDs)
Purpose: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural
Resources Conservation Service field offices work in cooperation with local
soil conservation districts to deliver technical assistance to landowners
through voluntary programs to conserve natural resources on private land.
Contact: Local soil conservation districts and NRCS field
offices are listed in local phone directories under federal government offices.
Locations and contact people also can be found at the North Dakota NRCS Web
site: www.nd.nrcs.usda.gov/contact/directory/
Local Section 319 Watershed Projects
Purpose: Local Section 319 watershed projects can provide
financial and technical assistance for planning, design and installation of
livestock manure management systems.
Contact: Maps of the active watershed projects in the state
and the associated contact directory can be found on the Non-Point Source
(NPS) Web site: www.health.state.nd.us/WQ/SW/Z1_NPS/B_Project_Directory.htm.
The local soil conservation district also can determine if your facility
is within an active Section 319 watershed project.
North Dakota Stockmen’s Association Environmental Services Program
Sponsor: North Dakota Stockmen’s Association
Purpose: To provide site-specific advice on managing concentrated
livestock areas, including manure-handling structures and practices that will
protect water quality and comply with regulations, and help provide the producer
with technical and financial assistance to install the structures and practices.
Contact:
Scott Ressler
Environmental Services Director
North Dakota Stockmen’s Association
407 2nd St. S.
Bismarck, ND 58504
Phone: (701) 223-2522
Fax: (701) 223-2587
E-mail: sressler@ndstockmen.org
Web site: www.ndstockmen.org
North Dakota Department of Health, Water Quality Division, Feedlot Program
Sponsor: North Dakota Department of Health
Purpose: To establish rules for environmental compliance
of animal-feeding operations in accordance with state and federal law, issue
approvals to operate animal-feeding operations that are in compliance, inspect
animal-feeding operations to assess environmental compliance and bring facilities
that do not meet environmental requirements into compliance with environmental
laws.
Contact:
Brady Espe
Environmental Scientist
North Dakota Department of Health
Division of Water Quality
P.O. Box 5520
Bismarck, ND 58506-5520
Phone: (701) 328-5210
Fax: (701) 328-5200
E-mail: bespe@state.nd.us
Web site: www.health.state.nd.us/WQ/AnimalFeedingOperations/AFOProgram.htm
Livestock Facility Assistance Program and Southwest North Dakota Water Quality
Education Project
Sponsors: Dakota West Resource Conservation & Development
(RC&D) Area Inc.
Dakota Prairies Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) Council
Inc.
Purpose: To provide financial assistance for design and
installation of livestock manure management systems in southwestern North
Dakota.
Contact:
Unal Kizil, Livestock Facility Engineer
Dickinson Research Extension Center
1041 State Ave.
Dickinson, ND 58601
Phone: (701) 483-2348 ext. 110
E-mail: unal.kizil@ndsu.edu
Nora Amann
Dakota West RC&D
135 Sims, Suite 221
Dickinson, ND 58601
Telephone: (701) 225-8721
Fax: (701) 225-1784
E-mail: dakotawest@rcdnet.net
Mary Stevens
Dakota Prairies RC&D
919 7th St. S., Suite 306
Bismarck, ND 58504
Telephone: (701) 250-4222
Fax: (701) 250-4221
E-mail: dakotaprairies@rcdnet.net
North Dakota Livestock Pollution Prevention Program (LP3)
Sponsor: North Dakota Department of Agriculture
Purpose: To work one-on-one with North Dakota livestock
producers to identify environmental concerns, and provide the producer technical
and financial resources and access to engineering assistance to establish
structures and practices to protect water quality and comply with regulations.
Contact:
Jason Wirtz
North Dakota LP3 Coordinator
North Dakota Department of Agriculture
600 E. Boulevard Ave. – Dept. 602
Bismarck, ND 58505-0020
Phone: (701) 328-2216
Fax: (701) 328-4567
E-mail: jwirtz@state.nd.us
Web site: www.agdepartment.com/Programs/Livestock/DP3.html
For more information on this and other topics, see: www.ag.ndsu.edu
NM-1320 (Revised), November 2006
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