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Abstract
Sussex/Kent Counties Agricultural Tracking Census, Sussex Conservation District, Delaware
Track: Agriculture
Author(s): Karin Grosz
The increase in number of agricultural operations combined with a sharp rise in development has created an 89% impairment of the quality of Delaware's waterways. Sussex is the largest poultry-producing county in the US. For conservation and nutrient management planners to know where to focus their attention via agricultural and financial assistance programs, an agricultural census was needed. A census project was designed and executed road-by-road using ArcView software as the central platform. Ultimately a unique, flexible and accurate database was created that can track, produce maps, be updated and shared with interested parties while protecting individual landowner privacy.
Karin Grosz
Sussex Conservation District
408 North Dupont Highway
Georgetown , DE 19947
USA
Phone: (302) 856-3990
Fax: (302) 856-4381
E-mail: kgrosz@state.de.us