Do you have any of the following types of habitat on your farm?
- 20% have wetlands on their farms
- 8% have vernal pools on their farms
- 28% have woodlands on their farms
- 44% have riparian habitats on their farms
Do you believe that having a wetland/vernal pool on your farm leads to any of the following problems?
- 21% said yes to having regulatory problems
- 18% said yes to having vine health problems
- 14% said yes to having financial issues
- 13% said yes to having drainage issues
- 20% said yes to having legal issues
- 8% said yes to having root growth problems
- 2% said yes to having worker safety problems
Do you believe that having a woodland habitat on your farm causes any of the following problems?
- 17% said yes to regulatory issues
- 24% said yes to vine health problems
- 16% said yes to financial issues
- 9% said yes to drainage issues
- 17% said yes to legal issues
- 9% said yes to root growth problems
- 4% said yes to worker´s safety problems
Do you believe that having a riparian habitat on your farm causes any of the following problems?
- 21% said yes to regulatory issues
- 20% said yes to vine health issues
- 16% said yes to financial issues
- 12% said yes to drainage issues
- 19% said yes to legal issues
- 6% said yes to root growth problems
- 3% said yes to worker´s safety problems
If you had any of the above habitats on your farm would it change your plans concerning:
- 38% said yes to annual farming operations
- 61% said yes to new farm development
Do you ever think about how your farming practices will affect the landscape over the next 50 years?
- 91% said yes
- 8% said sometimes
What sustainable farming practices do you use?
- Cover crops, raptor rocts, IPM techniques, minimal fert./pesticide, herbicide use, erosion control BMP´s
- cover cropping, least-toxic pest management, no-till, tree planting
- cover cropping, soil conservation
- limit chemicals, no herbicides, perimeter tree planting, winter cover crops, compost
- no till, no pre-emergent herbicides in same blocks
- sustainable-turf reduced pesticides
- limited chemical applications, composting programs, cover crops
- cover crops, vineyard layout
- cover crops, reduces equipment passes on slopes, hand hoeing vs. herbicides, no insecticides, class III fungicides
- don´t plant in wet areas, don´t cut down trees to plant, IPM, cover crops, planting new trees each year
- cover crops, drain water recapture
- grass water ways, cover crops, owl boxes
- leave riparian areas alone
- as many as possible
- cover cropping significant erosion control, vegetation alteration
- cover crop for erosion control & beneficial insect habitat, leaf pulling for mitigate spraying fungicides, pest monitoring to mitigate spraying insecticides
- cover crops, owl boxes, human gopler geltes, erosion control
- cover crop - the use of cover crops and soil amendments (natural) to improve the health of the soil
- site specific sensitivity, caution, low impact chemical use
- cover cropping, IPM, owl boxes, how-plowing of wood
- dust beginning to plant
If you don´t practice sustainable farming, please explain why?
- No responses
What information do you hope to gain from today´s workshop?
- good information - your program was excellent
- more policy info. Regarding wetland/riparian issues. What options are available to farmers/landowners to develop and sustain conservation methods
- gathering information for the development of our upcoming viticulture program at Vintage High School ROP farm
- new ways to further my efforts to implement and enhance perimeter natural areas
- education in all aspects
- increased awareness in today´s sustainable farming applications- new kinds in sustainable farming
- info in general
- increased knowledge about wetlands
- how to work and farm in the regulations
- new ideas, what´s coming with regulatory and legal issues
- sustainable farming practices
- what new regulatory issues are being installed
- more ideas for conservation practices
- how to improve our environment for future generations
- environmentally sound practices
- be aware and concise of decision making in the future
- information that can be applied to our everyday vineyard management
- more updates on regulatory issues and how to cooperate better with the environment and the regs about the environment
- current issues on wetlands, riparian, woodlands, and sustainable suggestions for dealing
- how to manage amongst oak trees
Afternoon Survey
At today´s workshop, did you learn about values of wetlands and woodlands of which you were previously unaware?
- 80% said yes
- 20% said no
At today´s workshop, did you learn any new techniques to improve and protect:
Wetland Habitat
- 82% yes
- 17% no
Woodland Habitat
- 90% yes
- 9% no
- Ditching or diversions around vernal pools, planting setbacks from oaks
- The effect of an oak´s root system
- Previously has a working knowledge of wetland / upland habitat issues, we definitely plan on enhancing the riparian corridor currently existing on-site, and possibly wetland restoration
- It is better to keep more, younger, healthier trees than it is to keep older and possibly diseasead trees. Wetlands are a filtering device.
- It helped me understand all points of views
- Tree secretion, critical points on properties
- Setback of vineyard from tree dripline
- Distance from perimeter for trees for root protection of vineyard
- Owl boxes
- Effectiveness of owl boxes
- Maintaining adequate distances from oak trees, identifying vernal pools
- There weren´t a lot of techniques presented today, mostly good background information
Do you think the techniques presented today help improve and protect wetlands and woodlands?
- 100% yes
- Education probably more than technique
- Awareness
- Awareness is always a good way to improve challenges
- Somewhat
Do you intend to implement any of the new protection techniques you have learned today?
If yes, please describe
- Planning
- Preserving oak trees
- Greater setbacks for oaks, owl boxes
- Possibly provide owl habitats, riparian habitat restoration
- More owl boxes - I will keep a small wet spot in vineyard
- I look forward to getting barn owls established in our vineyards
- A better understanding of how the different ecosystems operate, riparian replants & cleaner farming
- Tree setback, stream setback
- Owl houses
- Possibly begin a riparian plant removal program and a re-forestation project
- Owl boxes
- Possibly - I´m doing an evaluation of what I can do
- Owl boxes, look into funding for riparian enhancement
- Perhaps more owl boxes, I´d consider developing wetlands if the opportunity presents itself
- We are currently using some techniques associated with setbacks and neighbor or public opinion
- 16% said they would not implement the techniques due to lack of government funding
- 50% said no because of the uncertainty of necessary permits
- 33% said no due to the uncertainty whether benefits outweigh costs
After today´s workshop would you consider:
- 20% said they would consider preserving a wetland
- 37% said they would consider planting trees
- 42% said they would consider improving the riparian habitat on their farm
Are there vineyard development issues that you believe should have been addressed at this workshop but were not?
- Actual valve (if any) or harm done by ripping hillside vineyards
- How expensive and time consuming some of the "ideal" practices can be
- Which permits required? Still so many gray areas as to legal development issue
- Ground water usage, subsoil tillage, development and pest management, personal sovereignty over the land
- Is there a checklist encompassing all the issues involved? It seems overwhelming to tackle. Maybe a workshop and workbook. Maybe 1/a month/ 1 yr. Long workshop to help people bring their farm through the plan to certification with agencies involved. Need to prepare for large scale participation in Napa Co. maybe flood control funding? Coastal Conservancy Funding, FSA?
- No, it was a good array of speakers. I think in Napa our experiences with the hillside ordinance has done a lot to educate farmers more than in other areas.
- Design of agro-ecosystems / vineyard systems
- Current lawsuits and policy decisions would be beneficial
- Wildlife corridors
Do you plan to attend the NSWG (Napa Sustainable Winegrowing Group) workshop April 14, 2000?
- 72% said definitely, as long as I don´t have to fill out another one of these surveys
- 16% said maybe, if I can find someone taping "Days of our Lives" for me
- 4% said only if you pay for my admission
- 4% said all of the above