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NSWG Morning Survey
Do you have any of the following types of habitat on your farm?
- 35 % said yes to streams of rivers
- 29 % said yes to riparian habitats
- 21 % said yes to blue line
- 13 % said yes to other waterways
Do you believe that having a stream, blue line or other on your farm leads to any of the following problems?
- 20 % said yes to regulatory issues
- 13 % said yes to vine health
- 15% said yes to financial issues
- 15 % said yes to drainage issues
- 20 % said yes to legal issues
- 10 % said yes to root growth
- 8 % said yes to worker safety
Do you believe that having any kind of aquatic habitat on your farm causes any of the following problems?
- 18 % said yes to regulatory issues
- 13 % said yes to vine health
- 16 % said yes to financial issues
- 17 % said yes to drainage issues
- 17 % said yes to legal issues
- 8 % said yes to root growth
- 8 % said yes to worker safety
If you had any of the above habitats on your farm would it change your plans concerning:
- 48 % said yes to annual farming operations
- 51 % said yes to new vineyard development
Do you ever think about how your farming practices will affect the landscape over the new 50 years?
What sustainable farming practices do you use?
- Cover crops, reduced risk pesticides, organic fertilizers, no herbicides
Cover crops, minimal tillage, insecticides, "soft" pesticides only
- Redwood inputs, cover crops, raptor boxes, sediment control, timing of applications, watershed restoration.
- Eliminate strip spraying
- Cover crops, no till practices, stream bottom baffles to rebuild stream positions, bank re-vegetation, resistant rootstocks, foliage management systems, drip systems
- Reduced inputs, permanent cover crops, setbacks, etc.
- Cover crops, minimal use of chemicals, see that riparian stays intact
- Starting vineyards
- Moving towards organic viticulture, no herbicides, etc., cover crops, composting
- Cover crops, will eliminate pre-emergent herbicides in 2001
- Cover crops, no till insect monitoring
- Cover crops, no pre-emergent herbicides, jolian nutrients, low impact equipement
If you don´t practice sustainable farming, please explain why:
- Waste water treatment plant, looking at a big operation next year
- Forgot habit- historical convential farming methods, cost considerations
- I have done per maculture practices on someone else´s land.
- A consultant, who promotes the practices of client´s
- Gathering information
What information do you hope to gain from today´s workshop?
- How to rebuild a weak watershed
- Source of food that supports salmon
- A broader, more informed perspective at which to base future decisions and practices
- Info on fish friendly farming
- Understanding the relationship between blue line streams and vineyard economics, i.e. loss of income from setbacks vs. one need to have the setback.
- Our compliance to starting a vineyard
- More knowledge and information on sustaining water quality & riparian habitat
- Broader understanding of the issues in #2 and #3
- New ideas
- Knowledge to improve techniques, demonstrate effectiveness and use information to improve farming practices and effect political policies
- I do consulting work and want to learn more about agricultural concerns
- I´m most interested in the effects CEQA review will have on future development
- New and proven techniques-personal experiences, up to date info on legal, regulatory issues involving Riparian, TMDL & current lawsuit status
- New ideas on environmental protection of the Napa River
- Info
- River erosion and habitat help
Afternoon Survey
At today´s workshop, did you learn anything new about improving water quality and water conservation?
At today´s workshop, did you learn any new techniques to improve and protect:
- 37% said yes to Aquatic Habitat
- 32% said yes Water Conservation
- 5% said no to Water Conservation
- 33% said yes to Stream Bank Stabilization
- 1% said no to Stream Bank Stabilization
Comments:
- some of the logging in streams was interesting
- familiar w/bioengineering, sediment loss, TMDL, new use of willow trees
- how to stabilize stream banks, review of CIMIS
- CIMIS on the internet
Do you think the techniques and/or ideas presented today help improve and protect water quality and the watershed?
Do you intend to implement any of the new protection techniques you have learned today?
- Rebuild eroded creek
- Possibly
- Yes, especially willow
- Not at this time
- Stream bank stabilization
- Will propose to consulting clients
- Will look at what is applicable
- Would like to, current projects reviewed, many considerations including financial regulatory in Napa Valley
- I would look closely at aquatic habitat protection
- Depends on slope, native and extent of project
- Information will be taken back to the Wastewater treatment plant
- Stream stabilization
- Maybe stabilize banks
- No needs
If not, please describe:
- 25% said lack of government funding programs
- 18% said lack of technical help
- 37% said uncertainty about necessary permits
- 18% said uncertainty whether benefits outweigh costs
- other: many moving parts to bring project together
After today´s workshop would you consider:
- 35% said yes to improving aquatic habitat
- 21% said yes to using CIMIS
- 42% said yes to stabilizing a stream
Are there other issues not covered in today´s workshop regarding watershed and water quality improvement issues that you believe should have been addressed at this workshop but were not?
- History of the Napa River ecology... see latest St. Helena Star article (4/12/00)
- Maximizing watershed restoration of habitat creek restoration, local conditions of creeks vineyard planting
- Making public aware of what we are doing for water quality
- Money
- Possibly other issues if time allows
- #1603
Do you plan to attend the next NSWG (Napa Sustainable Winegrowing Group) Workshop June 9, 2000?
Did you attend the vineyard tour in the afternoon?
If not, why:
- had to attend to a child
- other employee of company attended
- schedule conflicts
Suggested topics for our first Hispanic language workshop on sustainable farming:
- herbicide use/safety, pest ID./ what common problems exist in vineyards that can be addressed directly
- erosion control
- we have no use of this at this time
- proper pesticide application techniques esp. w/ sulfur
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