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Carcassonne - Site News |
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| November 2005 |
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Worm trials carried out on the two soil management treatments. No earthworms were found under the conventional management treatment. |
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| September 2005 |
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Site was exposed to the largest storm events since the start of the monitoring programme. Rainfall intensities reached 46.4mm/hr on 05/09/05 and 34.8mm/hr on 08/09/05. Substantial erosion took place on the conventional treatment, particularly in the tractor wheelings.
The Vegetated surface remains stable |
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| June 2005 |
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Site was host to the ProTerra plenary meeting.
Visual soil assessment was carried out on both soil management treatments by Graham Shepherd. |
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| April 2005 |
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Healthy earthworm population identified under alternative soil management. No earthworms found under conventional soil management.
Chambre d'Agriculture (Aude) took over the sampling at this site.
Chambre d'Agriculture (Aude) took over the sample analysis work for all the French sites. |
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| March 2004 |
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Sown cover developed sufficiently to consistently reduce sediment losses.
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| Sept/Oct 2003 |
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Rainfall simulation trials carried out on land adjacent to the monitored plots – assessment of cover management techniques on sediment and runoff losses
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| Sept/Oct 2002 |
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Preparation of the ground adjacent to the demonstration plots for cover management trials. |
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| Sept 2002 |
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Ladder snake adopted by ProTerra project! |
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| Apr 2002 |
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First sampling event took place.
Emergence of sown cover was found to be impeded by formation of a surface crust [VIEW].
Undesired weed cover starting to establish. |
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| Dec 2001 |
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Demonstration plots and monitoring equipment installed |
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| Oct 2001 |
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Treatments installed |
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| July 2001 |
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Site identified for the field demonstration work |
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