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E.L Peterson Ranch, Inc Box 8, Judith Gap, MT (406) 374-2244 Email: elpranch@hotmail

E.L Peterson Ranch, Inc Box 8, Judith Gap, MT (406) 374-2244 Email: elpranch@hotmail.com. E.L. Peterson, Inc Dean &Trudi Peterson. Share our experience with Environmental Assessment and Planning Process Where we started Self-assessment What we did How we got through the process

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E.L Peterson Ranch, Inc Box 8, Judith Gap, MT (406) 374-2244 Email: elpranch@hotmail

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  1. E.L Peterson Ranch, Inc Box 8,Judith Gap, MT(406) 374-2244Email: elpranch@hotmail.com

  2. E.L. Peterson, IncDean &Trudi Peterson • Share our experience with Environmental Assessment and Planning Process • Where we started • Self-assessment • What we did • How we got through the process • What we see for use in the Beef Industry

  3. E.L. Peterson Ranch Mission To Be a Sustainable Livestock Operation • Economically Feasible & Ecologically Sound • Environmentally Friendly

  4. Calving Lots

  5. Diversion

  6. Filter Strip

  7. Feedlot Dike Winter Feeding site

  8. Dike Run Off Flow

  9. ABOVE FEEDLOT RUN-IN DIVERSION

  10. BELOW PEN DIVERSION Drainage Ditch

  11. Vegetated Evaporation Settling Pond Nov 2002

  12. Spring Ditch - BEFORE May 2001

  13. Spring Ditch - After Nov 2002

  14. Spring Ditch - After Future look - Trees Nov 2002

  15. Personal ExperienceswithEnvironmental Assessment • Frustrations • Difficulties • Unnecessary • Does Process have Value?

  16. Environmental Assessment • Value of self assessment

  17. Environmental Assessment • Short comings of self assessment • Discipline to make it happen

  18. Levels of Environmental Assessment Self Assessment • Inventory of Resources • Awareness of Regulations • Identifying Priority Issues • Environmental Risk

  19. Levels of Environmental Assessment Self Assessment • Awareness of Regulations • Identifying Priority Issues • Environmental Risk Environmental Mgmt Plan • All of the above plus • Inventory of Resources • Writing Environmental Objectives • Plan of Action

  20. Environmental Management Systems In Beef Industry • Can an EMS be used? • Should an EMS be used? • What would it take to implement this with the beef industry? • Regulatory relief • Financial benefit • Environmental enhancement

  21. Farmstead Appearance E.L Peterson Ranch, Inc Box 8,Judith Gap, MT(406) 374-2244Email: elpranch@hotmail.com

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