This is the first module within the Soil and Water (SW)
Management series provided by the Montana State University Extension Service and Rocky
Mountain Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) program. Used in conjunction with the Nutrient
Management (NM) modules, this series is designed to provide useful, applicable information for
Extension agents, CCAs, consultants, and producers within Montana and Wyoming on practices
used to effectively manage soil and water resources. To enhance the learning objective and provide
CCAs with continuing education units (CEUs) in Soil and Water Management, a quiz accompanies
this module. Also, realizing there are many other sources of information pertaining to soil erosion,
we have included an appendix at the end of the module listing additional resources and contacts.
This module covers the following Rocky Mountain CCA Soil and Water Management Competency
Areas: basic soil properties, water and solute movement and plant/water relations.