Transferring Innovative Manure Management Technology in The Northeast

RHODE ISLAND

Name of Institution: University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension

Links: http://www.uri.edu/ce/index1.html

Site Profile:

Fact Sheets:

Environmental Risk Assessment:

• Livestock Manure Storage: Assessing Your Risks : This fact sheet assesses the relative risk to water quality from manure storage and composting areas.

Composting:

• Healthy Landscapes: Gilbert Stuart Road Demonstration Site : This site describes the farm and waste management practices – including composting and use of fertilizers – of a farm in North Kingstown, RI, to improve desired forage species, forage quality and quantity, and utilization of nutrients to protect water quality.