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The flexibility of the furniture and walls in the InQbate Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning space gives staff and students choice in designing their learning environment. This image shows one corner of a large space which can be subdivided or expanded as required. Technology consisting of data projectors, large plasma screens, 360 individually controlled LED lights, CCTV, webcams, hand-held video cameras and surround sound can be utilised to support the creative process. Large writeable walls and comfortable floors mean learning and teaching sessions can be more relaxed and experimental.
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A wheel line irrigation system waters a pasture at the home of Stacey Carlson, a Reclamation employee, in Kuna, Idaho. 7/20/2020 Photo by Kirsten Strough
Aerial view of pivot sprinkler irrigation (SDI) on a hayfield.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) helped Howard and Barbara Schirmer, and their son Ernie and wife Terri Schirmer develop a conservation plan that would help reduce water usage; to do that the farm qualified for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) that provided financial assistance in the form of cost-sharing grants that helped Schirmer Farms install a pivot sprinkler system on one of their hayfields, near San Antonio, in Macdona, TX, on July 28, 2020. Please see the album description for more information about this six-generation farming family, these organizations, programs and conservation practices at flic.kr/s/aHsmPRAeea
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Long-leaf pine seedlings growing on raised beds and irrigated by a pivot micro-irrigation system at Lewis Taylor Farms co-owned by William L. Brim and Edward Walker, one of several crops, such as cotton, peanut, vegetable and greenhouse operations in Fort Valley, GA, on May 7, 2019. Long-leaf pines are an indigenous tree in the Southeast. Growers are working to increase the number of this slower growing hearty hardwood tree in this region.
The Taylor Farms operation includes bell peppers, cucumbers, eggplant, squash, strawberries, tomatoes, cantaloupe, watermelon and a variety of specialty peppers on 6,500 acres; and cotton and peanuts on 1,000 acres.
Following Hurricane Michael, USDA helped this farm with the Farm Service Agency (FSA) Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) for structural damage cleanup. He also mentions the importance of having Secretary Sonny Perdue, a person with an agricultural background, come visit and listen to 75 producers six months ago, in southwest Georgia.
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
ECP www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/conservation-progr...
Ruby Reservoir and Dam, near P&J Ranches where Producer Steve Burke (black baseball cap) and other landowners use water from the Ruby Reservoir at the base of the Ruby Mountains where water flows along the West Bench Canal, just above the mountain base, above the farmlands; along the way, improved U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funded control valves allow water through debris grates and additional (self-cleaning) rotating cylindrical algae filter screens before entering inlets to funded Irrigation Water Management systems and into the (gravity-flow) Irrigation Pipeline that supplies five center-pivot and one wheel-line Sprinkler System without the use of pumps in Sheridan, MT, on August 28, 2019. The elevation drop from the canal to the sprinklers provides the needed water pressure to efficiently spray water out of the hanging sprinkler nozzles and the gun sprinklers with a rocker-arm drive. This improved water availability, reduced irrigation labor, reduced runoff and erosion, reduced water use, increased yield, cut costs.
Mr. Burke worked with Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) District Conservationist John Wagoner (tan baseball cap and sunglasses) and NRCS Soil Conservation Technician Clayton Marxer (straw cowboy hat).
The irrigation sprinklers systems are fully controlled and monitored from his smartphone connected to the local rural broadband network.
To check the soil health, Mr. Burke uses a hand auger to drill into the soil and pull out samples from his crops.
At this time, he is busy operating a combine to harvest the wheat from the fields. Then his son Steve Burke, Jr., uses stacker equipment to collect the big straw bales quickly.
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Irrigation System Sprinkler System (Practice Code 442) is an irrigation system in which all necessary equipment and facilities are installed for efficiently applying water by means of nozzles operated under pressure. for more information, please see nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1046885.pdf
Irrigation Pipeline (Practice Code 430) is an irrigation pipeline and its appurtenances that are installed as part of an irrigation system to convey water for storage or application. For more information, please see nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/water/?cid=nrcs144p2_027153
Irrigation Water Management (Practice Code 449) Irrigation water management is the process of determining and controlling the volume, frequency, and application rate of irrigation water in a planned, efficient manner. For more information, please nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/ny/technical/cp/?cid=nrcs144p2_027155
For more information, please see:
Conservation Practices - usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/national/technical/cp/ncps/?cid=nrcs143_026849
NRCS – NRCS - nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/national/home/
FPAC - Farm Production and Conservation - usda.gov/our-agency/about-usda/mission-areas
USDA - USDA.gov
Pollinators and wild flowers at Ruby Reservoir and Dam, near P&J Ranches where Producer Steve Burke (black baseball cap) and other landowners use water from the Ruby Reservoir at the base of the Ruby Mountains where water flows along the West Bench Canal, just above the mountain base, above the farmlands; along the way, improved U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funded control valves allow water through debris grates and additional (self-cleaning) rotating cylindrical algae filter screens before entering inlets to funded Irrigation Water Management systems and into the (gravity-flow) Irrigation Pipeline that supplies five center-pivot and one wheel-line Sprinkler System without the use of pumps in Sheridan, MT, on August 28, 2019. The elevation drop from the canal to the sprinklers provides the needed water pressure to efficiently spray water out of the hanging sprinkler nozzles and the gun sprinklers with a rocker-arm drive. This improved water availability, reduced irrigation labor, reduced runoff and erosion, reduced water use, increased yield, cut costs.
Mr. Burke worked with Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) District Conservationist John Wagoner (tan baseball cap and sunglasses) and NRCS Soil Conservation Technician Clayton Marxer (straw cowboy hat).
The irrigation sprinklers systems are fully controlled and monitored from his smartphone connected to the local rural broadband network.
To check the soil health, Mr. Burke uses a hand auger to drill into the soil and pull out samples from his crops.
At this time, he is busy operating a combine to harvest the wheat from the fields. Then his son Steve Burke, Jr., uses stacker equipment to collect the big straw bales quickly.
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Irrigation System Sprinkler System (Practice Code 442) is an irrigation system in which all necessary equipment and facilities are installed for efficiently applying water by means of nozzles operated under pressure. for more information, please see nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1046885.pdf
Irrigation Pipeline (Practice Code 430) is an irrigation pipeline and its appurtenances that are installed as part of an irrigation system to convey water for storage or application. For more information, please see nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/water/?cid=nrcs144p2_027153
Irrigation Water Management (Practice Code 449) Irrigation water management is the process of determining and controlling the volume, frequency, and application rate of irrigation water in a planned, efficient manner. For more information, please nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/ny/technical/cp/?cid=nrcs144p2_027155
For more information, please see:
Conservation Practices - usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/national/technical/cp/ncps/?cid=nrcs143_026849
NRCS – NRCS - nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/national/home/
FPAC - Farm Production and Conservation - usda.gov/our-agency/about-usda/mission-areas
USDA - USDA.gov
A male adult Timber Wolf steps into the first light of the morning sun on a winter's morning at the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center. The lack of factual knowledge and the stigma associated with this apex predator may serve as a contributing factor in the final demise of the wolf. - Divide, CO
ACES | Katie Nichols
Center pivot irrigation in a cotton field during bloom in a period of intense heat.
The wings of this starfighter spin, allowing thrust and projectiles to be oriented in any direction. Built using blue steering wheels from 70007 Eglor's Twin Bike. This was also my first time using Photoshop to edit LEGO pictures!
I had a lot of fun swooshing this one!
The Old Railroad Bridge dates back over 140 years as an important crossing of the Tennessee River between Florence and Sheffield in The Shoals area of Alabama.
Back in 1840, the first bridge at this location opened. It significantly damaged by tornadoes and storms all through the 1850's and eventually that bridge was destroyed during the Civil War.
In 1870, the Memphis & Charlston Railroad decide to build another bridge at this spot. Over the next 120 years, there is quite a lengthy history about who got to use the bridge and changes to the bridges configuration. I'll hit some of the highlights, but below I'll link to a thorough history.
Originally, there was not a method for tall ships to go through, so a drawbridge was installed in 1872 along the northern end. A new drawbridge was installed in 1906. In 1948, the drawbridge was replaced with a turn span was installed. (When the bridge was open to tall ship, this span pivoted or rotated counter-clockwise and had stone piers to rest upon.) In 1962, this segment was changed again to a lift bridge, raising to 350 feet of clearence over the water. In 1988, all railroads abandoned the bridge and the lift section was completely removed.
This bridge not only carried railroads on the top, but also had a lower deck for vehicular traffic. This closed in 1939 with the opening of the O'Neal Bridge.
Other railroads that used this bridge were Virginia & Georgia; Nashville, Florence & Sheffield; L&N; Southern; Around 1903, a streetcar service alsu used the rails to get passengers from one side to the other and it lasted until 1933.
The complete history is here:
www.oldrailroadbridge.org/index.php?option=com_content&am...
In 1990, a preservation society began in an effort to restore the bridge. The old railroad bed leading to the upper portion of the bridge now has a large gate in front of it, so you can look across it, but go no further. Down below, the access area was cleaned up and the wood that had been rotting for over 50 years was replaced. Today, this lower deck is a pedestrian bridge where you can walk about 1500 feet to where the segment is missing, and then you have to turn around.
Here are all 9 photos in my set
www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/tags/1870railroadbr...
Finally, the Library of Congress has some photos of this bridge dating back to 1976
Watering soybeans, Keya Paha County, Nebraska. Each 'pivot' is approximately 1600' long and irrigates a quarter section (one quarter of a square mile).
Waiter is descending the stairs and is captured at the precise pivot point when his body is in motion while the dish tray rotates. The picture on the wall glances at the photographer by a fixed upward glane. Van Dykes Restaurant and Jazz Club, Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Fl., USA