Jason Burkum

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#55 Household Recycling

I will recycle all materials that are accepted by local haulers or drop stations in my community.

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#70 Recycled Paper

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by opting into paperless billing and subscriptions.

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#46 Water Saving - Home

I will prevent water runoff and increase absorbency by mulching the base of trees and plants in my yard.

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#70 Recycled Paper

If I have to buy paper products, I will only purchase products made from post-consumer recycled paper for my home or office.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
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Name some of the human activities impacting the health of water systems, both locally (your watershed) and globally (freshwater and oceans). What can you do to improve the health of water systems?
Jason Burkum 4/23/2018 2:14 PM
Within agricultural landscapes and practices, we need to continue to push for more grasslands and/or implement grassland buffers to help filter run-off and reduce erosion of soils going into our stream banks. This will also help reduce the amount of flooding in our own watersheds and the lower Mississippi Valley Watershed

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Jason Burkum 4/23/2018 2:04 PM
I'm late to the party, but happy to be part of the draw-down! I love that CROPP's mission goals includes ecological sustainability, healthy human livelihood, brings forward environmental awareness (like participating in this challenge), and promotes the respect for the dignity and interdependence of human, animal, plant, soil, and global life!

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