About
We study People, Land Use and Society (PLUS). The PLUS lab is directed by Dr. John Tyndall, a natural resource economist and social scientist with broad interests in environmental and natural resource economics, policy and sociology within forestry, agriculture, and urban contexts.
Recent News
The FiNRT ("fine art") is available for use!
June 23
The Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework Financial and Nutrient Reduction Tool (ACPF FiNRT) is an ACPF-compatible tool that provides information about estimated costs and nitrate reduction outcomes from ACPF-generated conservation scenarios.
The use of this ACPF-compatible tool offers conservation planners the ability to examine opportunities and tradeoffs regarding BMPs more effectively on the landscape and offers information about potential outcomes from various conservation scenarios.
The tool is currently available in its beta version for Iowa and Minnesota. In addition to the toolbox, users may also download demo watersheds to try the tool.
Check it out @: https://acpf4watersheds.org/toolbox/finrt/
Publications
2022
Bravard, E., Zimmerman, E., James, D., Tyndall, J.C. (2022). The Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework Financial and Nutrient Reduction Tool: A planning tool for cost effective conservation. Journal of Environmental Quality.
Tyndall, J.C. (2022) Prairie and Tree Planting Tool - PT2 (1.0): A conservation decision support tool for Iowa, USA. Agroforestry Systems.
Ranjan, P., Usher, E., Bates, H., Zimmerman, E., Tyndall, J.C., Morris, C., Koontz, T.M., Prokopy, L. (2022). Understanding barriers and opportunities for diffusion of an agricultural decision-support tool: An organizational perspective. Journal of Hydrology.
