Your watershed is divided into 10 land parcels. Select your land use for each – try to balance both environmental and economic impacts!
Your final score is based on balancing profit, nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) and sediment (soil) in the water, and also biodiversity.
Rock Your Watershed! is based on scientific data correlating soil erosion, nutrient transport, precipitation, land management practices, and biological diversity. Find more information here.
corn/soybeans cost: $$$$$$
corn/soybeans with buffer cost: $$$$
corn/soybeans with wetland cost: $$$$$
perennial cover cost: $
Golf Course cost: $$
Park cost: $$$
Housing cost: $$$$
Commercial cost: $$$$$$$$
livestock cost: $$$
low cost: $
medium cost: $$
high cost: $$$
no till
strip till cost: $
mulch till cost: $$
no till with cover crop cost: $$$$
Rotational cost: $$
Traditional cost: $
Golf Course cost: $$
Park cost: $
Housing cost: $
Mall cost: $ close
Traditional cost: $$$$
Low Impact cost: $$$$$
Traditional cost: $$$$$$$$
Low Impact cost: $$$$$$$$$$