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and streams.
Farm ponds catch and hold a portion of the runoff water and thus slow down its erosive effects. Ponds throughout the county have a capacity for holding tremendous amounts of water, thereby, alleviating flooding and silt damage to downstream crops, highways, bridges, and homes.
Nationally, farmers and the Federal Government have shared the cost of building more than 2 million farm ponds during the past 34 years through the Agricultural Conservation Program (ACP).
Farm ponds provide other benefits that often extend beyond the farm on which they rare located. Many of these ponds are designed to supply water for livestock. They may also be constructed to store irrigation water, for the benefits of fish and wildlife, and to provide water for fire fighting.
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