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Keywords: the extent of the erosion problem, delivery ratios in soil loss, environmental consequences of erosion, impacts of agricultural chemicals, pesticides and fertilizer, modern agriculture and nonpoint pollution, reducing nonpoint pollution from agricultural chemicals, conservation tillage, erosion and runoff control, chemical pollution, alternative agriculture (organic farming), effects of farming systems on wildlife, present conditions of wildlife habitat, the pheasant: example of dependence on the farm, chemicals and their relationships to wildlife, benefits of farming systems to wildlife, benefits of alternative agriculture to the environment and wildlife