Friday, April 26, 2024
The Dirt on Conservation

The Dirt on Conservation

American Woodcock

American Woodcocks like wet woods, moist thickets, and brushy marshes and favors a mix of open fields and forestland.

Keep in mind that as the grazing season comes to an end there are plenty of ways that you can still improve your pasture for the following year.
A man hiking.

People in the cities and the country are getting outside. And maybe the whole goal is a cool social media post, but they are out there.

It takes a lot of work to convert a woodlot to a new dominate native species, but you can eliminate the native surge.
squirrel

Diversity combats this struggle, both plant diversity as well as habitat diversity, which in turn will give you wildlife diversity.

Highland was the first district organized; Coshocton was second, followed by Morrow, Clark, Butler, Noble, Columbiana, Guernsey, Monroe and Tuscarawas.
soil

Soil management has come a long way, and crop yields have increased 400 or 500 percent. Soil erosion can't be stopped, but we have a better handle on it.

Runoff water can pick up and carry many substances that pollute water. Some — like pesticides, fertilizers, oil and soap — are harmful in any quantity.

Maybe if consumers started to see how fortunate they are and how productive farmers are, they would embrace technology and help us continue to move forward.

Riparian areas act as a buffer zone between water and the land use, provide terrestrial habitat, enhance aquatic habitat and reduce soil erosion of banks.