The Dirt on Conservation: Event offers education for graziers
If you have a serious case of cabin fever, like I do, you will be glad to read that the Eastern Ohio Grazing Council...
You can practice natural resources conservation just about anywhere
Conservation is everyone's responsibility. All land has resources of soil, water, air, plants and wildlife. Conservation means using these resources wisely, while protecting or...
There’s no better way to learn about agriculture than visiting a farm
We are a rural area, but by now many of these students are at least two generations removed from any family member involved in agriculture. They may live near a farm, or pass farms on the way to school every day, but what they know about farming or the environment is very limited.
Keep horses in the barn little longer to give pastures a fighting chance
Oh the joys of spring, birds migrating back, grasses starting to green up, blowing winds, extreme weather changes, and yes, mud! Very few of...
Planning saves soil during timbering
If you sold timber and the company’s poor management practices led to soil erosion and stream sedimentation, you’d probably have some choice words for...
We take our well water for granted
When drilling a water well, no one can guarantee you that you will have water or how much water you will have. When you hire a well driller to drill you a well, you are paying for a developed hole in the ground -- nothing more.
SWCD educates adults and children
Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD) can offer more than just technical assistance to the public. Many of Ohio's Soil and Water Conservation Districts...
Benefits of tile drainage are inarguable
Hooray for tile!Now that's something you don't hear too often from people these days. Seems over the last decade or so in certain quarters...
Vernal pools: Perfect home for some
They are out there. Inconspicuous and undetected, many buried underneath a hardened blanket of snow and ice, they are scattered throughout our Ohio woodlands....
Are you responsible for a dam?
The Stark Soil and Water Conservation District was recently asked to help the ODNR Division of Soil and Water Resources host several dam safety...
