Tag: conservation
Collaboration gets your community meaningful conservation
Soil and water conservation districts work best when collaborating and coordinating efforts with other agencies.
Infographic: How to create a wild bee sanctuary at home
Help wild bees thrive in your backyard with simple steps like planting pollinator-friendly flowers, reducing pesticides and protecting natural habitats.
Help the amphibians in decline
Frogs and toads are vital to ecosystems but rapidly declining. Learn how to help protect these summer sound-makers right in your own backyard.
Moths and light pollution: A fatal attraction
Tami Gingrich outlines the effects of light pollution on native moth populations and makes suggestions for helping them.
Understanding nature’s heroes: The power of pollinators
Without pollination, the reproduction of our plants and foods would decline. Ashland Soil and Water is taking steps to help pollinators.
Prevent a fish kill in your pond
John Beilhart IV, wildlife and forestry specialist for Columbiana Soil and Water Conservation District, offers tips to prevent a fish kill in your pond.
Give food waste a second life
Brianna Roe, agricultural technician for the Guernsey Soil and Water Conservation District, shares tips to reduce food waste.
Nighttime porch lights hurt moths
Stark SWCD District outreach coordinator Elaine Bast outlines the impacts porch lights have on moths, throwing off their ability to navigate.
H2Ohio wetland restoration project benefits farms and birds
The Little Portage Project has benefited a couple of Ottawa County, Ohio farmers and nearby wetlands that a host of birds and wildlife rely on.
How to manage horse manure
Geauga SWCD Education/Communications Specialist Gail Prunty breaks down strategies for managing horse manure to reduce its environmental impact.
