Tag: water quality
Apply ecology to stream stewardship
When making decisions on using or modifying their streams, stream owners may wish to consider the Laws of Ecology.
Farmers receive first H2Ohio incentive payments
Initial payments are going out to farmers enrolled in Gov. Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio Initiative for improved water quality. The first incentive payments will be distributed to 154 farmers for completed and approved Voluntary Nutrient Management Plans.
H2Ohio project to help eliminate algal blooms in Chippewa Lake
The ODNR announced that it will partner with the Medina County Park District to help eliminate toxic algal blooms in Chippewa Lake.
How to reduce erosion, improve habitat along a waterway
Learn what to plant along an Ohio creek, stream or waterway to create a riparian zone that will reduce erosion and pollution and improve wildlife habitats.
Chesapeake Bay’s 2020 water quality score is down slightly
This year, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's assessment of the State of the Bay remained at a D+, but declined by one point from 2018.
Ohio bill creates state watershed program
Near the end of the legislative session, Dec. 17, House Bill 7 passed its final vote. As the state approaches the end of the H2Ohio program’s first year, supporters say the bill will create more infrastructure for monitoring and managing those efforts. The bill establishes a State Watershed Planning and Management Program.
ODNR offers new H2Ohio water quality program
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources's new Water Quality Incentive Program, part of the H2Ohio initiative, will encourage farmers to take cropland out of production and establish conservation practices.
Groundwater groups urge EPA to fund better stormwater systems
Small rural towns have less money or expertise to protect their groundwater, says the National Ground Water Association and Groundwater Protection Council.
Lake Erie researchers reflect on pandemic, water quality
COVID-19 certainly hasn’t helped water quality work this year, but it hasn’t stopped it, either. Despite budget cuts and social distancing challenges, researchers have still been collecting and testing water samples in and around the lake. But despite a smaller bloom this year, more work is needed to achieve water quality targets.
H2Ohio budget challenges not over
The H2Ohio program is continuing to face budget challenges due to the pandemic. In the mean time, researchers say solving Lake Erie’s water quality problems will require long-term investments and work to reduce nutrient runoff. And some are suggesting that phosphorus built up in soil, rather than phosphorus from new fertilizer applications, might play a bigger role in those problems than previously thought.
