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  1. How do I recognize a healthy stream?

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1465/how-do-i-recognize-healthy-stream

    important because they: Improve water quality through pollutant filtration and stream shading (cooling of ... determine the health of Ohio?s surface waters (http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/). The Ohio Federation of Soil ... erosion prevention and water management (http://ofswcd.org/index.html) The Ohio State University ...

  2. HCS Alumni Spotlight: Amber Emmons

    https://hcs.osu.edu/news/hcs-alumni-spotlight-amber-emmons

    semester which then led me to become an SPS Agronomy major. How’d your time at Ohio State help prepare you ... focus for the Water Quality Team leans towards our On-Farm Research and our water monitoring of the ... Meet Amber Emmons | OSU HCS Alumna Class of 2019 Amber Emmons is currently a Water Quality ...

  3. Efficient Lawn Care Practices to Help Protect Ohio’s Waterways

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5812

    remove. Therefore, one way we can contribute to improving water quality is by preventing nutrients from ... algae and water quality. Fertilizer nutrients are especially harmful. Ohio needs everyone’s help to ... improve Ohio waters and minimize nutrient contamination. Read on for tips on how to maximize lawncare ...

  4. Food Safety with HCS' Lindsey Hoover

    https://hcs.osu.edu/news/food-safety-hcs-lindsey-hoover

    a one-time discount rate for water testing to growers who attend the meeting. More information on the ... 7/17/2014 GALLIPOLIS, Ohio – An Aug. 13 session will mark the end of the season's trainings for on-farm ... 6 to 9 p.m. at the Gallia County office of Ohio State University Extension, 111 Jackson Pike, ...

  5. Using Cover Crops to Improve Soil and Water Quality

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-57

    soil compaction decreases and soil quality improves with time. Cover crops may be utilized to improve ... crop establishment and killing. Cover crops improve soil and water quality. May reduce nutrient and ... improve soil and water quality. Community of Soil Science Plant Analysis, 32 (7 & 8), 1221–1250. ...

  6. Wolf Creek Awareness and Resource Evaluation (WeCARE) Project

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/groups/wolf-creek-awareness-and-resource-evaluation-wecare-project

    making improvements that will lead to improvement of the quality of water within the watershed. 05040004 ... Evaluation (WeCARE) Project. It is a water quality project in progress, designed to create a workable ... management plan for the watershed through water testing and input from stakeholders concerning the quality of ...

  7. Livestock Water Development

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ANR-12

    Specialist, Beef Livestock Management, Dr. Karen Mancl, Ohio State Professor and Extension Water Quality ... improves the distribution of water and preserves water quality. The Water Trough or Tank Figure 1. Heavy ... individually to water, a tank that allows two to four percent of the animals to drink at one time and a flow ...

  8. HCS student wins Garden Club of America Scholarship

    https://hcs.osu.edu/news/hcs-student-wins-garden-club-america-scholarship

    while improving the quality and health of the farm ecosystem.  Nathan is also interested in promoting ... website:  Nathan Detwiler is studying horticulture at Ohio State University where he is pursuing a Bachelor ... local foods and farm- to- fork food systems.  This summer he is planning to improve his marketing skills ...

  9. Welcome Jordan Beck, New Water Quality Associate for Lucas, Fulton and Williams Counties

    https://lucas.osu.edu/news/welcome-jordan-beck-new-water-quality-associate-lucas-fulton-and-williams-counties

    We would like to welcome Jordan Beck to OSU Extension. Jordan is the Water Quality Extension ... research, and outreach with impacts on water quality.  Jordan has interest in livestock/manure management, ... nutrient use efficiency, and cover crop demonstrations and trials.  Prior to his water quality position, ...

  10. Phosphorus Nutrient Management for Yield and Reduced P Loss at Edge of Field

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/agf-509

    delay application one (or more) growing seasons, if needed. WATER QUALITY —The greatest risk for event ... more than 0.5 inches of rainfall. Use the Ohio P risk index, field scale hydrology/water quality ... hydrologic and water quality models. For sites with predicted high P losses, consider one or more of the ...

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