Complete report - Partners for Clean Streams

if there is controlled direct discharge from the site. If the facility does not meet either
of these requirements, the Livestock Waste Management Plan is suggested by the
Ohio EPA rather than required.
Lead Organization:
Ohio EPA, USDA-NRCS
Soil Doctor
1994
Description:
Lead Organization:
The Soil Doctor, an electronic device that measures soil components, was lent to
Wood County farmers to customize fertilizer applications. The Soil Doctor ensured
that the proper amount of fertilizer was spread on fields, saving money and reducing
potential fertilizer runoff.
Conservation Action Project (CAP); Wood SWCD
Hertzfeld Poultry Manure Composting Project
1998
Description:
Goals of this project include:
- To determine the appropriate times to spread manure to decrease potential pollution
in runoff.
- To control excess manure produced (to address phosphorus restrictions).
- To control both flies and odor.
- To diversify the income of the Hertzfeld’s.
A facility measuring 62’ by 400’ was constructed to finish the composting process.
Using carbon sources, the manure from the poultry farm is treated and compost is
formed. This was to provide an environmentally-friendly form of manure disposal and
to reduce the amount of farm runoff in the streams.
Lead Organization:
Collaborator(s):
Wood SWCD
Hertzfeld Poultry (funded by Ohio DNR NatureWorks Grant Program)
Swan Creek Streambank Stabilization Project
1996
Description:
Lead Organization:
Volunteers, including students involved in the Maumee Bay Watershed Project (now
Student Watershed Watch), helped stabilize a large bank along Swan Creek in the
Swan Creek Metropark. With the advice and equipment provided by the Ohio DNR
Stream Team, volunteers anchored recycled Christmas Trees, anchored mattings of
dogwood and willow branches, and planted dogwood and willow stakes. This effort
successfully stabilized the bank.
Maumee RAP Open Space and Wetlands Action Group (funded through a Great
Lakes Commission grant to ODNR Stream Team)
Collaborator(s):
Toledo Area Metroparks, Lucas SWCD, City of Toledo DNR, Maumee Bay
Activities and Accomplishments
in the Maumee Area of Concern
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Issue 1: Agriculture Runoff