Complete report - Partners for Clean Streams

Watershed Project participants, Kroger, TMACOG
Influential Farmer Meeting
February 9, 1995
Description:
Lead Organization:
Collaborator(s):
Innovative farming practices in Northwest Ohio were highlighted during this ½-day
workshop in Napoleon. Landowners presented their success stories, including the
incorporation of livestock manure and city sludge into a no-till program, Soil Doctor
technology to assist with nitrogen fertilizer applications, fertility and herbicide
management programs, para-tilling after wheat and then no-tilling corn, and the use of
no-till with additional crops added to the rotation. Approximately 50 landowners
attended this event.
Maumee RAP Agricultural Runoff Action Group, Conservation Action Project (CAP)
Wood SWCD, Henry SWCD
“From Satellites to Earthworms: Improving Farm Management” Workshop
August 27, 1996
Description:
Lead Organization:
Collaborator(s):
Workshop to demonstrate new conservation practices that could provide top yields as
well as improve current farming methods. Discussions included no-till management
practices for corn, improved nutrient management systems, global positioning system
technology, successful long-term no-till rotations, and multiple benefits of long-term
no-till management to improve earthworm population and soil structure. More than
100 landowners and interested citizens attended this meeting.
Maumee RAP Agricultural Runoff Action Group and the Wood County Con-Till Club
(funded in part through a small grant from the Ohio LEPF)
Wood SWCD, NRCS, Ohio DNR, Bowling Green FFA, OSU Extension, LG Seeds,
MidWood Inc., Luckey Farmers, CIBA Crop Protection, Ohio EPA, and TMACOG.
“Is Your Drinking Water Safe: A Closer Look at Pesticides” Public Meeting
February 29, 1996
Description:
Lead Organization:
Collaborator(s):
This seminar explored pesticides and herbicides in drinking water. Presentations
were given by the Heidelberg College Water Quality Laboratory and the
Environmental Working Group. Discussions on drinking water improvements took
place between farmers, chemical companies, Ohio EPA, and water treatment plants.
More than 80 people attended this meeting at the Edison Club in Maumee.
Maumee RAP Agricultural Runoff Action Group
Wood SWCD, Ohio EPA, TMACOG, N-Viro
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
Ongoing
Activities and Accomplishments
in the Maumee Area of Concern
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Issue 1: Agriculture Runoff