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How do I recognize a healthy stream?
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1465/how-do-i-recognize-healthy-stream
changing landscape or weather conditions (e.g., the building of a new subdivision or a large storm event ... feature provides a different type of habitat enabling a variety of fish and insects to live in the stream ... litter occurs in the slower moving shallower pools). 2. A healthy stream has a vegetated floodplain that ...
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Natural Channel Designs for Drainage Ditches
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/resources/human-dimensions/mental-models/natural-drainage-management
natural stream functions and characteristics, can lower the amount of time it takes to manage property in ... more information on agricultural draining and two-stage ditches on Ohio State University?s Natural ... Channel Design site and Ohioline- Agricultural Drainage site. Ohio State University Extension?s Ohio ...
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Backyard Conservation
Many of the landowners we interviewed enjoyed viewing wildlife in and around the stream on their ... farmers and ranchers use aim to protect the quality of air, soil, water, plants, and wildlife in the area. ... most of the conservation strategies are easy to put into place. Photo credit: Virginia Cooperative ...
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Maumee RAP
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/groups/maumee-rap
universities and other interested individuals. Problem definition was completed in 1990 with the submission of ... coordinator for the Maumee RAP). In 1988 the Maumee RAP Advisory Committee was formed. The 74-member RAP ... Advisory Committee included representatives from all levels of government, business and industry, ...
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Blanchard River Watershed Partnership Inc.
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/groups/blanchard-river-watershed-partnership-inc
watershed is 493,440 acres of land in Allen, Hancock, Hardin, Putnam, Seneca, and Wyandot Counties of NW ... Partnership (BRWP) was organized in 2005, with stakeholders including area residents, local governments, ... BRWP MISSION is to bring together a network of federal, state and local entities, business interests ...
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Little Beaver Creek Wild and Scenic River Advisory Council
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/groups/little-beaver-creek-wild-and-scenic-river-advisory-council
Little Beaver Creek Watershed protection project began in 1999 with a CWA Section 319 grant obtained by ... its kind in the county, is the beginning of a new strategy in planning for the future of this and ... constructing outdoor classrooms or land labs. The Watershed Management Plan was completed and approved in 2012. ...
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Well Water Interpretation Tool
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/know-your-well-water/well-water-interpretation-tool
The Ohio State University in conjunction with the Ohio Department of Health and Ohio EPA have ... Please review instructions for this tool before entering your results. Please note that we are in the ... ://odh.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/odh/know-our-programs/private-water-systems-program/water-quality-treatment/quality There you will find useful information all in one place on the parameters found in our tool including ...
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Arsenic
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1507
destroyed in the environment. It can only change its form. Many common arsenic compounds can dissolve in ... the limbs) and skin abnormalities (changes in skin texture and color). Some researchers have found ... GENERAL INFORMATION Arsenic occurs naturally in soil and minerals and may enter the air, water, ...
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Ohio Watershed Leaders Conference
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/events/ohio-watershed-leaders-conference
Toledo. Watershed and water resource professionals and anyone with an interest in watershed protection are ... EPA) Clean Ohio Funds (Jerry Iles, OSU Extension) 319 Grants and Changes to Watershed Action Plan ... Chagrin River Partners, Mill Creek Watershed Council of Communities) Field tirps: University of Toledo ...
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1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1591
1,2,4-trichlorobenzene well in excess of the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for many years could experience changes in ... other organic chemicals; as a solvent; in wood preservatives; in abrasives. It was once used as a soil ... treatment for termite control. The major source of 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene in drinking water is discharge ...