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Up one levelResponding to Emerging Threats: OSU Extension Confronts Invasive Species
They come in all shapes, sizes, and levels of impact, from deadly viruses to voracious beetles to overpowering weeds. Invasive species have become a problem of national significance that, according to recent estimates, costs the United States more than $100 billion each year.
OSU Extension Watershed Team Keeps Good, Clean Water in Everyone’s Reach
Friends of Alum Creek and Tributaries (FACT) developed a new Geographic Information Systems (GIS) map identifying home sewage treatment systems in areas of high contamination. The map is now helping FACT work with state and county health departments to upgrade sewage systems there and, in doing so, protect the water supply of Westerville’s 35,000 residents.