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Up one levelResponding to Emerging Threats: OARDC Tackles Exotic Organisms Menacing Agriculture, Natural Resources, Human Health
They cost the United States more than $100 billion each year. They have the power to disrupt our food supply, endanger agricultural production, and obliterate our most valuable natural resources. They could even put people’s lives at risk. And many are so tiny we can’t even see them.
ABCs of BMPs: New Practices Help Clean Sugar Creek; Project/Community Teamwork Is Key
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency ranks north-central Ohio’s Sugar Creek watershed — encompassing parts of Wayne and Holmes counties — as one of the most impaired in Ohio due to sedimentation, nutrient enrichment, bacterial contamination, and loss of riparian (streamside) habitat. But lately the tide has turned for the better. Farmers in the watershed now use at least 12 different Best Management Practices (BMPs) — practical, effective, scientifically proven ways to keep water clean and healthy — by teaming with OARDC’s Sugar Creek Watershed Project.