Wood Soil and Water Conservation District is accepting applications for farm practices which reduce nutrient and sediment loss.
Grants assist local farmers to adopt agricultural practices that reduce nutrient and sediment runoff. Bull Creek, in the southeastern portion of Wood County and adjacent parts of Hancock County, has received targeted funding through Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s 319 program. These funds will assist producers to adopt variable rate nutrient application or cover crop practices, and/or install drainage control structures or blind inlets.
All four practices are being implemented to reduce phosphorus and sediment entering the Western Basin of Lake Erie from farmland in Wood and Hancock counties. Applications are due Sept. 15.
For more information on any of these programs, or to see maps of each project area, producers can go to http://www.woodswcd.blogspot.com/ or contact Beth Landers at 419-354-5517, or bethlanders@woodswcd.com.
