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  1. Leading Creek Watershed Group

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/groups/leading-creek-watershed-group

    Leading Creek Meigs Jim Freeman Watershed Coordinator Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District ... Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District 113 E. Memorial Dr. Pomeroy, OH 45701 (740) 992-4282 (740) ...

  2. The Language of Soil Health

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/news/language-soil-health

    by Wayne Honeycutt    President & CEO of the Soil Health Institute Agricultural practices that ... enhance soil health are as good for the farmer as they are for the environment. Proven benefits of healthy ... soil include boosting crop yields, enhancing water quality, increasing drought resilience, reducing ...

  3. James Hoorman

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/people/james-hoorman

    James Hoorman NRCS Regional Soil Health Specialist 7868 Co. Rd. 140, Suite F, Findlau, OH 45840 ...

  4. Dr. Rafiq Islam

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/people/dr-rafiq-islam

    Dr. Rafiq Islam Research Scientist Soil, Water and BioEnergy 1864 Shyville Rd Piketon, OH 45661 ...

  5. Can Soil Microbes Slow Climate Change?

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/news/can-soil-microbes-slow-climate-change

    He reocmmends that "to tip the soil’s fungal-to-bacterial ratio strongly toward the ... fungi". "As the ratio of fungi to bacteria increases, the soil biome becomes more efficient in utilizing ... carbon and other nutrients and that the soil therefore releases less CO 2 to the atmosphere." In ...

  6. SOIL AGGREGATE STABILITY – A SOIL HEALTH PHYSICAL INDICATOR

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/news/soil-aggregate-stability-%E2%80%93-soil-health-physical-indicator

    By: Alan Sundermeier and Vinayak Shedekar     A suite of soil health measurements are becoming ... available which are not part of the traditional soil tests. Soil aggregate stability is an important ... physical indicator of soil health, which protects organic matter accumulation, improves soil porosity, ...

  7. Evaluating the Performance of Stream Restoration Projects in Ohio

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/resources/stream-systems/evaluating-performance-stream-restoration-projects-ohio

    Mecklenburg discusses the criteria used to evaluate ecological integrity, factors that lead to project success ... study site locations at the ODNR Division of Soil and Water Resources website: ...

  8. Updated Cover Crop Selector Tool Available from Midwest Cover Crops Council

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/news/updated-cover-crop-selector-tool-available-midwest-cover-crops-council

    universities, including Purdue, the province of Ontario and other agricultural stakeholders — is rolling out an ... funding from North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program and Grain Farmers ...

  9. Featured Podcast- "The Ground Beneath Our Feet"

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/news/featured-podcast-ground-beneath-our-feet

    discuss  State of the soils and how to save more of it? They discuss issues such as the current status, and ... future of America's soils, land degradation, and solutions for improving soil health and ensuring ... food security. Featured Guests are: Dr. Rattan Lal Distinguished Professor of Soil Science and ...

  10. Advanced Soil Health Systems Training for Indiana USDA-NRCS

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/news/advanced-soil-health-systems-training-indiana-usda-nrcs

    By Rafiq Islam, PhD Soil, Water and Bioenergy Resources Program Several members of our Soil ... organized a field day on “Hands-on Soil Health” for farmers and two-day “Advanced Soil Health Systems” ... contents from fields in a soil health management system vs. conventionally tilled/managed fields”; “How ...

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