Reference Library: Topics

Implementation

Best Management Practices (BMPs)

Recommended! Agricultural Best Management Practices, OSU Extension factsheet (AEX-464-91).  An overview of land management practices aimed at reducing water quality degradation due to agricultural production.  Includes a review of sources of water pollution, and a table to aid farmers and land managers in selecting the most appropriate and effective Best Management Practice to address a particular water quality issue.
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ohioline/aex-fact/0464.html

Best Management Practices Web Page, developed by Dr. Brent Sohngen of the Extension Program in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics at the Ohio State University.  This page was designed to provide links to technical and economic information on several types of best management practices used in Ohio.   Contains links to factsheets and Web-sites that address incentive programs (e.g., Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program), filter strips, conservation tillage, and animal waste management.
http://aede.osu.edu/people/sohngen.1/bmp/bmpinfo.htm

Incentive Programs

Recommended! Conservation Reserve Program, by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency.  The Conservation Reserve Program is intended to protect the countryÁs most fragile farmland by assisting owners and operators in conserving and improving soil, water, and wildlife resources.  Get all the latest news and information about the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP).
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/dafp/cepd/crpinfo.htm

Environmental Quality Incentives Program factsheet, by the Natural Resources Conservation Service.  EQUIP was established to provide financial, educational, and technical help to farmers and ranchers to install or implement structural, vegetative, and management practices to reduce serious threats to soil, water, and related natural resources.  Describes the program, how it works, priority areas, conservation plans, payments, eligibility, and where to go for more information. 
http://www.wi.nrcs.usda.gov/eqip/eqip.asp

USDA Conservation Programs, by the U. S. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resource Conservation Service.  Get basic information about incentive programs to encourage conservation of fragile and critical lands.  Program descriptions are provided for Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP), Forestry Incentives Program (FIP), Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), and Rural Abandoned Mine Program (RAMP). 
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/NRCSProg.html#Anchor-Environmental

Wetlands Reserve Program factsheet, by the Natural Resources Conservation Service.  The WRP is a voluntary program that gives private property owners financial incentives to enhance wetlands in exchange for retiring marginal agricultural land.  Describes the program, how it works, benefits to participants, eligibility, sign-up, and uses of WRP land.
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/wrp/

Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) factsheet, by the Natural Resources Conservation Service.  Provides a description of the program, how it works, the wildlife habitat development plan, cost-share assistance, and how to get more information. 
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/whip/

Land-Use

Recommended! Land Use Fact Sheet series, by Ohio State University Extension.  View a variety of factsheets on-line, covering topics such as rural zoning, land trusts, purchase of development rights, comprehensive planning, cluster development, and conservation easements.  Point your Web browser to:
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ohioline/lines/comun.html#land and scroll down to view the "Land Use Fact Sheets" titles.

Stormwater Management

Recommended! Stormwater and Your Community, Ohio State University Extension Factsheet (AEX-442-00).  Reviews the causes and impacts of polluted stormwater and the basics of stormwater management (e.g., who is responsible, stormwater management plans, and principles to strive for in stormwater management).  To view the factsheet on-line, point your Web browser to:
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ohionemo/ and click on "NEMO Factsheets."

Stream Management and Restoration

Recommended! Stream Management Guides Index Page, by Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water.  From this site, you can access any of a variety of stream management guides, including: Restoring Streambanks with Vegetation, Trees for Ditches, Stream Management Model, Biotechnical Projects in Ohio, Tree Kickers, Evergreen Revetments, Forested Buffer Strips, Live Fascines, Gabion Revetments, Riprap Revetments, Live Cribwalls, Stream Debris and Obstruction Removal, Deflectors, Eddy Rocks, Grass Filter Strip, and Gravel Riffles.
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/water/pubs/fs_st/streamfs.htm

References

Federal Interagency Stream Restoration Working Group. (1998). Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices.  GPO Item No. 0120-A.  Portions of this manual can also be downloaded at
http://www.usda.gov/stream_restoration/