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Buckeye Basins Newsletter

Buckeye Basins is produced by the Ohio State University Extension, Watershed Team. It is compiled quarterly for watershed coordinators, Extension specialists, and natural resource professionals to include within their newsletters, programs or however they see fit.

Please feel free to ask questions, share ideas or provide feedback by contacting J.P. Lieser at lieser8@ag.osu.edu.

Issues

Summer 2008

  • The Power of a Positive No
  • The Hellbender: Ohio's largest salamander
  • Ways of Knowing Water
  • Credible Data - Moving Citizen Scientists to Legitimacy

Spring 2008

  • Ordinances, Setbacks, and Zoning - Oh MY!
  • 16th National Nonpoint Source Monitoring Conference
  • Update on Ohio Household Sewage Treatment Systems
  • Criteria for Effective Representatives in Natural Resource Management
  • About World Water Day
  • River Rally 2008
  • Riparian Tree Planting Tips
  • Ohio Lake Erie Commission Awards More Than $80,000 In Grants To Give Organizations For Research and Recreation

Fall 2007

  • Another Successful OWLS!
  • Volunteer Monitoring Workshops Underway
  • The Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist Program
  • Extraordinary People Creating Extraordinary Communities: A Profile of Land Use Decision Makers

Summer 2007

  • Ohio Watershed Leaders (OWLS) 2007
  • World Café: Facilitating Meaningful Conversations with Large Groups
  • Using Rain Gardens to Aid in Stormwater Retention
  • Federal Valley Watershed Group Names Horner As Coordinator
  • Watershed Management: Dèjá Vu
  • Water is Trendy: WMAO Call for Papers
  • Ohio Volunteer Monitoring Efforts Continue to Expand
  • Example Draft Ordinance to Reduce Phosphorous From Lawns
  • A Local Legend

Fall-Winter 2006

  • Reflections on Watershed Leadership from the Ohio Watershed Leaders Conference August 31, 2006, Camp Akita
  • The Ohio Bird Breeding Atlas II: Put the Nesting Birds of Your Property on the Map!
  • The Making of an Ohio Watershed Coordinator Forum
  • The Newly Formed Western Lake Erie Basin Partnership
  • Duck Creek Watershed Project Hires New Coordinator
  • Interpretive Sign Project Completed in the Sunday Creek Watershed
  • Ohio Receives Nearly $350,000 for Watershed Projects

Summer 2006

  • Using Soft Science to Manage watersheds
  • Ohio Watershed Leaders (OWLS) Conference
  • How Large Is Your Water Footprint?
  • US EPA Issues New Guidance on Watershed Planning
  • NACD Launches New Electronic Urban Conservation Network
  • Floodplains Riparian Zones and Buffer Strips Conference

Summer-Fall 2005

  • Lakes in Jeopardy
  • The Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist Program
  • Can we talk? The interview as a valuable tool in watershed planning and implementation
  • Ohio Boaters and Marinas Pledge to Keep Ohio Waterways Clean
  • Swimming Pool Discharge Etiquette

Spring 2005

  • Observations from Five Years of the Ohio Watershed Academy
  • Source Water Protection, Part III: Drinking Water Source Protection Funding & Grant Writing Tips
  • Restoration Underway at Hope Clay Site
  • An Overview of the Midwest Biodiversity Institute and Center for Applied Bioassessment & Biocriteria
  • Paralysis by Analysis or the Shotgun Approach: Reasons for Strategic Planning

Winter 2004-2005

  • Volunteer Monitors Complete First Year of Stream Study
  • Creating an Ohio Master Naturalist Program
  • Source Water Protection, Part II: Developing and Implementing a Drinking Water Source Protection Plan
  • Watershed Groups in Ohio Database
  • Effort to Stop Ditch Petition in 1974 Becomes a Lifelong Labor of Love: An Interview with Justine Magsig of the Sugar Creek Protection Society

Fall 2004

  • Clean Water Act Funding Update
  • Planning Adult Education Programs
  • Source Water Protection: Assessment, Planning, and Implementation
  • Collaboration in Watersheds
  • OSU Extension Announces 5th Watershed Academy Class
  • ODNR Awards More Than $384,000 to Support Watershed Protection

Summer 2004

  • Community Capacity Building Essential for Water Resource Protection
  • Multi-stakeholder Watershed Planning: Getting to Decisions That Make a Difference
  • Social Indicators: The Key to Preserving the 319 Program?
  • Oak Regeneration in Southern Ohio
  • 2004 Ohio Watershed Leaders Workshop (OWLS)
  • Around Ohio with Ohio Livestock Coalition (OLC)

Spring 2004

  • Ohio Watershed Leaders (OWLS)
  • 2004 Rethinking the Expert Model in Watershed Education
  • Removing Small Dams Key to Stream Restoration
  • Forests, Forestry, and Conservation Easements
  • Natural Resources Management Planning
  • New State Extension Specialist for Wildlife

Winter 2003-2004

  • OSUŽs Stream Ecology Lab
  • Community Capacity Building Essential for Water Resource Protection
  • Clean Ohio Funds are Helping Watershed Protection Efforts
  • How Area Assistance Teams Can and Do Benefit Watershed Project
  • Sandusky River Coalition Update

Summer/Fall 2003

  • How to Get the Best Out of Best Management Practices?
  • Community Capacity Building Essential for Water Resource Protection
  • Opportunities for Stakeholder Involvement in the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Process: An Update from the Stillwater and Neuse River
  • Getting the Most from Your Area Assistance Team
  • Upper Scioto Watershed Update
  • Let Us Know About Your Upcoming Events and Success Stories

Spring 2003

  • Why Some Watershed Plans Can End Up on The Shelf (Part 4 of 4)
  • International Society Releases Climate Change Report
  • Diversity and Watershed Planning: Always a Good Thing?
  • Charities Face Increasing Accountability Standards
  • What Is So Great About Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring?
  • Third Annual Raccoon Creek Float at Zaleski State Forest

Winter 2002-2003

  • Watershed Stewardship: We Can Make a Difference!
  • 2003 Connecting Ohio's Watersheds Conference
  • Sycamores, Streams and Wildlife
  • Why Some Watershed Plans Can End Up On The Shelf
  • EPA Jettisons Clinton Rule On Cleaning Up Waterways
  • EPA and Agriculture Working Together to Improve AmericaŽs Waters
  • Watershed Success Story

Fall 2002

  • Copper in Our Waterways
  • Why Some Watershed Plans Can End Up On the Shelf (Part 2)
  • Livestock Need "Clean" Water, Too
  • USDA Releases $323 Million for Conservation Programs
  • A Structured Approach to Public Involvement
  • Why Precise Water Quality Data Is So Important in Producing a Good Watershed Implementation Plan?

Summer 2002

  • Why Some Watershed Plans Can End Up on the Shelf
  • A Short Summer Watershed Reading List
  • Ohio's Primary Headwater Streams: Valuable Natural Resources
  • Is Barley Straw a Friend or Foe in the Fight Against Pond Algae?
  • New and Exciting Changes at the Gwynne Conservation Area
  • Ohio Watershed Leaders (OWLS) Workshop Brochure
  • EPA Proposes Enhanced Approach to Cleaning Up America's Waters
  • Applications for Farmland Protection Program Pour in from Ohio Farmers
  • Warming Streams Could Wipe Out Salmon, Trout
  • Wood-Chip Trenches Keep Nitrate Runoff in Check

Spring 2002

  • Riparian Tree Planting Tips
  • Evaluating Watershed Education Programs
  • Water Quality Monitoring Bill Proposed
  • Learning Is A Key To Effective Watershed Management

Winter 2001-2002

  • Aren't All Watershed Projects the Same?
  • EPA Program Based on False Information
  • Behind Every Good Stream Is a Volunteer
  • Livestock Waste Management Alternatives
  • Freshwater Mussels: Ohio Natives in Trouble
  • Do Drainage Ditches Behave Like Streams?

Fall 2001

  • Generating Participation in Watershed Planning
  • Stopping the Spread of Exotic Species in Ohio Waterways
  • Ohio's Scenic River Program: Protecting Our Most Pristine Waterways
  • State Fish Campaign Goes Full Circle
  • Get to Know the Core 4 Initiative!

July 2001

  • Removing Small Dams Results in River Restoration
  • Protecting Lakes with Watershed Techniques
  • Livestock and Water Quality
  • Resources to Investigate the Water Under Your Feet

April/May 2001

  • Building Effective Water Protection Groups
  • Study: Streams Vital in Removing Water Pollution
  • Watershed Management Techniques for the Waterman Farm
  • Streams: The Life Blood of the Land
  • The Benefits of Streamside Forests
  • Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico

March 2001

  • Changing Attitudes: The First Step Towards a Stream Stewardship Ethic
  • Is Your Lawn Polluting Ohio's Waters?
  • The Benefits of Streamside Forests
  • Total Maximum Daily Loads: Establishing Pollution Budgets for Ohio Streams and Lakes
  • Successful Organizations Foster Effective Volunteerism
  • Are Failing Septic Systems Affecting Your Watershed?

February 2001

  • Taking a Watershed Approach
  • Citizen Scientists: A Valuable Tool for the Professionals
  • Consider the Streams When Cutting the Trees
  • Dutch Dairy Water Quality Concerns in NW Ohio
  • Your Local Stream Needs You!
  • The Canary in the Coal Mine: Using Aquatic Life to Determine Stream Health

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