Originally scheduled for March, Ashland SWCD’s spring rain barrel workshop at Honey Haven Farm had to be rescheduled because of COVID-19 group gathering restrictions it had to be postponed. But now, plans are underway to reschedule the workshop for June at Honey Haven Farm.
Read MoreIt’s the National Association of Conservation District’s Stewardship week! Urban & Education Specialist Becca Vales shares more about why pollinators are important and what you can do to help them out!
Read MoreIf we’ve learned anything over the last year, it’s that Ohio’s rain events are becoming more unpredictable, more intense, and more frequent. Urban & Education Specialist Becca Vales shares some of the new programs Ashland SWCD is undertaking to help urban residents tackle their stormwater challenges.
Read MoreSpring has sprung, and Ashland SWCD District Technician and Watershed Coordinator Erica White shares all the tools available through Ashland SWCD to help you crush your goals for #Plant20.
Read MoreAshland SWCD is giving away over 600 tree seedlings to Ashland County students for Arbor Day 2020! Click to learn more!
Read MoreDoes watershed planning really matter? District Program Administrator Jane Houin shares more about why you should care about watershed planning in the Lang Creek watershed and invites you to our final community planning meeting on April 10 at 1 p.m.
Read MoreThe Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts named Ashland SWCD as their District of the Year at their 2020 Annual Meeting in Columbus, Ohio
Read MoreToday, the Ashland Soil & Water Conservation District in Ashland, Ohio announced it was awarded an urban agriculture conservation grant through a partnership with the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to boost technical capacity nationwide.
Read MoreAs 2019 winds to a close and holiday celebrations bring joy and smiles to faces, it’s a great opportunity to stop and reflect on the challenges and successes 2019 brought our way.
But perhaps more importantly, it’s a chance to look forward to 2020 and start thinking about the resolutions that can make it even better.
Read MoreSpring will be here before you know it, and 2020 is already starting out WET! Learn more about how Ashland SWCD can help you plan ahead to make the most out of this spring!
Read MoreAshland Soil & Water Conservation District has sent their tree order form in our cooperator’s newsletter. We are selling bare rooted transplants and bare rooted seedlings. The seedling is a smaller plant than a transplant. Transplants are a tree seedling that has been removed from their seedbed and planted so they have room to grow. Our transplants have been allowed to grow for two years in this environment.
Read MoreToday’s agricultural industry is dramatically different than it was 75 years ago when Ashland Soil and Water Conservation District was founded, and farmers are facing a whole new set of challenges when it comes to protecting our state’s water quality. That’s why the soil and water district is offering new, high-tech computer modeling tools to help Ashland County farmers face those challenges and make the right choices when it comes to nutrient management.
Read MoreREYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (Dec. 10, 2019) – The Ohio Department of Agriculture’s (ODA) Division of Soil and Water Conservation is making farmers aware of funding available through the Lake Erie Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP).
CREP is the country’s largest private-land conservation program.
Read MoreAs 2019 winds to a close and holiday celebrations bring joy and smiles to faces, it’s a great opportunity to stop and reflect on the challenges and successes 2019 brought our way. But perhaps more importantly, it’s a change to look forward to 2020 and start thinking about the resolutions that can make 2020 even better.
If you think back to this time last year, you were probably wondering if the rains would ever stop. And the answer was yes—but not until June and July when the spigot shut off in a hurry.
Read MoreThe first snow of the season has fallen and winter is right around the corner, now is the perfect time to start thinking about the 2020 crop season. With some producers still in the process of harvest, maybe you’re wondering if you made the right management decisions? Did you apply your nitrogen at the right time and rate? Did you make that manure application and account for all the nutrients? It’s time to start thinking of ways to manage these nutrients for the best return on investment all while conserving our resources. Ashland SWCD has ways to help you in the 2020 crop season.
Read MoreOhio’s water quality has been one of the top news stories of 2019. That’s why Ashland Soil and Water District is working to equip farmers with the technology and tools they need to reduce nutrient runoff in turn improving water quality.
Ashland SWCD is partnering with Ohio State University to provide Ashland County farmers free access to On-Field Ohio!, a modeling tool that measures the risk of phosphorus runoff and erosion in individual fields.
Read MoreRecent extreme weather events have created difficulties for many Ohio farmers. Many fields were left unplanted, and many of the fields that were planted suffered drown outs, yield losses and delayed harvests as farmers waited for crops to reach maturity. That is why Ashland, Holmes, Richland and Wayne Soil and Water Conservation Districts and Farm Bureaus are working together to help farmers create a plan for these extreme weather events.
Extreme Farming: Farm Planning for Extreme Weather will be held at The Ohio Theatre in Loudonville on December 16 at 5:30 p.m.
Read MoreLang Creek is the most degraded and most at-risk of the waters in Ashland County’s Jerome Fork watershed. That’s why Ashland Soil and Water Conservation District has targeted the watershed for the development of a nine-element watershed plan – but they need community input to do so.
Ashland Soil and Water Conservation District and Ashland Chamber of Commerce are inviting constituents to provide input on the local water quality needs beginning with the Lang Creek watershed at the Ag Community Breakfast. The breakfast will be November 26 at 7:30 a.m. in the Brethren Care Village Community Wellness Center. The meeting is a free event open to all and…
Read MoreAshland Soil and Water Conservation District is recruiting citizens of Ashland County as volunteers.
Ashland SWCD owns Hazel Willis Woods, a 40 acre woodlot, in Mifflin Township. The woods was given to the District by Walter Willis in memory of his wife, Hazel. We need volunteers to help maintain the trails, loop road, spring, water bars and main driveway.
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