Announcements and Recent Updates

Ohio Watershed Academy 2010 - Register Now!

We are now accepting registrations for the 2010 Ohio Watershed Academy. The first meeting is March 16 in Columbus. For more information about the Ohio Watershed Academy, go to http://production.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/apps/courses/cfaes/mod/resource/view.php?id=1128.

Register now: http://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/owa/registration/

Buckeye Basins

The Winter 2009 issue of the Buckeye Basins newsletter is now available. Click here to check it out.

Raising Funds for Watersheds: Learning from Others, Learning from Ourselves

As you're probably already well-aware, watershed management can be expensive. This makes fundraising a critical, and yet often difficult and poorly understood, part of watershed management. In light of this, we invite you to join others in sharing an account of a fundraising effort you played a part in. We hope to capture some of the collective wisdom that's been gained through both successes and failures. Please follow the link below to give a brief (approximately 10-minute), instructive account of this effort. Instructive accounts are not always "success stories" in the traditional sense, but rather stories that teach us something helpful. Your participation will be anonymous unless you choose otherwise. Please restrict your story to a fundraising effort that was not related to grant fund-seeking. Complete the survey...

Primer on Climate Change and Implications for Land Use and Watershed Management

New presenations on climate change and implications for watershed professionals. View Material...

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A Plane View of the Landscape: How Aerial Photography Can Enhance Ohio Watersheds

Read more to find out how the aerial perspective has assisted land management efforts, and explore the possibility of using it in your watershed...

When the Rain Falls at Honda: Storm Water BMP in the Darby Creek Watershed

This short article presents a tour of Honda's storm water management initiatives in the Darby Creek watershed. Honda's facility is in a strategic location with much of the water from their 8,200 acre campus draining into the Flat Branch and, eventually, the Big Darby Creek. Read more to learn about these initiates...

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