Awardee Name
Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Soil and Water Resources
Grant Type
State
Project Title
Farm Science Review Alternative Ditch Design
Awardee State/Territory
Ohio
Involved States/territories
Ohio
Award Year
2012
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$67,187.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Resource Concern (Broad)
Water
Soil
Resource Concern (Specific)
Water Quality
Field sediment, nutrient and pathogen loss
Erosion
Bank erosion from streams, shorelines or water conveyance channels
Conservation Practice(s)
Open Channel
Project Background
Demonstrate alternative drainage techniques by creating a pilot project to educate farmers about using both two-stage ditch and over-wide ditch floodplain approaches to reduce nutrient and sediment exports.
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No