An Ohio farm family uses a novel technique to keep rain from eroding grassed waterways: They cover them with blankets. These are not ordinary blankets, to be sure, but 16'-wide straw blankets ...

As our waterway construction season has come to an end for 2016, it is time to reflect and look forward to the future. It was a very productive waterway season for Defiance SWCD. We completed designs ...

PAULDING — The Paulding Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) aids landowners on a variety of best management practices (BMPs) that aid in the preservation of our soil and water resources.

Cost share funds allow for construction of grassed waterways, sediment traps, lake shore protection, riparian area management and buffer strips along impaired water bodies. Soil Health Improvement and ...

GOODHUE, Minn. — Sinkholes, grassed waterways and feedlot fixes were among the conservation projects highlighted during a 21⁄2-hour tour of three Goodhue County watersheds on a cold, rainy afternoon ...