Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director Mary Mertz announced today that $5 million in H2Ohio grant funding will be directed to 13 wetland projects in 11 counties to help improve water quality in the Ohio River Basin. “We are excited to continue the...
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) is teaching the next generation to take care of one of our most precious resources – water. Students from the Wildlife and Sustainability Career Technical program at the Aerospace and Natural Science Academy of Toledo contributed to one of Governor...
As a part of Governor Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio initiative, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Director Mary Mertz officially dedicated the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Wetland Reconnection project. “Each wetland that the H2Ohio initiative enhances or reconstructs is another step toward...
Farmers enrolled in Governor Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio initiative are using innovative solutions to plant overwintering cover crops before Nov. 1, 2021. Due to a late harvest and adverse weather conditions, the Ohio Department of Agriculture extended the deadline for planting overwintering cover crops...
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced that 800 producers in the 10-county H2Ohio expansion area of the Western Lake Erie Basin have enrolled 600,000 additional acres in the program. These applications represent nearly $11.5 million in H2Ohio practice incentives and approximately 36 percent of...
As a part of Governor Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio initiative, frequently flooded farmland has been transformed into nutrient-reducing wetland in Crawford County. Today, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) cut the ribbon at the Sandusky Headwaters Preserve Wetland and Habitat Restoration....
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio EPA Director Laurie A. Stevenson announced today that $3.7 million in H2Ohio grants will go to several local communities to help improve drinking water quality and to repair or replace aging water and wastewater infrastructure. “Many of these systems have...
Due to a late harvest and adverse weather conditions, the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is extending the 2021 H2Ohio Program deadline for planting overwintering cover crops, including those following small grains, and manure incorporation. H2Ohio producers enrolled in any of the 24-county...
The Ohio Department of Natural Resource’s (ODNR) H2Ohio wetland grant program offers funding to municipalities, non-profits, and government entities for wetland restoration projects focused on water quality improvement. Projects can include, but are not limited to, the restoration and enhancement...
As a part of Governor Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio initiative, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has broken ground on the Tipp City Off-Channel Wetland project in Troy. “With every wetland, we are improving water quality for Ohioans,” said Governor Mike DeWine. “We’ve taken an...
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