![]() Natural Resources Conservation Service LEBANON SERVICE CENTER 777 COLUMBUS AVE STE 3A LEBANON, OH 45036-1682 (513) 282-2957 Program Contact: Beth Lessick District Conservationist Phone: 513-282-2955 Email: Elizabeth.Lessick@oh.usda.gov The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced Friday, October 19, 2018, as the deadline to submit applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) in Ohio. EQIP is a voluntary conservation program which helps producers make conservation work for them. Together, NRCS and producers invest in solutions that conserve natural resources for the future while also improving agricultural operations. Through EQIP, NRCS provides agricultural producers with financial resources and one-on-one help to plan and implement improvements, or what NRCS calls conservation practices. Using these practices can lead to cleaner water and air, healthier soil and better wildlife habitat, all while improving agricultural operations. Through EQIP, you can voluntarily implement conservation practices, and NRCS co-invests in these practices with you. Financial assistance is now available in a variety of agricultural categories such as cropland, forestry, pasture operations, and organic. Several special projects are also available which address water quality, forestry management, improving pollinator populations, applying best management practices and many more. All available agricultural categories are listed on the Ohio NRCS website under “EQIP Application Deadlines.” To participate in USDA conservation programs, applicants should be farmers or farm or forest landowners and must meet eligibility criteria. Applications signed and submitted to NRCS by the October 19 deadline will be evaluated for fiscal year 2019 funding. To learn more about EQIP or other technical and financial assistance available through NRCS conservation programs, visit Get Started with NRCS or visit your local USDA Service Center. Web: www.oh.nrcs.usda.gov
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“In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand and we will understand only what we are taught.”― Baba Dioum Great Outdoor Weekend is a chance for people of all ages to experience the best outdoor recreation and nature awareness programs in our area. This event is held the last weekend of September each year and over 100 events are hosted! Warren County, 'Ohio's Largest Playground' has wonderful opportunities to experience the Great Outdoors this weekend. Registered events include: Warren County Park District is also full of amazing parks to go spend quality time outside! Select a Park
For additional Great Outdoor Weekend events in surrounding areas, visit http://meetmeoutdoors.org/greatoutdoorweekend/
August 18, 2018 is National Honey Bee Day! National Honey Bee Day is an awareness day for the bees, started in 2009 by beekeepers of the United States to promote and educate the public about the bee industry. Bees play a very important role in our life,producing honey, and pollinating a large varieties of plants. They pollinate almost all crops and trees, thus we may enjoy different vegetables and fruits. HOW TO OBSERVE
Click here to learn more about local beekeepers! Want to help the bees in your yard? Plant a bee garden! By planting a bee garden, you too can do your part to help the bees by adding to the shrinking inventory of flower-rich habitat in your area. In return, the bees will pollinate your flowers, providing a bountiful harvest of fruits, seeds and vegetables as well as the joy of watching them up close.
Click here for some helpful tips to keep in mind as you grow your bee garden! Ohio mobile bat acoustic surveys have taken place since 2011 and currently consist of 42 routes in 41 counties. Surveys began after white-nose syndrome (WNS) was discovered in a hibernaculum in Lawrence County, Ohio. This disease has killed an estimated six million bats in the United States and Canada since 2007 (USFWS, 2012). The goal of this project was to non-invasively monitor the summer bat populations in Ohio and determine the negative effects (e.g. population declines and loss of species diversity) that WNS may be having statewide. Because bats are the primary predator of night-flying insects, they are incredibly important to the ecosystem and for agriculture by reducing pesticide loads and crop damage. Bats are estimated to save around $3.7 billion dollars each year for the agriculture industry. Mobile bat acoustic surveys allow the Division of Wildlife to determine if winter declines are consistent in the summer populations. Survey results are compared annually to monitor changes in bat abundance along each route. (Read full report here)
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