Farmer's Corner: Agricultural Conservation
Farm with Grit
Are you ready for Best Management Practices that can unlock value from your land while keeping waterways clean? From windbreaks to manure management, check out the simple guides to conservation put together by a public-private partnership!
Click here for more information.
Are you ready for Best Management Practices that can unlock value from your land while keeping waterways clean? From windbreaks to manure management, check out the simple guides to conservation put together by a public-private partnership!
Click here for more information.
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Do you farm in the Heilman Ditch Watershed of Swan Creek?
Want to try cover crops or a drainage water management structure? Give the office a call! The Lucas SWCD has received funding to cost-share projects in this area! Click here to enter your farm address and see if you're within the eligible watershed, and click here to download the contract. (Not in this area? Check out USDA-NRCS cost-share programs here.) 
Grant eligibility area (click to search by address.)
Protect yourself & Lake Erie! Know the Senate Bill 1 application rules.
New rules are in effect for farmers in the Western Lake Erie Basin. Click here to read the rules that are now state law, and here for the 48-hour weather forecast that limits when it is legal to spread fertilizer or manure. If you have questions or if you believe there has been a violation of Senate Bill 1, please call the Lucas SWCD office. 
New rules across the Western Lake Erie Basin
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