Currently Proposed Programs
Intensive Grazing
This program will establish 80 acres of demonstration plots to educate landowners regarding the
cost effectiveness, time savings, and environmental benefits of intensive grazing on land
returning to production from existing CRP land. "Intensive grazing" includes implementation of
the following practices: improvement of seeding, rotation of animals daily and weekly, livestock
diversity, and supplemental feeding.
Results
The program's start up is pending written approval and receipt of funding from 1996 Ohio EPA
319 grant application.
Wetlands Restoration
This program will establish five acres of restored wetlands on agricultural land to demonstrate
effectiveness of wetlands to improve water quality from agricultural runoff, and promote
participation in the Wetland Reserve Program.
Results
The program's start up is pending written approval and receipt of funding from 1996 Ohio EPA
319 grant application.
Sinkhole Demonstration
This program will demonstrate the use of 12 acres of grassed filter strips, 2,500 linear feet
of surface water diversions, and 1,000 linear feet of livestock exclusion on ten high priority
sinkholes to protect groundwater within the Indian Lake Watershed. Best Management Practices
will also include sealing of sinkholes and monitoring well heads at home sites to document
improvements.
Results
The program's start up is pending written approval and receipt of funding from 1996 Ohio EPA
319 grant application.
Filter Strips/Livestock Exclusion
Establish 15 acres of woodland filter strips to increase woodland corridor areas in the Indian
Lake Watershed to improve water quality, install 3,000 linear feet of permanent fence to
exclude livestock from critically eroding streambank and monitor water quality improvements.
Results
The program's start up is pending written approval and receipt of funding from 1996 Ohio EPA
319 grant application.
Lawn Care Program
The goal of this program is to improve nutrient and pesticide application practices on
residential turf by implementing an education/outreach program targeting watershed residents
and lawn care professionals.
Results
The program's start-up is pending written approval and receipt of funding from 1996 Ohio EPA
319 grant application.
NatureWorks
The goal of this project is to reduce the degradation of Indian Lake from non-point source
pollution. This goal will be achieved by providing incentives and education promoting the
adoption of BMPs by landowners, area residents and lake users. Also, lake shore erosion and
the reduction of nutrients entering the lake are objectives addressed by this grant. To
accomplish these tasks, the grant promotes the use of "green" stabilization techniques as well
as applying BMPs to streambanks and the lake shore to control erosion. Also, sediment
reduction will occur by fencing livestock away from streams and providing stone crossings.
Also, to reduce nutrients entering the lake a demonstration dry manure storage facility will be
constructed to store up to 9900 cubic feet of manure. BMPs to be used under this program are:
 | 1,500 linear feet of five strand livestock exclusion fencing |
| Two stone lined livestock stream crossings |
| 19,900 cubic feet dry manure storage unit for one manure management system |
| 1,000 linear feet shoreline stabilization * |
| Ohio Department of Natural Resources
(ODNR) |
| Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) |
| U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) |
* 500 linear feet willow postings; 250 linear feet willow postings and
geotextile logs; 200 linear feet dwarf willows, wattles and packing; 50 linear feet
bunker structures.
Results
The proposed program's start up is pending written approval and receipt of funding from the
1996 NatureWorks grant money appropriated for Ohio Canal Lakes.
Ohio Environmental Education Fund (OEEF-Ohio EPA)
The purpose of this grant is to educate the next generation regarding the benefits of protecting
Indian Lake and the watershed as a valuable natural resource. This is vital to ensure the
long-term success of the Indian Lake Watershed Project and health of Indian Lake. The proposed
project will remedy a significant deficiency of environmental curricula, teacher environmental
training, equipment and outdoor education opportunities necessary to conduct a comprehensive
approach to environmental education in Logan County. There will be six primary objectives
achieved: planning and conducting three teacher in-services on water quality monitoring and
related concepts; development of curriculum guides for first grade, fourth grade Ohio history
and high school college prep classes; provide quality educational field experiences at stream
sites, Indian Lake and Indian Lake State Park; project promotion, evaluation, and coordination.
The activities necessary to achieve these objectives will be completed by a qualified team of
educators and agency personnel during summer of 1996 and the 1996-97 school year. To assess
the impact of the proposed project, instruments will be developed to facilitate evaluation
including: a teacher involvement survey distributed to 400 teachers, pre- and post-tests to
correspond with curriculum guides, report grading criteria for high school students, and three
teachers' meetings will be held quarterly for feedback from participants.
Results
The proposed program's start up is pending written approval and receipt of funding from the
OEEF application committee.
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