Conservation Crusader

01/31/2019

Love my peeps!

You can make a difference in the quality of our soil and waterways across the State of Ohio. Learn how.

01/31/2019

Soil Health Partnership has four years of data showing that cover crop adoption, reduced tillage, and advanced nutrient management pay off.

01/31/2019

GREAT NEWS ABOUT THE OVERWINTERING MONARCH COLONIES FROM MEXICO!

6.05 HECTARES OF OVERWINTERING MONARCH BUTTERFLIES!
1 hectare = 2.471 acre
6.05 X 2.471 = 14.94955 acres

Thanks to your efforts and the efforts of our neighboring states, the overwintering numbers for monarchs are up! This is a testament to your dedication and continued efforts to restore, enhance and create habitat across the state that has proven to help bolster this beautiful iconic species. There is still much work to do, many pollinating species need our continued assistance. Together, we can and will make a difference.

Keep up the awesome work, All you can - Where you can!
FYI! - Early numbers are in for the eastern population

MEXICO City.-Monarch butterflies established 14 colonies in the current period of hibernation in forests of Michoacán and the state of Mexico, with a total occupancy of 6.05 hectares (ha), which means an increase of 144% in relation to the monitoring of 2017-2018, The National commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP) and the Alliance WWF-Telmex Telcel Foundation, who emphasized that one of these colonies is new and was located in the Nevado de Toluca, reported. (The most monarchs in the Mexican overwintering colonies since the winter of 06/07.)

01/31/2019

World Wildlife Fund Mexico in collaboration with CONANP and the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR) announced the total forest area occupied by overwintering monarch colonies today. Fourteen…

01/23/2019

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Apple orchards surrounded by agricultural lands are visited by a less diverse collection of bee species than orchards surrounded by natural habitats,...

01/15/2019

Check out these superstars!

By Matt Reese The 2019 installment of the Ohio Cattlemen’s Association Annual Meeting and Awards Ban

01/11/2019

Rep. Dorothy Pelanda (R-Marysville) was nominated Thursday to serve as the next director of the Ohio

01/10/2019

This excites me! I love my family!

Monarchs & Your Yard, Native Plants & Climate Change & More!

01/09/2019

How EXCITING is this?

REDLANDS, Calif. -- Pollination Network, a mobile app that helps local farmers and growers find bees and beekeepers, launched this week in the Apple App...

01/04/2019

We might be able to save honeybees from viruses transmitted by invasive parasites without chemical treatment.

01/03/2019

Congrats! The Corcoran family has been strong soil and water advocates so this is great!

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Greg and Theresa Corcoran of Chillicothe have been appointed to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee for the...

12/20/2018

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Agricultural Council is accepting applications for two opportunities to recognize outstanding individuals in agriculture: the Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame...