Non-point Source What you can to to keep our water clean. Water pollution brochure (PDF) produced by FACT & MORPC.
Protecting Your Stream How to provide stewardship as a streamside landowner. Courtesy of Franklin Soil & Water Conservation District, Natural Resource Conservation Service.
Rain Gardens for Homeowners "Protecting our water, one garden at a time."
CORGI website - Central Ohio Rain Garden Initiative.
American Beauties (TM) courtesy of the National Wildlife Federation. Find the perfect native plant for your backyard.
Start Composting (4 page document)
Compost: Truth or Consequences. 15-minute video teaches the science behind the solutions. Using a quiz show format to present common questions, it shows home composters learning how to provide the right conditions for composting without problems. By: Cornell Waste Management Institute,1998.
Create a Backyard Wetland.
Make a home
for Birds, Butterflies and other Nature's Creatures.
Only Rain Down the Drain . Courtesy of Franklin County Soil and Water Conservation District
Wildlife & Wildlife Management access to Ohio Dept Natural Resources. Featuring links for urban landscaping, planting trees & shrubs, wetland & woodland habitat management, and more.
Fight Invasive Plants
Removing Invasive Honeysuckle by ODNR, Division of Wildlife. Bush honeysuckle, an invasive plant that can threaten wildlife habitat, stands out in the understory of forests as the first shrubs to leaf out in the spring and the last to lose leaves in the fall. See the 5 minute video for easy methods of removal.
Invasive Alien Species: Impacts to Fish and Wildlife in Ohio (4-page color brochure).
Reduce Runoff: Slow It Down, Spread It Out, Soak It In (Washington, D.C. – Jan. 15, 2009) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Botanic Garden produced this on-line video that highlights green techniques such as rain gardens, green roofs and rain barrels to help manage stormwater runoff. More information on stormwater management.