Three Ohio farm families in the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Network are proactively applying innovative and standard conservation practices in the Western Lake Erie Basin.

USDA is working with landowners, agricultural groups, and community leaders to restore and protect the Great Lakes.  Protecting Lake Erie Article

Ohio farmers are making positive impacts to water quality in the WLEB. Report shows applied conservation practices reduce sediment losses from fields by an estimated 80% and reduce the amount of sediment being delivered to Lake Erie by an estimated 40%.

Mike has always had a love of the land and wants his farm to be efficient, clean, and sustainable.

Over 70 percent of Ohio drains into the Ohio River, which meets up with the Mississippi River, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. A water quality monitoring station in the Mississippi River Basin provides data and analysis of the water sampled. It’s all connected.