Honey Creek Targeted Watershed Grant

The Honey Creek Targeted Watershed Grant is funded by US EPA and administered by the National Center for Water Quality Reseach, Heidelberg College.

Project Start Date: January 2008  

Project End Date: December 2012

The Targeted Watershed Grant has two components: 1) Working toward the reduction of phosphorus and nitrogen through incentive programs and 2) Biological Studies in Maintained Drainage Ditches of the Sandusky Watershed.  A Fact Sheet with the general background on the program is available by clicking on the link titled Honey Creek/Sandusky River Target Watershed Project.

As part of the Incentive Program to reduce Nitrogen and Phosphorus a Targeted Watershed Grant Technician was hired by Seneca Soil and Water Conservation District.  Bret Margraf was hired as the Targeted Watershed Grant Technician to provide assistance to farmers of the Honey Creek watershed in Crawford, Huron and Seneca County to understand the program and Best Management Practices for reducing Nitrogen and Phosphorus.  For more information contact Bret Margraf at (419) 447-7073 or your local Soil and Water Conservation Office.  A Fact Sheet on the Incentive Programs is available by clicking the link to the Honey Creek Target Watershed Grant #6.

The Biological Studies in Maintained Drainage Ditches is to study the responses of Fish and Aquatic Invertebrates in Agricultural Ditches to BMP's on the Land.  Click on the Fact Sheet entitled Water Quality Improvement through Adaptive Management #4 for more information.  Monitoring of selected Maintained Ditches will be occurring twice a year within the watershed under the direction of Dr. Ken Kreiger of the National Center for Water Quality Research.