News Releases and Downloads

2001- News Releases

• December 7 - Ohio Lake Erie Buffer Team Successfully Promotes Farm Conservation Efforts

2000- News Releases

• April - Governor Taft announces $201 million conservation partnership with U.S. Department of Agriculture to Protect lake Erie and its Northwest Ohio Watersheds
• April - Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur announces $167 million Headed to Northwest Ohio for Farmland Preservation and Conservation
• April - Farm Service Agency answers your questions regarding Ohio Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)

Downloads

The following documents require Adobe Acrobat.

What is a Buffer?  (1081 Kb)
Explanations of various conservation buffers

Conservation Buffers Work - Economically and Environmentally  (350 Kb)
USDA article that enlightens readers of the environmental and economic benefits of conservation buffers

The National Conservation Buffer Initiative- A Qualitative Evaluation  (211 Kb)
A study prepared by Applied Research Systems, Inc. that evaluates the national conservation buffer program as of February 1999

Ohio Lake Erie Buffer Office ~ 3900 Campus Drive Suite A ~ Lima, OH 45804

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Modified by Benjamin Marckel, January 2003