By: Patrick Troyer, Paulding SWCD In a matter of minutes, one rainstorm can undo thousands of years of hard work of building a fertile soil surface and carry it away. What are we talking about? Soil erosion of course! Soil is a precious natural resource that we rely upon every single day to grow the…
By: Patrick Troyer, Education Specialist Fourth grade students at Oakwood Elementary have built upon their knowledge of erosion, weathering, deposition, and pollution via two presentations recently. First, students learned about the changing landscape of the Earth and the forces such as erosion, deposition, and weathering that work together to either construct or transform our environment…
This past Friday and Saturday there was a large windstorm passing through the region with high wind gusts. This happens quite frequently in the winter with snow and will even fill in the ditches with the pretty white stuff. This time it happened when the temperatures were hitting 50+ degrees, where the ground was bare…
