Program Locations Ohio MSEA Program Locations Ohio MSEA activities occur at plot, field, demonstration farm, and watershed scales.
Research sites evaluate farming systems and their impacts on water resources quality.
Demonstration farms serve as field teaching laboratories to teach farmers how different agricultural management practices can be economically profitable. Plot, field and farm research results are used to model watershed processes and develop expert systems. Watershed Research Research on socio-economic issues, downstream economic impacts of discharges from agricultural fields, and the development of watershed decision aids is being conducted in the Darby Creek, Maumee River, Sandusky River, and Scioto River watersheds. A permanent constructed wetland is recharged with agricultural runoff from cropland areas. Water is collected through the wetland and stored in a reservoir for later use as subirrigation water supply.