Progress 10/01/11 to 02/25/16
Outputs
Target Audience:
Nothing Reported
Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Project Director has retired from the University, no information to submit. This report is to close project.
Publications
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Progress 10/01/13 to 09/30/14
Outputs
Target Audience: Sugar Creek Watershed Target Audience--15 Upper Sugar Creek Farmer Partners have a learning circle that meets monthly in the non growing season. Guest speakers and topics are determined by the farmers. These farmers grow corn, soybeans, and usually have some livestock such as dairy cows or hogs. Average farm size is about 250 acres. Alpine Water Quality Trading Project Audience--25 farmers participating in Ohio's pioneer water quality trading program for the Alpine Cheese Company to fulfill its NPDES permit. Average farm size 80 acres. Muskingum Water Quality Trading Audience--farmers in the 21 county Muskingum Watershed in SE Ohio. These farmers grow some field crops and usually have some livestock such as dairy cows or hogs. Average farm size is about 150 acres for non Amish and Amish is usually 80-100 acres. USDA AFRI CAP grant "Climate change, mitigation, and adaptation in corn-based cropping systems" Audience--K-12 teachers in the Corn Belt, Graduate Students in the project (approximately 60). NSF grant "Linking watershed research and GK-12 education within an ecosystem context" Audience--4 graduate students, These graduate students go to 8 middle school and high school science classes of approximately 30 students each. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? 1. The NSF GK12 project has trained 4 graduate STEM students per year to help them in career development and teaching skills to reach a broader public. (the classes in which they are paired with a high school science teacher). This is the last year of "project sustainability" so the grant ends in June 2016. 2. The USDA NIFA Corn Cap grant had about 60 graduate students across the 11 institutions in the project. We had an on-line webinar for the students with experts from different objectives of the grant. Students were required to submit posters at the annual meeting in August. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? 1. The NSF GK12 modules are on-line so high school teachers can access them (http://oardc.osu.edu/gk12/t08_pageview/Home.htm). 2. The USDA NIFA Corn Cap grant Education Objective 6 presented a poster at the National Council for Science and the Environment meeting in January 2014 as well as the national conference for the grant in August 2014. Other materials from the grant are published in www.sustainablecorn.org. 3. I taught a course in early August at Stone Lab in Lake Erie on the topic of Climate Change and Corn Systems. 10 graduate students attended. The US House of Representatives hearing on water quality trading provided an opportunity to disseminate information about the Alpine Nutrient Trading Program. The hearing and written and oral testimony is available at :http://transportation.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=373351. 4. The Great Lakes Commission also provided a webinar forum on June 27th, 2014 to explain about the Alpine Nutrient Trading Program. 5. I participated in a panel at the American Anthropological Association meeting Nov.20-23, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. The panel title was "Future Science, Current Crisis: Turning Research into the Science Behind Policy" sponsored by the American Anthropological Association Executive Program Committee. During the talk Richard discussed our USDA CSCAP project among other topics. 6. In my capacity as Executive Director of the Environmental Sciences Network at OSU, I led the formation of a research group on the Discovery Theme (https://discovery.osu.edu/) topic Data Analytics of Climate Change and Lake Erie. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Continue with each of the projects listed under activities. Our NC1190 group will meet in June each year and we plan collective activities through as well. We hope to expand the water quality program to the other HUC 8 watersheds in the Muskingum Watershed (6 total). During this year we made progress on these new watershed plans (based on the Tuscarawas HUC 8 plan which I authored) which will be submitted by Holmes SWCD in the winter of 2015. We are hopeful that Ohio EPA will approve these in 2015.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1. The Alpine Water Quality Nutrient Trading Program entered it's second five year permit. As a national model, Richard Moore was invited to testify about the Alpine model at a hearing for the US House of Representatives. The farms that participated during the first permit (2007-2012) are continuing to participate in the second round. The major accomplishment has been a gradual expansion of the trading model from Alpine in the Sugar Creek Watershed (HUC 10 digit watershed) to the Muskingum Watershed HUC 8 Tuscarawas Watershed. The application for trading was approved by Ohio EPA. Initial applications for trading in the other five HUC8 watersheds in the Muskingum Watershed were submitted to Ohio EPA and were undergoing revisions. Negotiations with the Villages of Baltic, Rittman, and Guggisberg Cheese were also made. Nutrients Remediated: 7200# phosphorus and 14400# nitrogen 2. The Sugar Creek Farmer Partners planted cover crops as an experiment to follow-up with last year's talk by cover crop expert David Brandt. This farmer group also served as a focus group for the USDA NIFA Corn Cap grant and interviews about their corn production was included as part of that grant. Deana Hudgins did this as part of her extension appointment (0.25FTE) created through the grant. 3. As part of the USDA NIFA grant I mentored 4 undergraduate students through the OARDC ORIP summer intern program. These students recorded Amish and non Amish attitudes towards climate change in the Sugar Creek Watershed.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Vincent de Paul Obade, Rattan Lal, and Richard Moore. "Assessing the Accuracy of Soil and Water Quality Characterization Using Remote Sensing." Water Resources Management. Vol. 1, (Jan 2014): 1-19. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11269-014-0796-7.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Moore, Richard. The Role of Water Quality Trading in Achieving Clean Water Objectives. US House of Representatives Hearing. Oral and written testimony. March 25, 2014. http://transportation.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=373351.
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Progress 10/01/12 to 09/30/13
Outputs
Target Audience: Sugar Creek Watershed Target Audience--15 Upper Sugar Creek Farmer Partners have a learning circle that meets monthly in the non growing season. Guest speakers and topics are determined by the farmers. These farmers grow corn, soybeans, and usually have some livestock such as dairy cows or hogs. Average farm size is about 250 acres. Alpine Water Quality Trading Project Audience--25 farmers participating in Ohio's pioneer water quality trading program for the Alpine Cheese Company to fulfill its NPDES permit. Muskingum Water Quality Trading Audience--farmers in the 21 county Muskingum Watershed in SE Ohio. These farmers grow some field crops and usually have some livestock such as dairy cows or hogs. Average farm size is about 150 acres for non Amish and Amish is usually 80-100 acres. USDA AFRI CAP grant "Climate change, mitigation, and adaptation in corn-based cropping systems” Audience--K-12 teachers in the Corn Belt, Graduate Students in the project (approximately 60). NSF grant "Linking watershed research and GK-12 education within an ecosystem context" Audience--8 graduate students, 8 middle school and high school science classes of approximately 30 students each. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? 1. The NSF GK12 project has trained 8 graduate STEM students per year to help them in career development and teaching skills to reach a broader public. (the classes in which they are paired with a high school science teacher). 2. The USDA NIFA organic grant helped the Ph.D. student Jed Stinner prepare one chapter of his dissertation. 3. The USDA NIFA Corn Cap grant had about 60 graduate students How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? 1. The NSF GK12 modules are on-line so high school teachers can access them (http://oardc.osu.edu/gk12/t08_pageview/Home.htm). 2. On the USDA NIFA organic grant, project details and partial results were presented to Ohio State graduate students and faculty during Jed Stinner’s master’s thesis exit presentation for the Environmental Science Graduate Program (November 2012). Summer intern (OARDC ORIP) students presented project details and partial results during their exit presentations to peers and OARDC/Ohio State faculty. Farm results from previous year (2011) were handed back to all farmers . 3. The USDA NIFA Corn Cap grant Education Objective 6 presented a poster at the National Council for Science and the Environment meeting in January 2013 as well as the national conference for the grant in August 2013. Other materials from this grant are posted on-line at www.sustainablecorn.org. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Continue with each of the projects listed under activities. Our NC1190 group will meet in June each year and we plan collective activities through as well. We hope to expand the water quality program to the other HUC 8 watersheds in the Muskingum Watershed (6 total). We started with the Alpine project which was in the Sugar Creek Watershed which is part of the HUC8 Tuscarawas Watershed. So during this reporting period the Tuscarawas HUC 8 Water Quality Trading Plan was approved and we hope to get more HUC 8 watersheds approved by Ohio EPA in the upcoming reporting period.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1. The Alpine Water Quality Nutrient Trading Program entered it's 5th year having accomplished the goals of the company's NPDES permit. This constituted 2700 pounds of P reduction on 25 participating farms. Twice that amount of N reduction also occurred but the credits were not sold. This is a community based program that encourages local participation. 2. The Sugar Creek Farmer Partners met in January 2013 and continued their 13 year old learning circle by hosting David Brandt who has been a successful farmer advocate for cover crops. 3. On a USDA organic grant, we collected stream data comparing organic and conventional dairy farm headwater streams. During the summer of 2012, 25 sites (13 organic and 12 conventional) were reevaluated using the HHEI, biological indices, nutrient, and water chemistry as indicators. Additionally, streams originating on farms were sampled (25 organic and conventional combined) for the herbicides atrazine and glyphostate during a 2-day sampling period (end of June). Throughout the sampling season additional water samples were collected from a selected number of sites for herbicide analysis. 4 ORIP interns were hired during the summer of 2012 to conduct the research. They were trained by Ohio EPA to learn the HHEI evaluation process and received further training by our certified staff before they were allowed to conduct research. HHEI (habitat index) scores indicate a difference between organic and conventional dairy farms. Organic dairy farm streams had higher scores than conventional dairy farms when means were compared, 69.6 versus 61.1 respectively (P-value= 0.056).Although the data collected in 2012 showed that there was no statistical difference in macroinvertebrate communities between organic dairy farm streams and conventional dairy farms, the mean HMFEI (macroinvertebrate) scores separated the farm streams into different categories. Organic streams were on average Class III (high quality) and conventional streams were on average Class II. This trend (also seen in the 2010-2011 data) was stronger in 2012 than in the previous years. Out of the 25 streams originating on farms, glyphosate was found in 6 out of the 9 organic dairy farm streams and 4 out of the 16 conventional dairy farm streams. Atrazine was found in 3 out of the 16 conventional farms and was not found in organic stream sites.Atrazine was found, however, in an organic dairy farm stream that was downstream of a conventional farm. This site was selected to sample for herbicides to aid in determining potential impacts affecting biological communities of an organic dairy farm stream. Project details and partial results were presented to Ohio State graduate students and faculty during Jed Stinner’s master’s thesis exit presentation for the Environmental Science Graduate Program (November 2012). ORIP students presented project details and partial results during their exit presentations to peers and OARDC/Ohio State faculty (August 2012). Farm results from previous year (2011) were handed back to all farmers (June-August 2012).Partial results were presented at International Forest Insect Research Advisory Workshop in Breckenridge, Colorado (January 2012).
Publications
- Type:
Book Chapters
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Toman, E. and Moore, R. "Human dimensions of climate change adaptation: Factors that influence behaviours." In Climate change and food security in West Asia and North Africa. Mannava Sivakumar, Rattan Lal, Ramasamy Selvaraju, Ibrahim Hamdan, (Eds). Springer Publishing.
- Type:
Book Chapters
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Moore, R. Preserving Soybean Biodiversity in Japan: Reconsidering GMO, Pesticide-Free, Low Input, and Organic. In Seeds of Resistance/Seeds of Hope: Place and Agency in the Conservation of Biodiversity. (Edited by Virginia
- Type:
Book Chapters
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Hitzhusen, G.E.; Fick, G.W.; Moore, R. 2013. Chapter 12: Theological and Religious Approaches to Soil Stewardship. In Principles of Sustainable Soil Management in Agroecosystems Edited by Rattan Lal and Pp.285-302. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Yurugi, T. , Donnermeyer, J., Moore, R. Komyuniti (Kyodotai) wo shiten toshita Amerika Amishu to Nihon no Sonraku Shakai no Hikaku ni yoru Kyosatsu (Considerations on a Comparison of American Amish and Japanese Village Society Focusing on Community (Kyodotai). Shakai Undo (Social Movement) Vol.400 (2013.7): 46-51,Vol.400 (2013.8) 47-52 (2 parts).
- Type:
Book Chapters
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Moore, R. Reaching the Potential of Water-Quality Trading. In NAB24 Report: Water Sustainability in Agriculture. http://nabc.cals.cornell.edu/pubs/pubs_reports.cfm.
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Progress 10/01/11 to 09/30/12
Outputs
Target Audience:
Nothing Reported
Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Not active in this project until 04/2013
Publications
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