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Prof Develops Guide to Help Reduce Water Problems
August 7, 2007
With cottage season in full swing, farmers, landowners and vacationers alike continue to have concerns about water quality along the Great Lakes. A professor from OAC's School of Environmental Design & Rural Development is working to break down misunderstandings between these groups and to encourage land stewardship.
Prof. Wayne Caldwell is developing a handbook to prompt landowners to take responsibility for their own contributions to water-quality problems.The Rural Landowner Stewardship Guide will help landowners identify approaches to environmental issues on their property so they can reduce contamination.
The guide is based on Caldwell's studies of water quality issues in Huron county. He has incorporated feedback that he received at meetings and workshops throughout the region about what problems people are encountering, where they think they are coming from and what they can do to help.
