A multi-state conservation project received nearly $8 million to improve soil health and water quality and support landowners in the Western Lake Erie Basin.
These funds from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service are part of a Regional Conservation Partnership Program.
Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director Bruce Kettler says the goal is “to reduce the dissolvable phosphorus that gets into our rivers and waterways that lead into Lake Erie and then also reduce sediment loading of sediment that comes off fields that would get into our waterways and go into Lake Erie.”
Audio: Bruce Kettler, Indiana
And, Michigan Agriculture Department Director Gary McDowell says the efforts to reduce phosphorus loading in Lake Erie by 40 percent by 2025 are on track.
