

Why Test Your Well Water?
Safe drinking water is important to your health. Testing your private well's water quality on a regular basis is necessary to maintain a...


Fall Tips for a Healthy Lawn and Clean Water
Fall garden care and stormwater


Turtles of Butler County
It’s that time of year when we can see turtles basking in the sun. If you have a pond, or hike at a wetland area such as Gilmore Ponds...


Winterizing your rain barrel
Now that its getting cold out and your garden is going dormant, it's time to winterize your rain barrel. You don't want the water in it...


Watershed Planning in Butler County
Watersheds are considered an area of land that drains into a common body of water. They can be as small as your property draining into a...

Plastic Water
A recent National Geographic article had a great quote: "If plastic had been invented when the Pilgrims sailed from Plymouth, England, to...


Why is my creek a strange color?
We are taught growing up that water is blue, but some rivers are black, brown, emerald blue, green, or even blue-green. So what gives...