2018 Farm Outlook

2018 Logan County Farm Outlook Magazine LINCOLN DAILY NEWS Oct. 25, 2018 Page 41 O n Saturday, October 20th, 2018, Lincoln College hosted a free workshop “Solutions for Soil.” The event was held at Creekside. Creekside is also known as Lincoln Colleges’ Outdoor Environmental Learning Center. Sugar Creek runs along the backside of the property. The center is recognized by the scientific community for its biological diversity and geological significance. The workshop was a joint project of Lincoln College, the Cardno Native Plant Nursery, Logan County Soil and Water Conservation Agency, and the Logan County Natural Resource Conservation Service. Dr. Pam Moriarty of Creekside opened the day by welcoming everyone and saying, “The goal of the workshop is to share what are feasible solutions to soil erosion.” She introduced Eric Anderson and Angie Richter from the Cardno Company, who would talk about their soil erosion management program. The Cardno Company helps municipalities, state and federal government, private property owners, developers, and contractors with stream bank erosion projects. They do remarkable erosion control planting, design and implementation work that provides environmental protection of soil up to the next 10 to 20 years. The company provides such treatments as native planting and seeding restoration. They channel creeks and treat erosion shoreline. They also take care of problems with evasive control, modeling, and slope protection. Eight years ago the Cardno Company helped select the seed for Creekside’s one acre tall grass prairie. Dr. Campbell said, “I bought plants to do the bioswale that holds water till it soaks in. Creekside depended on these plants.” Creekside presents soil preservation workshop By Catherine Carkulis CONTINUED