2001 - Green Country Watershed Education: The project targets two of the most valuable watersheds in Green Country, the northeast portion of Oklahoma. These are Spavinaw Creek, which feeds into Lake Eucha, a drinking water source for the city of Tulsa, and the Illinois River, Oklahoma?s first Scenic River. Major stakeholders in the project include Cherokee Nation, City of Tulsa, Oklahoma Conservation Commission, Natural Resource Conservation Service, and the Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission.
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Environmental Programs for Educators: If you are a teacher or other professional educator, click here to take a look at a list of environmental programs available to you through OCES. You just might be surprised at how much we can add to your classroom or your club meeting.

Stillwater Creek Watershed Education: Focused on Stillwater Creek in Payne and Noble counties in Oklahoma, this project is oriented toward prevention of nonpoint source pollution. A survey will be used to assess attitudes of area residents and to help focus project activities. Initial efforts will target erosion control measures, in cooperation with City of Stillwater officials, as well as soil testing and nutrient management with both the rural and urban audiences.

Stillwater Creek Watershed Rural Roads Study: This scientific investigation will assess erosion on unpaved roads in Payne County, OK. Although it is the number one nonpoint source pollutant nationwide, the amount of sediment in runoff from rural roads has not been well documented. This study will install roadside troughs to catch post-rainfall samples for quantitative analysis of sediment content.

1990 - Battle Branch Creek Hydrologic Unit Area Project:  operated from 1990 through 1999 in Delaware County, Oklahoma to address nonpoint source pollution in Battle Creek, a tributary to the Illinois River. It was sponsored by OSU Cooperative Extension, NRCS, and FSA.
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1990 - Peacheater Creek Hydrologic Unit Area Project: operated in Adair County, OK to address nonpoint source pollution in Peacheater Creek, a tributary to the Illinois River. It is the site of a Section 319 National Monitoring Program.
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1992 - Education Support for Illinois River 319 NPS Management Program: effort to remedy water quality impairment due to NPS pollution, habitat degradation, and a poorly informed public
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1992 - Educational Support for Implementation of Agricultural BMPs in Southwestern Oklahoma: This 319 project educated cotton, wheat, peanuts, and dairy producers on BMPs to protect water quality from nutrients, pesticides, sediment, and bacteria. The project targeted the Lake Creek, Canadian Laterals, and Whiskey Creek watersheds.
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1992 - Swine Waste Management Education: Hog production increased astronomically in southeast Oklahoma during the 1990s. This project was designed to prevent pollution by educating swine farmers to become manure resource managers.
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1994 - Farm & Ranch Wellhead and Ground Water Assessement - Pilot Program: provided rural home owners with education and assessement tools for protection of wellhead areas and prevention of groundwater contamination
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1994 - Management Program for Riparian Wetlands to Protect Water Quality: multi-agency, interdisciplinary team reviewed and developed educational materials to help promote importance and protection of riparian areas
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1994 - Poteau River Comprehensive Watershed Management Program: education program for Lake Wister watershed in southeast Oklahoma, including a locally-led project steering committee, agricultural producers, youth, and the general public
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1994 - Technical Assistance for Establishment and Maintenance of Riparian Corridors: sought to establish technical guidelines for riparian protection measures, analyze the impact of riparian management alternatives, and develop fact sheets and brochures on riparian protection measures
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1994 - Technical Assistance to Improve the Quality of Ground Water- Surface Water Interactions: educational program to foster behavioral changes among landowners and land users that improve and protect water quality, including implementation of Best Management Practices
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1995 - Small Farms Livestock Pollution Prevention: used record keeping as an overarching BMP to control pollution. A number of demonstration farms reinforced the positive effects of non-regulatory pollution control measures. The project focused on small dairies, broiler and horse farms.
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1996 - Capture & Recyle Technology for Pollution Prevention in the Nursery Industry: developed and tested re-use of irrigation water; includes discussion of plant disease detection and prevention
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1996 - Illinois River Education Program (continuation): concentrated education effort to get pollution control information into the hands of the general public
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1997 - Demonstration of Best Management Practices in the Salt Fork Watershed: demonstrated agricultural production BMPs in the watershed above the Great Salt Plains Wildlife Refuge, concentrated primarily in Alfalfa and Woods counties. The project was funded by EPA, OSU, and the Oklahoma Conservation Commission.
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1997 - Environmentally Sound Grazing System for Utilization of Nutrients from Poultry Litter: evaluated Best Management Practices to protect water quality under intensive poultry litter-based forage production and grazing systems
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1997 - Watershed Protection through Manure Marketing (Pilot Program): provided stimulus to the relatively untapped market for agricultural wastes in eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas. A major accomplishment was combining the litter hotline of the Oklahoma Dept of Agriculture with the internet to produce an electronic poultry litter market.
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1997 - Wellhead Protection Education for Communities and Homeowners: delineated wellhead protection areas (WHPAs) in six communities in four southeastern Oklahoma counties. The project team identified potential sources of contamination within each WHPA and provided alternative BMPs to reduce the risk associated with each source.
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2001 - Green Country Watershed Education: This education project focused attention on review and summarization of previous research efforts and on riparian management with Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
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Byrd Mill Springs - Ada OK: Well head protection area delineation and risk assessment report - Maifan Silitonga
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