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Upper Maumee Speaker Series Highlights Conservation Ditch Practices at Singer Farms.
Defiance, OH – July 9, 2025 – Community members and conservation specialists gathered at Singer Farms to learn more about the recent ditch projects: Bend Road Ditch and Lockwood Road Ditch. These initiatives aim to improve water quality and enhance wildlife habitats by utilizing natural processes to create self-sustaining stream channels. The site visits highlighted…
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2025’s Outreach & Education Summary
Over the course of 2025, Defiance Research Alliance hosted in six educational opportunities for 365 conservation and water quality professionals.
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Land to Lake Conference: Partnerships for Practical Solutions
On April 3, 2025, the Defiance Research Alliance and the Maumee Watershed Alliance successfully hosted the Land to Lake Conference: Partnerships for Practical Solutions, a full-day event that brought together 75 experts and leaders in the field to discuss innovative conservation strategies in the Western Lake Erie Basin at Defiance College. The conference drew together…
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Undergraduate Student Research by Hallie Webb
Hallie Webb was the DRA Undergraduate Research Assistant from 2022 to 2024. Her project focused on algal dynamics in the Defiance Municipal Reservoir. She had three main research questions: Her main focus was to identify what types of environmental conditions trigger harmful algal blooms. As her project progressed, the research expanded beyond the river to…
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2024: Research Presented at Conferences
In 2022, Dr. Sabrina Brown (Project Director), Katelyn Smith (Freshwater Research Technician), and Karrie Smith (Undergraduate Research Assistant), as well as the Summer Undergraduate Research Program students, presented their work at: This research found that in 2024, plankton data reflect the drought that occurred last summer and fall. Cyclotella peaks later in the sampling season as…
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