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The Hardin County Local Transportation Match Executive Committee has reached its minimum fundraising requirement to bring public transportation to Hardin County. The committee partnered with Hancock, Hardin, Wyandot & Putnam Community Action Commission (HHWP CAC) in an effort to create an affordable and accessible public transportation program. The program will provide safe and reliable transportation options for all residents of Hardin County, regardless of age or income.

HHWP CAC will be the lead agency in charge of operating and maintaining the public transportation program.

Morgan Ellis, committee chair, said, “We are grateful for the support that has been pledged thus far and look forward to seeing the positive impact that the project will have on Hardin County.”

The Committee is continuing its fundraising effort and is seeking partner agencies to expand and support the future operation of the program.

Public transportation will be available in Hardin County beginning July 1, 2024. More details about the program, including how to schedule rides and rate information, will be released closer to the start date.

Strip till unit is being built by Rohrs Manufacturing of McGuffey

By Hardin Soil & Water Conservation District 

The Pilot Watershed Project is out of the starting block and running in Shallow Run. Hardin County’s Shallow Run is a watershed encircling Dunkirk and is the focus of a research effort being led by The Ohio State University and several other universities and public and private partners. The research is designed to examine if applying enough conservation practices in this watershed can create a detectable improvement in water quality. More specifically, can conservation practices reduce phosphorus loss from farm fields?

Each year a green slimy algal bloom develops in Ohio’s Lake Erie impacting water quality. Algae use the phosphorus being delivered to the lake as a food source and cover large areas of the lake and can become toxic in certain situations.  Boaters, charter captains and many residents in the area don’t like that. Lake Erie, annually, is a billion dollar economic asset for the State of Ohio.  Also, the city of Toledo uses water from the lake for its citizens water supply and spends millions of dollars treating water for domestic use. Many look at agriculture as being a major contributor of phosphorus and for the resulting algal bloom.