BUCYRUS — The Crawford Soil and Water Conservation District, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, Pheasant’s Forever, Ohio State University Extension, Marion and Wyandot Soil and Water Conservation Districts and Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, recently conducted their 27th annual conservation field days.

Fifteen project members, two cloverbuds and four advisers recently attended the sixth meeting of the River Roundup 4-H club at John Stewart United Methodist Church. Rylee Goodman and Owen Thiel provided refreshments.

COLUMBUS — Applications soon will be accepted for controlled deer and waterfowl hunts on selected areas during the 2016-17 season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The application period opens Wednesday and runs through July 31.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife recently conducted an electrofishing survey for black bass, including largemouth and smallmouth bass, at Upper Sandusky Reservoir No. 2.

Producers enrolled in Agriculture Risk Coverage or Price Loss Coverage must protect all cropland and non-cropland acres on the farm from wind and water erosion and noxious weeds. Producers who sign ARC county or individual contracts and PLC contracts agree to effectively control noxious weeds on the farm according to sound agricultural practices.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Seven Riverdale FFA members recently attended State FFA Convention. On the way to Columbus, they toured Keynes Brothers Elevator, which collects only food-grade wheat.

FINDLAY — A week of learning awaits teens at the Ohio Forestry and Wildlife Conservation Camp, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Forestry. The experience is June 12-17 at FFA Camp Muskingum on Leesville Lake in Carroll County.

More than 200 4-H and FFA members from 34 states, including the Upper Sandusky FFA chapter, competed in the 65th annual national land and range judging contest in Oklahoma on May 5.

COLUMBUS — The Upper Sandusky FFA traveled to the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus on May 6 for the 88th Ohio State FFA Convention.

The weather forced the program inside, but about a dozen participants received a variety of information about how to maintain a healthy aquatic environment in their ponds during the Wyandot Soil and Water Conservation District pond clinic Saturday morning.