Land & Environmental Section :: Page 14

• ‘Hometown Heroes’ film urges pollinator habitats

  By YS News StaffNovember 13, 2017

  

  Tecumseh Land Trust and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will sponsor the first area screening of “Hometown Habitat: Stories of Bringing Nature Home” by Catherine Zimmerman on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 4 p.m. at the Little Art Theatre

• Rediscovered guide to lead hikers through Glen, history

  By Lauren ShowsJune 28, 2017

  

  This weekend, hikers will get the chance to travel through a bit of Glen Helen history, following a recently rediscovered scripted guide to the Inman Trail that’s nearly 60 years old.

• Community Solutions to host planning charrette on newly-purchased land

  By YS News StaffMay 15, 2017

  

  Community Solutions will hold a planning charrette to discuss the future of the Arthur Morgan Institute’s Center for Regenerative Agriculture on Saturday, May 20.

• Plans to expand mining in area cause concern

  By Audrey HackettApril 13, 2017

  

  A recent proposal by Enon Sand & Gravel to significantly expand mining operations in Mad River Township, just north of Yellow Springs, has many area residents deeply concerned.

• Community Solutions buys half of Arnovitz farm

  By Audrey HackettMarch 17, 2017

  

  All nine parcels of the Arnovitz farm were sold at auction Thursday, March 16. Nearly half the land was purchased by Community Solutions, which plans to establish a center for regenerative agriculture on the property and relocate its offices there.

• Rich Earth Institute to discuss urine as agricultural resource

  By YS News StaffMarch 6, 2017

  

  “Rethinking the Nutrient Cycle: Capturing Urine as a Resource” will be presented by the Rich Earth Institute on Tuesday, March 14, 7 p.m., in McGregor 113 at Antioch College.

• Sale puts farmland at risk

  By YS News StaffMarch 2, 2017

  

  At Village Council’s Feb. 21 meeting, a villager and Village Council member urged villagers to come together in an effort to preserve farmland at risk of development on the western edge of Yellow Springs.

• Conference digs into new research on soil health

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 23, 2017

  

  Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions is hosting a symposium Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24–25, that is devoted to the topic of soil.

• Rising from the ashes, dead wood gets a new life

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanFebruary 16, 2017

  

  The only upside decimation of ash trees by the emerald ash borer was the preponderance of wood that became available as the dead trees were cut down before they could collapse.

• Symposium on soil health to be held

  By Web AdminJanuary 23, 2017

  

  The importance of soil quality to human health and climate cooling will be the focus of a Healthy Soil Symposium on Feb. 24 and 25 in McGregor Hall, Room 113, on the Antioch College campus.