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Articles About Glen Helen :: Page 5

  • New holiday arts event this year

    By Diane ChiddisterMay 31, 2012

    When Glen Helen announced last fall that it would discontinue its Nature Arts and Crafts Show, plans were made for a new collaborative show.

  • Bounty of village Earth Day events

    By Megan BachmanApril 26, 2012

    To commemorate the 42nd annual Earth Day this weekend, a mix of fun and education are on hand as an environmentally conscious village steps up to raise awareness about the beauty, and fragility, of the global ecosystem.

  • Land preservationist shares expertise with the Glen

    By Lauren HeatonMarch 8, 2012

    Land preservationist Nancy Stranahan will give a talk on March 9 in the Glen about the efforts of her organization to preserve open spaces in southwest Ohio.

  • Glen trails get makeover

    By Megan BachmanFebruary 1, 2012

    When spring comes and Glen Helen fills up with hikers, they may notice that the nature preserve is easier to traverse, with new stairs, boardwalks and rails along its most-traveled trail.

  • Birds a little shy of Christmas count

    By Lauren HeatonDecember 21, 2011

    Glen Helen’s Christmas Bird Count yielded smaller numbers this year than last.

  • The Glen in winter home to many birds — count on it

    By Lauren HeatonDecember 12, 2011

    Join the Glen’s efforts next weekend to count the birds of Yellow Springs.

  • Glen may become conservancy

    By Megan BachmanJuly 7, 2011

    If a new collaboration is successful the Glen Helen Nature Preserve may be permanently protected from development in a few years. At a meeting last week, Gariot Louima of Antioch College, Nick Boutis of the Glen Helen Ecology Institute, Krista Magaw of the Tecumseh Land Trust and Bill Carroll of the Trust for Public Land, gathered in the Glen. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    The Glen Helen Nature Preserve has been saved from development several times in its 82-year history.

  • A closer look at the Glen

    By Lauren HeatonApril 28, 2011

    Nine of Glen Helen’s seasoned naturalists will lead a series of hands-on, family-friendly programs for Earth Day, Saturday, April 23, including a Tiny Things workshop led by naturalist Kathleen Soler, with Hannah Brewster at left. Events take place at the Outdoor Education Center and Raptor Center beginning at 8 a.m. with a youth and family fun run, followed by programs on fossils, backyard birds and Ohio wildlife. Events run until 2 p.m. (Photo by Lauren Heaton)

    The nine naturalists who came last August to live in Glen Helen and lead the preserve’s educational programs throughout the year have grown fond of their home in the woods.

  • Celebrate Earth Day

    By Lauren ShowsApril 17, 2011

    Earth Day 2011 will be celebrated in Yellow Springs with several events this week.

  • Glen Helen fundraiser dinner—Finally, a use for honeysuckle

    By Lauren HeatonJuly 15, 2010

    When the barred owl sings its inquisitive call “whoo cooks for you?” this weekend, the folks at Glen Helen will have an answer. At a long dinner table at the Raptor Center on Sunday, July 18, area diners in support of the Glen will sit down to enjoy a meal whose origins are both known and local with the area chefs and farmers who grew and prepared the food.