Articles About Glen Helen :: Page 8

• Glen Helen celebrates 80 years as a living green memorial

  By Lauren HeatonApril 30, 2009

  

  Morning may be considered a quiet time for humans, but for birds it’s all about chatting. Male red-winged blackbirds call to their drably dressed counterparts, downy woodpeckers impound their beaks for breakfast nibbles, and goldfinch streak through cedars in their chase as cardinals try to drown them all out with unsubtle piercing refrains.

• Glen reaches out for support

  By Lauren HeatonJuly 17, 2008

  

  Fear of snakes is common, but visitors who have held gentle Pepper, the black rat snake who resides at Glen Helen’s Trailside Museum, know that most local snakes are harmless.

• Watching birds, helping the Glen

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 8, 2008

  

  Eleven months out of the year, Glen Helen Director Nick Boutis likes to sleep in, but in May he rolls out of bed early. That’s the month that migrating birds stop in the Glen and Glen Helen Director Nick Boutis, a bird lover, can be found in the nature preserve with his binoculars even at the crack of dawn, looking up.

• Glen likely to be preserved

  By Lauren HeatonApril 17, 2008

  Negotiations about the fate of Antioch College this year have raised questions about the state of the assets associated with it, including Glen Helen. Questions such as what will happen to the land and the Glen’s education programs and who will ultimately lead the organization are still unclear…

• Native artifacts illustrate Glen Helen’s historic richness

  By Lauren HeatonMarch 6, 2008

  

  The unveiling of a collection of ancient Native American points and tools donated to Glen Helen 20 years ago may not play like a riveting drama. But talk to natural historian Geoffrey Sea, and he might convince you of quite the opposite.