Articles About nature

• A good summer for Glen Helen’s reopened Trailside Museum

  By Reilly DixonAugust 13, 2024

  

  Glen Helen Nature Preserve’s Trailside Museum, a stout building located atop the head of the Inman Trail, reopened its doors to adults and children alike earlier this summer after being closed since 2020.

• Ruffled fathers

  By Matt MindeJuly 1, 2022

  

  Last Sunday, Father’s Day, a young cardinal fledgling got some much needed assistance from father in a backyard scenario that plays out every year.

• New tiles at Women’s Park

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 28, 2020

  

  Though the flowers in the Women’s Park on Corry Street have begun to wither as fall deepens, something new has just bloomed there: in early October, a collection of 124 new tiles bearing the names of local women emerged.

• Creating wildlife habitat, villagewide

  By Audrey HackettJune 26, 2020

  

  In late summer, native sunflowers in Ellen Hoover’s garden draw goldfinches. The bright yellow birds feast on seeds, then burst out like sunflower petals flung to the sky. Down the street, monarch butterflies browse Catherine Zimmerman’s coneflowers, goldenrod and asters.

• New book: ‘Home Is the Prime Meridian’

  By Audrey HackettDecember 15, 2017

  

  Local almanac writer Bill Felker recently published a new book, “Home in the Prime Meridian,” collecting 40 lyric essays from his newspaper and radio pieces.

• They’re villagers, thanks to Google

  By Audrey HackettOctober 27, 2016

  

  A simple Google search brought Dorothy Dean and Jarod Rogers to Yellow Springs. “I literally Googled, ‘What is the most liberal town in Ohio?’” Dean recalled, laughing, in a recent interview.

• Morning song

  By Matt MindeApril 22, 2015

  

  With the early light come crisp spring breezes, which carry not just bouquets of floral scents, but also birdsong.

• Clifton’s Nature Center highlights gorge

  By Lauren HeatonApril 2, 2015

  

  As a state nature preserve, the Clifton Gorge is managed for the primary purpose of protecting its unique land formations and native ecology.

• Tecumseh Land Trust and Dharma Center sponsor walking toward mindfulness

  By Megan BachmanAugust 29, 2013

  

  If you think the only way to meditate is sitting cross-legged with eyes closed, think again. A walking meditation in the great outdoors can open up a whole new world of sights, sounds, sensations and smells — all while re-wiring the brain to be more aware in everyday life.

• Raptor Center hosts open house

  By Aaron ZaremskyOctober 16, 2012

  

  The Glen Helen Raptor Center hosted an open house event last Sunday afternoon.