Articles About pesticide

• Village of Yellow Springs adopts pesticide policy

  By Jessica ThomasMay 28, 2023

  

  The policy was created to provide guidance for the Public Works Department after years of deliberation on the appropriate use of chemicals on Village properties.

• Seeking ways to keep bees buzzing

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 8, 2018

  

  The plight of the bumblebee is never far from Nadia Malarkey’s mind, whether  gardening at her West Whiteman Street home, designing properties around town for her landscaping business, or researching pesticide-free lawn care strategies for the Village of Yellow Springs as part of the Environmental Commission.

• Bee-friendly land management— Antioch College bans ‘neonics’

  By Audrey HackettJune 9, 2016

  

  The lawn in front of Antioch Hall, known as the horseshoe, is covered with clover this time of year. In years past, that meant bees — hundreds of them — buzzing underfoot. But now the clover field is silent.

• ‘Ghouls on wings’ bug Yellow Springs

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanAugust 6, 2015

  

  The abundance of mosquitos in Yellow Springs is not the punchline to a cruel celestial joke but the result of an unusually wet June and July.

• Village using pesticide alternatives

  By Megan BachmanMay 7, 2015

  

  Warning signs pop up on local lawns each spring as local residents contract with companies to treat their lawns with chemical pesticides and fertilizers for the season.

• Pool re-opens, controversy goes on

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 4, 2013

  Village Council will decide at its July 1 meeting when to remove the fence around the grassy area where herbicide was over-applied.

• Profile of the herbicide ‘Escalade 2’

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 27, 2013

  According to Dr. Jason Russell, a medical toxicology fellow at the Ohio University College of Medicine who works at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, villagers have “not much to worry about.”

• Pool closed 2 days after herbicide application— Spraying sparks controversy

  By Diane Chiddister

  Several villagers spoke passionately and heatedly about their frustrations and fears around the Wednesday, June 12, overuse of herbicides on the grass around the Gaunt Park pool at Village Council’s June 17 meeting.

• A public reading of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring

  By YS News StaffJune 21, 2013

  A public reading of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring will be held Saturday, June 22, 8 a.m.–noon at the Farmers Market.

• AGENDA for Council’s special meeting on herbicide use around pool

  By YS News StaffJune 19, 2013

  Village Council will hold a special meeting on herbicide use around pool on Thursday, June 20, at 7 p.m. at Council chambers in the Bryan Center.