Land & Environmental Section
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Citizens Against Mining challenges Senate Bill 181
CAM’s experiences over the last nine years have shaped the group’s concerns about Ohio Substitute Senate Bill 181, which would establish a permitting system for underground limestone and dolomite mining and change surface mining requirements.
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Volunteers dismantle stone dam in Little Miami
Many hands made light work of dismantling a human-made rock dam in the Little Miami River on Monday, Oct. 12.
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Event to address river damage
In an effort to correct some of the damage to the Little Miami River caused by people moving and stacking rocks along the river, the Little Miami Watershed Network will host an event Monday, Oct. 12, 3–7 p.m., to dismantle an unnatural dam.
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A brief history of an ancient mound
Deep in the northern reaches of Glen Helen, tucked just a few feet off the Inman Trail and between the Yellow Spring and the Cascades, is a prehistoric earthwork — a signature of the area’s early human inhabitants.
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Local naturalist to teach bird language
Set to take place every Tuesday between Sept. 29 and Oct. 22, the course promises to deepen participants’ relationships with the natural world around them by honing awareness of bird language patterns.
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New calls to ‘Save Frogtown’
Owned by the Village since 1974 and located in the northwest reaches of Yellow Springs, the 42-acre property has been the locus of conservation and housing debates and discussions for several decades.
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Down to Earth | Fifty years of state preserves
On June 2, 1976, Gov. Jim Rhodes signed legislation that made the Ohio Department of Natural Resource’s Division of Natural Areas and Preserves, or ODNAP, a permanent division within the department.
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County beekeepers to host Honey Harvest
The Greene County Beekeepers Association will host its annual Honey Harvest on Saturday, June 20, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. at Glen Helen’s Camp Greene, 3452 Grinnell Road.
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A decade of feeding the community at Heartbeat Learning Gardens
Since reorganizing as a nonprofit in 2016, Heartbeat Learning Gardens has donated all its organically grown produce to local food pantries; this year marks a decade of that work.
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Down to Earth | Light at night comes at cost
Over the past 100 years, humans have transformed the night, erasing the natural darkness with which we evolved. While artificial light at night is crucial to our modern world, it comes at a cost.
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