Land & Environmental Section :: Page 12

• Awe, wonder of monarch butterflies

  By Audrey HackettSeptember 5, 2019

  

  Monarchs — beloved locally and beyond — are dying off in enormous numbers.

• Invasive of the month— Japanese stiltgrass moves in

  By Audrey HackettAugust 22, 2019

  

  Japanese stiltgrass is on the move in Yellow Springs, creeping into yards and forested areas. Here’s how to identify, and root out, this non-native invasive grass.

• Scenes from the Greene County Fair — Rabbit costume contest

  By Lauren ShowsAugust 7, 2019

  

  Last Wednesday during the Greene County Fair was the 4-H-sponsored rabbit costume contest — in which youngsters and their pet rabbits dress in tandem, themed costumes.

• Invasive of the month— climbing vines

  By Audrey HackettAugust 1, 2019

  

  If you see something green in winter, it’s probably wintercreeper, a non-native invasive species of euonymus. Asian bittersweet is a little harder to identify. It’s most noticeable in the fall, when its leaves are off and bright red berries and yellow seed capsules make the plant attractive to some.

• Township solar project divides neighbors

  By Megan BachmanJuly 25, 2019

  

  In the countryside southeast of Yellow Springs, an area of rolling farmland dotted with homes and barns may someday be the site of a massive solar array.

• New ponds at Bath Township biodigester — Ohio EPA seeks comments

  By Megan BachmanJuly 1, 2019

  

  A biodigester four miles west of Yellow Springs is hoping to add two large biosolid storage ponds to its facility. The Ohio EPA is currently seeking comments on the permit application.

• Heartbeat Learning Gardens — Eat local, heal local

  By Megan BachmanJune 27, 2019

  

  While harvest day at Heartbeat Learning Gardens always has an air of celebration, last week’s was “bittersweet,” in the words of longtime volunteer MJ Gentile.

• Heaving a ball at Agraria

  By YS News StaffJune 20, 2019

  

  Two weeks ago, 36 educators from public schools in Yellow Springs, Xenia, Fairborn, Springfield, and Dayton attended a two-day workshop at Agraria.

• Good green, bad green

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Not all green is “green.” That’s the message from local land managers who are combating a host of non-native invasive plant species that menace locally preserved and reclaimed lands. 

• A new farm is hit with tragedy

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Last month, a whiteboard in the heated greenhouse at Oasis Aqua Farms in Beavercreek Township boasted a variety of fresh, organically grown greens and herbs available that day. Then came the tornado.