Land & Environmental Section :: Page 14

• Grounding vision of resilience at Agraria

  By Megan BachmanJuly 26, 2018

  

  On the property Community Solutions purchased last year, the 75-year-old local nonprofit wants to model regenerative agriculture as part of its mission to create resilient communities in the face of climate change.

• Celebrate 50 years of scenic rivers

  By YS News StaffJuly 11, 2018

  

  A special screening of the documentary “Call of the Scenic River” will be featured at the Clifton Opera House on Friday, July 13, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Ohio being the first state to pass Scenic River Protection legislation.

• Downtown tree removed, to be replaced by native species

  By Morgan BeardJuly 10, 2018

  

  The tree, which stood in front of Subway, was a member of an invasive species called the Bradford Pear, the same species which used to border village sidewalks until they were removed and replaced with native trees in 2013.

• A hike through the Glen’s Sutton Farm

  By Megan BachmanMay 24, 2018

  

  Last week, Nick Boutis led a public hike through the a 76-acre farm that Glen Helen Association purchased last year, detailing the group’s restoration plans. See more photos after the jump.

• Hope Taft to talk Ohio Scenic Rivers Act at TLT annual meeting

  By YS News StaffMay 21, 2018

  

  Tecumseh Land Trust invites the public to the 2018 annual gathering and meeting at the McCulloch Fen Run Farm on Sunday, June 3, at 2 p.m. This year’s guest speaker will be Hope Taft, former first lady of Ohio, who will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ohio’s Scenic Rivers Act.

• Plan to protect local drinking water updated

  By Megan BachmanApril 19, 2018

  

  An update the Village of Yellow Springs Wellhead Protection Plan, first passed in 2001, features new strategies to protect the aquifer that is the source of local drinking water.

• Operation Bluebird — YS students monitor nesting boxes

  By Carol SimmonsApril 12, 2018

  

  There’s nothing quite like seeing a bluebird in its environment, especially for bird lovers.

• Celebrate ‘baby season’ at Raptor Center with a baby shower

  By Lauren ShowsApril 11, 2018

  

  The Glen Helen Raptor Center is preparing to celebrate the coming of spring with a special open house event on Sunday, April 22, beginning at 2 p.m. — a baby shower, for all the baby raptors who will be raised and rehabilitated by the Raptor Center in the coming months.

• Celebrate Earth Day with plant sale, swap

  By YS News StaffApril 2, 2018

  

  Tecumseh Land Trust will sponsor an Earth Day Plant Sale and Swap on Saturday, April 21, 11 a.m.–3 p.m., at the Glen Helen Vernet Building

• Digester upgrade stirs debate

  By Megan BachmanMarch 22, 2018

  

  A proposed expansion at the biodigester is drawing increased public criticism of the facility, as well as the related issue of the application of its liquid fertilizer product to nearby farms.