Land & Environmental Section :: Page 16

• 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.

• Pollution continues in Glen waters

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 1, 2018

  

  At several points on its journey to the Little Miami River in the Glen, where all the water in our watershed drains, the water tested high for E. coli and nitrates, pollutants that can harm local wildlife as well as people and animals who come into contact with the water. 

• Ohio EPA public hearing on quarry concerns set for Feb. 1

  By Audrey HackettJanuary 23, 2018

  

  Area residents are invited to attend an Ohio EPA public hearing on water quality impacts of a planned mining expansion in Mad River Township, north of Yellow Springs. The hearing will be held Thursday, Feb. 1, at 6 p.m. at Greenon High School.

• You said how many birds??

  By Audrey HackettJanuary 16, 2018

  

  Three wood ducks, two great blue herons. And a scarlet tanager in John Bryan Park! The Christmas Bird Count results are in.

• Community Solutions — Agraria vision takes root

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 23, 2017

  

  More than six months after the Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions signed the necessary papers to purchase its new 128-acre property on the western edge of the village, a comprehensive vision for the land is solidifying.

• ‘Hometown Heroes’ film urges pollinator habitats

  By YS News StaffNovember 13, 2017

  

  Tecumseh Land Trust and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will sponsor the first area screening of “Hometown Habitat: Stories of Bringing Nature Home” by Catherine Zimmerman on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 4 p.m. at the Little Art Theatre

• Rediscovered guide to lead hikers through Glen, history

  By Lauren ShowsJune 28, 2017

  

  This weekend, hikers will get the chance to travel through a bit of Glen Helen history, following a recently rediscovered scripted guide to the Inman Trail that’s nearly 60 years old.

• Community Solutions to host planning charrette on newly-purchased land

  By YS News StaffMay 15, 2017

  

  Community Solutions will hold a planning charrette to discuss the future of the Arthur Morgan Institute’s Center for Regenerative Agriculture on Saturday, May 20.

• Plans to expand mining in area cause concern

  By Audrey HackettApril 13, 2017

  

  A recent proposal by Enon Sand & Gravel to significantly expand mining operations in Mad River Township, just north of Yellow Springs, has many area residents deeply concerned.

• Community Solutions buys half of Arnovitz farm

  By Audrey HackettMarch 17, 2017

  

  All nine parcels of the Arnovitz farm were sold at auction Thursday, March 16. Nearly half the land was purchased by Community Solutions, which plans to establish a center for regenerative agriculture on the property and relocate its offices there.