Land & Environmental Section :: Page 2
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Great Council State Park now open
Centered around Shawnee and natural histories, Great Council State Park opens its doors to the public for the first time on Friday, June 7. It’s located at the site of the now-demolished Tecumseh Motel at 1587 U.S. 68 — about six miles south of the village — near Xenia.
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What’s the buzz around Yellow Springs?
To mark the seasonal deluge of honey and to celebrate both the two-legged and winged workers who made it, the Greene County Beekeepers Association will host the annual Honey Harvest on Saturday, June 15.
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Down to Earth | Green Space Fund enables open space preservation
“The histories of the Yellow Springs Green Space Fund and the Jacoby Green Belt illustrate the Village Council’s ongoing commitment to uphold the longstanding goal of preserving open space around the Village.”
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Annual sugar shack tour planned
Tecumseh Land Trust, or TLT, will host its annual sugar shack tour Sunday, Feb. 25, 2–4 p.m., at Flying Mouse Farms, 100 E. Fairfield Pike.
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Down to Earth | Bobcats and coyotes and foxes: Oh, yes!
“Their presence signals that the environment is healthy enough to support these creatures, which they in turn help to maintain through their regulation of prey populations.”
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Local, state deer population mounts
Yellow Springs resident and professor of biological sciences at Wright State University Don Cipollini told the News last week that there are currently around 800,000 deer in the state.
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ODNR to lead annual winter hike
Naturalists with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources will lead the annual six-mile winter hike through John Bryan State Park and Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve on Saturday, Feb. 10.
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2024 Adventure Summit | A dirtbag climber’s tale
Local resident Molly Finch’s multiyear journey of mountainous highs and dumpster lows is the topic of a public presentation at Wright State University on Saturday, Feb. 10, 4:45 p.m., as a part of Five River MetroParks and the university’s Adventure Summit.
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Take a hike with ‘The Naturalist’ on Channel 5
Outfitted with a GoPro camera and decades’ worth of knowledge to share, local resident Don Cipollini brings viewers along on journeys that delve into the natural world on “The Naturalist” — the newest original program to be broadcast by Community Access Yellow Springs Channel 5.
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Tecumseh Land Trust receives $100,000 grant
Locally based Tecumseh Land Trust, or TLT, was recently awarded a $100,000 grant from the American Farmland Trust, or AFT, to help farmers and landowners in the area in transferring their land to a new generation of producers.
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