Land & Environmental Section :: Page 27

• Land preservationist shares expertise with the Glen

  By Lauren HeatonMarch 8, 2012

  

  Land preservationist Nancy Stranahan will give a talk on March 9 in the Glen about the efforts of her organization to preserve open spaces in southwest Ohio.

• From sap to syrup

  By Megan BachmanMarch 5, 2012

  Michelle Burns and John Dewine of Flying Mouse Farms showed off their maple syrup operation on Sunday. See their “sugar shack” and more photos after the jump.

• Blind pigs, turkeys, goats find home

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 16, 2012

  

  Nick Ormes can rattle off from memory the animals he looks after on his 12-acre animal sanctuary on US 68. Abandoned or neglected by their owners, these animals faced a life of suffering or the slaughterhouse until Ormes, 58, stepped in to save them.

• Ranch Menagerie home to animals big and small

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 10, 2012

  

  Many animals come to live on Nick Ormes’ animal sanctuary on U.S. 68 because they are abandoned, neglected or surrendered by their owners. Others arrive the natural way — by being born there.

• Drilling effects on groundwater questioned

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 2, 2012

  Despite a yearlong campaign by Yellow Springs and Miami Township residents and environmental activists urging that area landowners not lease their land for oil and gas drilling, three residents northwest of the village in Miami Township have signed lease agreements.

• Glen trails get makeover

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 1, 2012

  

  When spring comes and Glen Helen fills up with hikers, they may notice that the nature preserve is easier to traverse, with new stairs, boardwalks and rails along its most-traveled trail.

• Cultivating global green thumbs

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 26, 2012

  

  For many, yard work can be a chore. For Nadia Malarkey, the care and cultivation of her backyard labyrinth of trees, vines and plants is perennially a joy. At their best, gardens can be places of respite, connection and, above all, environmental stewardship.

• At winter market, greens in the gray

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 19, 2012

  

  The Yellow Springs Winter Farmers Marketlaunched its third season last Saturday, Jan. 7, in the basement of the First Methodist Church.

• New Liberty raises local food IQ

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Seven-year-old Sampson is one lucky goat, according to his caretaker, Abby Dant of Xenia. Sampson was the demonstration goat at a workshop last weekend at the United Methodist Church, the first of six winter food and farming events organized by New Liberty Farms.

• Oil company drilling OK’d

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 12, 2012

  Oil drilling may soon begin just outside Yellow Springs as a Miami Township couple recently gave an out-of-state oil and gas company permission to drill on their 61-acre property on West Yellow Springs-Fairfield Road.