Land & Environmental Section :: Page 28

• 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.

• License plate to benefit the Glen

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 28, 2011

  

  Ohio residents can support Glen Helen on their bumper.

• Birds a little shy of Christmas count

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 21, 2011

  

  Glen Helen’s Christmas Bird Count yielded smaller numbers this year than last.

• The Glen in winter home to many birds — count on it

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 12, 2011

  

  Join the Glen’s efforts next weekend to count the birds of Yellow Springs.

• He lets the kids play in poison ivy

  By Megan BachmanNovember 3, 2011

  

  While some kids on the Antioch College campus are digesting new information, others are munching on weeds.