Land & Environmental Section :: Page 33

• Fracking concerns arise in village

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 10, 2011

  

  The prospect of oil and gas drilling in the area is raising worries among some Yellow Springs residents because of a controversial drilling technique called fracking. What does the fracking process entail?

• The ice storm cometh, leaving destructive path

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 2, 2011

  

  The ice storm and winds that walloped Yellow Springs Tuesday night left about 75 percent of village residences without power overnight Tuesday and into Wednesday, according to Police Chief John Grote.

• Year-round harvest— A field of greens among the white

  By Megan BachmanDecember 30, 2010

  

  At Flying Mouse Farms in Yellow Springs, there is no off-season.

• Christmas bird count

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 23, 2010

  

  Last week’s 2010 Christmas bird count in Glen Helen and the Yellow Springs area yielded a snapshot of the number and variety of winged creatures living among us.

• TLT secures easement for Harmony Township farm

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 17, 2010

  

  Tecumseh Land Trust recently helped Barbara McNally to secure a conservation easement that permanently preserves her 150 acre farm in Harmony Township.

• Company seeks local oil, gas

  By Megan BachmanDecember 16, 2010

  Traffic was disrupted for several days last month just north of Yellow Springs as a large truck took seismic readings of rock formations thousands of feet below the roadways.

• Company seeks local oil, gas

  By Megan BachmanDecember 9, 2010

  Traffic was disrupted for several days last month on West Enon and North Fairfield Roads just north of Yellow Springs as a large truck took seismic readings of rock formations thousands of feet below the roadways.

• Yellow Springs could recycle more

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 2, 2010

  

  Yellow Springs has a relatively good recycling track record; Yellow Springers recycle about twice as much as residents of Germantown and about three times as much as Xenia residents.

• New firm aims big for local solar

  By Megan Bachman

  

  In October, a new local company, Yellow Springs Renewable Energy, held a public forum to educate the community on the renewable energy revolution taking place in the country and state their goal of leading that renewable energy revolution locally.

• Living green at Purple Moon Farm

  By Sehvilla Mann

  

  On a recent afternoon, the sheep and goats at Purple Moon Farm are dozing in their pens. A hen wanders by, two middle-sized chicks close behind her; other chickens rest in the shade of the raspberry bushes planted in parallel rows.