Land & Environmental Section :: Page 8

• A win for quarry opponents

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 11, 2021

  

  In December 2020, Citizens Against Mining celebrated another win — a private lawsuit settled in favor of five neighbors of the mine who successfully argued that Enon Sand and Gravel’s mining could damage their property values and private wells.

• Community Solutions to host restorative conference

  By Reilly DixonNovember 11, 2020

  

  This year’s conference, the organization’s 66th, is titled “Pathways to Regeneration: Restoration, Resiliency and Reciprocity,” with a particular focus on food growing and preservation. It will be conducted online this weekend, Friday through Sunday, Nov. 6–8.

• Creating wildlife habitat, villagewide

  By Audrey HackettJune 26, 2020

  

  In late summer, native sunflowers in Ellen Hoover’s garden draw goldfinches. The bright yellow birds feast on seeds, then burst out like sunflower petals flung to the sky. Down the street, monarch butterflies browse Catherine Zimmerman’s coneflowers, goldenrod and asters.

• 50 years on: Earth Day in Yellow Springs

  By Megan BachmanApril 22, 2020

  

  The News has invited some of our own prominent local environmentalists to reflect on the 50-year anniversary of Earth Day.

• Local food conference to return

  By Megan BachmanMarch 12, 2020

  

  Successful farm-to-school programs. Stories from local farmers coping with climate change. Strategies for turning conventional farms organic. Those topics and more will be explored at “Growing Green 2020: Investing in Conservation and Local Food,” a joint conference of the Tecumseh Land Trust and Community Solutions.

• Seasonal trail closures begin Sunday in Glen Helen

  By YS News StaffFebruary 28, 2020

  

  On Sunday, March 1, the Glen Helen trail system will be closed to protect the nature preserve during the freeze/thaw cycle. Depending on the weather, the trails may reopen as soon as the next day, Monday, March 2.

• Sugar Shack tour returns

  By YS News StaffFebruary 26, 2020

  

  Tecumseh Land Trust will hold its annual sugar shack tour on Sunday, March 1, 2–4 p.m. at Whitehall Farm.

• Local chapter of Citizens for Climate Lobby forming

  By YS News StaffJanuary 21, 2020

  

  Those interested in forming a Yellow Springs chapter of Citizens for Climate Lobby, or CCL, are invited to meet on Saturday, Jan. 25, 12:30–2 p.m. in the auditorium of the Vernet Ecological Center, 405 Corry Street.

• Mary’s Way— A new trail to Agraria

  By Audrey HackettJanuary 16, 2020

  

  A new trail will connect Yellow Springs and Agraria, Community Solutions’ center for regenerative land use located west of the village.

• A fundraiser to protect area waters

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  An “unnamed tributary” to Mud Run Creek recently got a name. Yellow Springs, meet “Coyote Run.”