Land & Environmental Section :: Page 9

• #5 plastics reycling locations open again

  By YS News StaffJanuary 6, 2020

  

  The village locations accepting #5 plastics for recycling, spearheaded by villager Vickie Hennessy, have reopened, after initially being closed on Dec. 31.

• Village meeting on Vernay cleanup— Water, utilities are worries

  By Megan BachmanDecember 5, 2019

  

  How good is the current proposal to clean up the Vernay Laboratories site? How much contamination is there? Are municipal water supplies protected? What can be done with the land when it is cleaned up? Those were a few of the questions asked at a public meeting on Thursday, Nov. 21, on Vernay’s most recent plan to clean up contamination at its former local rubber plant on Dayton Street.

• Invasive of the month— Impact of ornamentals not pretty

  By Audrey HackettNovember 28, 2019

  

  The present article is the last in this season’s “invasive of the month” series, which began with a two-part article on the local impact of non-native invasive plants last spring, and continued with monthly features focused on specific invasives of local concern. The series was undertaken in consultation with Glen Helen.

• Vernay cleanup plan— EPA listens to local concerns

  By Megan BachmanNovember 7, 2019

  

  The EPA came to share the status of the environmental cleanup at Vernay Laboratories’ former rubber manufacturing plant on Dayton Street and to hear from citizens on the proposed remedy.

  The culmination of a two-decade long process, in June Vernay submitted its latest proposal to clean up contamination associated with its operations. The EPA is in the process of reviewing the plan and is interested in hearing from the public as it does, according to the site’s Technical Project Manager, Renee Wawczak, at the meeting.

• Community Solutions conference— Hope in regenerative practices

  By Carol SimmonsOctober 31, 2019

  

  But messages of efficacy and hope, which can get lost in crisis turmoil, are at the heart of a three-day national conference Nov. 1–3 in Yellow Springs.
  “Pathways to Regeneration: Soil, Food, and Plant Medicine,” presented by the locally based Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions, will offer alternative ways of thinking and acting.

• Elli Sparks speaks at Glen Helen— Lobbying for climate solutions

  By Guest ContributorOctober 24, 2019

  

  Sparks will be speaking in Yellow Springs on Thursday, Oct. 31, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Vernet Ecology Center at Glen Helen. The event is free and the subject of her discussion is how the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, or CCL, works to lobby elected officials to act on behalf of the environment, and to mitigate the effects of climate change.

• EPA to address latest Vernay cleanup plan

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Two decades have passed since extensive contamination was discovered at the former rubber manufacturing facility. Under order from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Vernay has taken steps to stem the flow of contaminants in the groundwater under residential neighborhoods.

• ‘Hometown Habitat’ film talks turning yards into wildlife habitats

  By YS News StaffOctober 16, 2019

  

  Nationally acclaimed filmmaker Catherine Zimmerman will present her 90-minute documentary, “Hometown Habitat: Stories of Bringing Nature Home” on Friday, Oct. 25, 7–9 p.m. in the Vernet Ecological Center Auditorium.

• Invasive of the month— Tree-of-heaven’s devilish dispersal

  By Audrey HackettOctober 10, 2019

  

  Brought to this country in the 1700s as a horticultural specimen and shade tree, tree-of-heaven is one of North America’s most invasive tree species.

• Awe, wonder of monarch butterflies

  By Audrey HackettSeptember 5, 2019

  

  Monarchs — beloved locally and beyond — are dying off in enormous numbers.