Environment

Wood County Park District receives statewide award

Elizabeth Inman

The Wood County Park District has been awarded second place from the Ohio Parks and Recreation Association for outstanding program. Hundreds of nominations were...

Why were local water improvement projects dropped?

Andrew Kersten

Earlier this month, the state of Ohio announced it will no longer support plans for the Cullen Park and Grassy Island restoration project-- one that...

Take a Gander: Dogs Patrol for Geese

Curtis Deeter

Picture it. You are strolling the new Glass City Metropark, walking to your car after a corporate lunch at the Old Bag of Nails, or...

Make your own rain barrel in Perrysburg

Jeff McGinnis

A great way to manage stormwater and to cut down on your energy bills is through the use of a rain barrel. Used to...

Hazardous building in Luckey to finally be removed

Jeff McGinnis

The US Army Corps of Engineers awarded a contract to an Idaho company to remove a now-collapsing building in Luckey, OH. Known simply as...

Reduce, Reuse, Wrap! KT/LCB offering recyclable wrapping paper

Jeff McGinnis

We all love to open presents, but we may not think about the tons of wrapping paper that goes to waste because it cannot...

O-I honors recycling day with new center for recycling glass

Jeff McGinnis

O-I Glass, Inc. is celebrating America Recycles Day on November 15 by opening a new glass recycling drop-off center at its Perrysburg headquarters. The center...

Clicks for Conservation: Lucas SWCD hosts first Virtual Conservation Week

Jeff McGinnis

The Lucas County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) will hold its first Virtual Conservation Week at the end of October. Events will begin on...

Battle of the Birdhouses

Erin Holden

A challenge for nature lovers and craftsmen alike is currently underway with Battle of the Birdhouses, a challenge where registered groups compete to create...

Active & Outdoor Date Night Ideas

Erin Marsh

As if dating weren’t difficult enough, the COVID-19 pandemic presents a slew of unanticipated issues when you’re ready to take your special someone out...

Compost bins and rain barrels to help the environment (and your garden)

Toledo City Podcast

The Village of Ottawa Hills has joined forces with the Lucas Soil and Water Conservation District to offer residents compost bins and rain barrels....

Going electric in Toledo

David Maxwell Fine

The Electric Car Has Come of Age

Activism in Full Bloom

Erin Holden

Five years later, the runoff into “Lady Erie” continues

I’ve been working on the Lake Erie Bill of Rights (LEBOR) for about two years. I’ve gathered petitions regardless of temperature or weather conditions, in every social situation from massive parades to my local church. Over the course of these two years, I’ve gotten blisters, sunstroke, colds, frostbite, and heat exhaustion as a result of petitioning for extended periods of time.

Water Rights: Protecting Lake Erie and our Drinking Water

Athena Cocoves

If you ask the grassroots organization Toledoans for Safe Water, the answer is clear: Yes, and it is the best way to protect the people’s right to access safe and clean water and the Lake’s right to exist and flourish.

Salvaging Sandusky’s Swampy Shoreline

Jeff McGinnis

The property, on the south shore of Sandusky Bay, over 600 acres of wetlands— a marsh of water and vegetation that harkens to the swamp that was northwest Ohio before humans transformed it into something more hospitable, yet potentially damaging to the ecosystem. Years of neglect left the once lush acreage in poor health but Eric Kraus has set out to change that.

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