Category: Ohio
W.W. Knight park in Perrysburg closes for restoration work
Large sections of the W.W. Knight Nature Preserve in Perrysburg will be closed from Monday through Jan. 10 to allow for management of natural areas.
Metroparks Toledo hosts Survivor Games on Sunday
Do you have what it takes to be Metroparks Toledo’s ultimate survivor?
New year's arrival accompanied by colder weather, snow potential
After a mild week that included Christmas Day, winter was poised to return overnight into Wednesday, and forecasters expected a much deeper dose of cold following a storm early next week.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park celebrates 50 years of environmental stewardship
By Zaria Johnson, Ideastream Public Media
This story was originally published by Ideastream.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park is turning 50, and celebrating the milestone by highlighting decades of expansion, development and environmental preservation.
In September, the park kicked off hikes, happy hours and scavenger hunts — events that will continue through the end of 2025 — to showcase how far Northeast Ohio’s national park has come since its founding in 1974.
Metroparks sponsoring adult evening hiking group
Metroparks Toledo is hosting a free weekly Tuesday evening hiking group at Swan Creek Preserve Metropark.
Arbor Day founder was a 'complex man' who hated Christmas trees, defended slavery
Perhaps it is no surprise that J. Sterling Morton hated Christmas trees.
Fight over renewable energy hits home for Michigan farm family
AZALIA, Mich. — Turf battles over commercial-scale renewable energy projects are on the rise across North America as Earth’s climate continues to become more unstable.
Pioneer lands $10.5 million USDA loan to build solar energy field east of the village
PIONEER, Ohio — The tiny Williams County village of Pioneer — about a hour’s drive west of Toledo and near the Michigan-Ohio-Indiana states lines — is ending 2024 with a major announcement that will soften the blow from its experience of trying to get one of the nation’s biggest indoor salmon-rearing facilities built nearby.
Judge Carr adds Ohio EPA as a defendant in landmark Lake Erie case
Senior U.S. District Judge James Carr is allowing the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to become a defendant in the landmark Lake Erie TMDL lawsuit he’s hearing in Toledo.
Metroparks board seeks to have replacement levy go to voters early again
The five-member Metroparks Toledo Board of Park Commissioners has taken the first step toward asking voters next May to replace the park district’s 1.4-mill operating levy three years before it expires so it can take advantage of higher property values and guarantee its cash flow for everyday services through 2035.