Category: Toledo Blade
Native plants reclaim Toledo thanks to community efforts
Dotted among the manicured lawns of the University of Toledo’s campus, a keen-eyed observer may come across 17 unique slices of northwest Ohio’s native botany.
Put-in-Bay harbor marks 5 anniversaries in 2025
PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio — There’s something special about visiting an island, whether it’s in northwest Ohio or in another part of the world.
Unhealthy air moderates in northern Ohio
Air quality in Lucas County is improving through the morning hours after a 7 a.m. reading of 155, an unhealthy rating from airnow.gov. AccuWeather also reported unhealthy air quality for the area. Some reports had pointed to smoke from fireworks as a contributor. By 9:30 a.m., the reading for the area had improved to a rating of 98, in the moderate category as reported by airnow.gov.
Owens Community College honeybees support community garden
Some 20,000 bees live tucked away on Owens Community College’s Toledo-area campus, quietly pollinating the surrounding grassland and nearby community garden.
Ottawa County leads the way again as Ohio's bald eagle population rises
Just in time for the July 4 holiday weekend comes news that America’s national bird, the American bald eagle, continues to rise in population across Ohio and is once again doing especially well in the northwest part of the state.