Tag: field
Agricultural runoff damages water and kills wildlife. Is a drainage stopper the solution?
Drainage systems carry away excess water, but they also take fertilizers that can fuel harmful algal blooms. Researchers, companies, and farmers are deploying systems that can control that flow.
Agricultural runoff damages our water and kills wildlife. Could a simple drainage stopper be the solution?
The sight of the first snow on the horizon of Bill Wiley’s 500-acre farm in Shelby County, Ohio, is a welcome relief. The 2024 growing season has been incredibly dry.
“We are about eight inches behind regular precipitation for the year,” he said.
But Wiley, who farms corn, soybeans, wheat, pumpkins and gords, has installed two inline water control structures that control the flow of drainage water from two of his fields.
Points North: The Iceman Giveth, The Iceman Taketh
By Ellie Katz
Points North is a biweekly podcast about the land, water and inhabitants of the Great Lakes.
This episode was shared here with permission from Interlochen Public Radio.
Every November, mountain bikers flock to the woods of northern Michigan for the Iceman Cometh Challenge, a 30-mile mountain bike race that starts at a small town airport, cuts through steep forested hills, and ends at a campground.
London Lightning ready for long-awaited BSL home opener
What can they do for an encore?
The Iceman Giveth, The Iceman Taketh
This is a tale of two cyclists, one legendary race, and an unlikely rivalry.
Thames Valley works to grade top official â with few details on his ongoing leave
As the Thames Valley District school board develops a Queen’s Park-mandated policy for evaluating its education director, the last top boss remains off work but collecting his paycheque after almost three months.
Local group learns about declining forest health in Maitland River watershed
Erin Gouthro, watershed ecologist with the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA), made a return appearance to the Huron Fringe Field Naturalists (HFFN) Nov. 26 to report on a forest health study. Begun in 2021, the work aimed to identify trend lines in forest health data and to fill in gaps in the data gathered from […]
He sparked a police chase, got stuck in a field and now he’s going to jail
A young Sarnia man charged three years ago with a failed getaway from police after the car he was driving got stuck in a field near Petrolia finally has been sentenced. Dreyten Lawrence, then 20, was charged with flight from police, dangerous driving, stunt driving by racing and driving without a licence following an incident on […]
Local OPP and municipal police services continue RIDE campaign in area
Drivers should notice several RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) programs throughout Grey-Bruce this month. Regional and municipal police services are joining forces in an effort to remove impaired drivers from the road, and police are reminding motorists that officers can demand a breath sample during a traffic stop without reasonable suspicion. The Ontario Association of […]
‘The Bug Man’ loved insect tees. They’re now being sold to help good causes
When world-renowned London scientist and teacher Jeremy McNeil died in July, he left more than 600 bug t-shirts.