London Free Press

Have snow, will ski: Boler Mountain opens for season

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London’s ski season begins Thursday when Boler Mountain opens a week ahead of schedule. “We’re excited, because last winter was dreary and rainy, but now the phones are ringing off the hook with the snow we had last week, so it’s great to see it,” Greg Strauss, a member of the non-profit’s management team, said […]

Agriculture Great Lakes Now

Agricultural runoff damages our water and kills wildlife. Could a simple drainage stopper be the solution?

11 min read

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.

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