Tag: Toledo
Metroparks chief sees more great things on horizon eight years after vision began
Metroparks Toledo Executive Director Dave Zenk began a speech to the Rotary Club of Toledo on Monday by admitting “our community wasn’t what we wanted it to be” in 2017, the year the park district uses as its benchmark for the era we’re in today.
Hazardous waste-like substance found inside trench city waterlines pass through
A greasy, paint-like substance has been found in the same Envirosafe Services of Ohio Inc. trench that holds two waterlines the city of Toledo uses to move raw Lake Erie water to its Collins Park Water Treatment Plant.
Alberto Rey: Art all about Earth
Alberto Rey’s artistic passions are wide-ranging. But water and wildlife may most succinctly describe them. The retired State University of New York — Fredonia professor of art has waded into drawing, painting, ceramics and filmmaking all while diving headfirst into the deepest affection for the natural world.
The 64-year-old Cuban-born artist moonlights as an Orvis-endorsed fly fishing guide on Western New York’s Lake Erie tributaries.
COMMENTARY: Proposed cuts to H2Ohio are step backward for Lake Erie
The H2Ohio program helps farmers grow crops more efficiently while also protecting the environment. A recently proposed 44 percent reduction to the program could have serious consequences, not just for […]
Noted BGSU algae scientist encourages people to stand up for Lake Erie
Climate change has become a stronger force in the fight against western Lake Erie algal blooms, one of northwest Ohio’s leading scientists said Monday during a luncheon speech to the Rotary Club of Toledo.