Conservation /tags/conservation Conservation en-US Copyright Tue, 13 May 2025 20:10:10 GMT Billboards point out DOGE staff cuts to Cuyahoga Valley National Park ahead of peak travel season /politics-government/2025-05-13/billboards-point-out-doge-staff-cuts-to-cuyahoga-valley-national-park-ahead-of-peak-travel-season More Perfect Union, the progressive group funding the billboards, says it is advertising the government cuts in multiple states and for multiple national parks. Tue, 13 May 2025 20:10:10 GMT /politics-government/2025-05-13/billboards-point-out-doge-staff-cuts-to-cuyahoga-valley-national-park-ahead-of-peak-travel-season George Shillcock Bald eagles near Grandview Heights draw photographers after at least one eaglet hatches /2025-05-12/bald-eagles-near-grandview-heights-draw-photographers-after-at-least-one-eaglet-hatches The nest is built on the south side of the Scioto River to the south of Dublin Road. Eagles nest at this location so often that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources has a trail and benches set up for viewers. Mon, 12 May 2025 09:00:00 GMT /2025-05-12/bald-eagles-near-grandview-heights-draw-photographers-after-at-least-one-eaglet-hatches George Shillcock An Ohio conservation program makes protecting the state’s forests more profitable /2025-03-21/an-ohio-conservation-program-makes-protecting-the-states-forests-more-profitable The Family Forest Carbon Program is helping Ohio landowners connect to the complicated carbon market. Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:12:38 GMT /2025-03-21/an-ohio-conservation-program-makes-protecting-the-states-forests-more-profitable Kendall Crawford It's been raining lately. So do we still need to conserve water? /2024-09-25/its-been-raining-lately-so-do-we-still-need-to-conserve-water In spite of the rain as of late, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources is still asking everyone to conserve water as many counties have been in drought conditions. Wed, 25 Sep 2024 22:19:49 GMT /2024-09-25/its-been-raining-lately-so-do-we-still-need-to-conserve-water Mike Frazier Environmental protections for Big Darby watershed may expand to five more Ohio counties /2024-04-29/environmental-protections-for-big-darby-watershed-may-expand-to-five-more-ohio-counties A meeting for the expansion of protections to Logan, Union, Champaign, Madison and Pickaway counties is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday at Tolles Career Center in Plain City. Mon, 29 Apr 2024 20:12:30 GMT /2024-04-29/environmental-protections-for-big-darby-watershed-may-expand-to-five-more-ohio-counties Allie Vugrincic Columbus adds five new nature preserves to make parks more accessible amid development /2024-03-27/columbus-adds-five-new-nature-preserves-to-make-parks-more-accessible-amid-development Columbus expands green spaces with five new nature preserves, including Warner Woods, to safeguard local wildlife and offer residents more parks Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:32:34 GMT /2024-03-27/columbus-adds-five-new-nature-preserves-to-make-parks-more-accessible-amid-development George Shillcock White House Moves To Formally Decriminalize Accidentally Killing Birds /news-partners/2020-01-30/white-house-moves-to-formally-decriminalize-accidentally-killing-birds Wildlife protection groups are decrying the proposal as an attempt to gut a century-old law that protects birds, while industry groups say they have long been hamstrung by the threat of legal action. Thu, 30 Jan 2020 23:54:31 GMT /news-partners/2020-01-30/white-house-moves-to-formally-decriminalize-accidentally-killing-birds Merrit Kennedy To Restore Streams On The Cheap, Franklin Soil And Water Mimics Beaver Dams /news/2019-12-09/to-restore-streams-on-the-cheap-franklin-soil-and-water-mimics-beaver-dams Rows of nearly identical houses run along gently meandering roads in Jefferson Township’s Willow Brook subdivision. It’s suburban, but tucked in here is a… Mon, 09 Dec 2019 10:00:04 GMT /news/2019-12-09/to-restore-streams-on-the-cheap-franklin-soil-and-water-mimics-beaver-dams Nick Evans VIDEO: Snot Otters Get A Second Chance In Ohio /news-partners/2017-09-14/video-snot-otters-get-a-second-chance-in-ohio North America's largest amphibian, the Hellbender salamander, is in trouble. They are endangered in several states. A team in Ohio is trying to save them before it's too late. Thu, 14 Sep 2017 09:03:00 GMT /news-partners/2017-09-14/video-snot-otters-get-a-second-chance-in-ohio Madeline K. Sofia Conservators Preserve Story Behind Chinese Painting at Cleveland Museum of Art /ideastream/2017-08-04/conservators-preserve-story-behind-chinese-painting-at-cleveland-museum-of-art Artwork doesn't go on display right away when the Cleveland Museum of Art acquires it. The first stop is the conservation department. Some pieces move through quickly, and others require work. Yi-Hsia Hsiao and her colleague speak to one another in Chinese as they work on smoothing out the creases on a wet piece of patterned, silk spread on the table in the Asian painting lab on a recent afternoon. “I’m an art doctor. I save art[‘s] life,” said Hsaio, an assistant conservator of Chinese paintings. Fri, 04 Aug 2017 15:45:44 GMT /ideastream/2017-08-04/conservators-preserve-story-behind-chinese-painting-at-cleveland-museum-of-art