Monthly Archives: October 2000
Great Lakes 2000: Symposium seeks to find single voice
More than 400 people interested in Great Lakes issues on the national, regional, state and local levels gathered recently in Toledo.
Conservancy adapts its approach toward saving the countryside
Novel community-based conservation approach takes the long view toward "changing tomorrow's history."
DeWine defends Darby stance
DeWine is not backing down from his support of the controversial central Ohio Little Darby National Wildlife Refuge proposal, saying the region could become a "national jewel."
Vermont sheep to be destroyed
USDA's active monitoring of flocks in Vermont since 1996 will prevent widespread contamination from TSE.
On the fringe
Ohio's greatest population growth is occurring in Brown, Clermont and Warren near Cincinnati; Delaware, Licking, Fairfield, Pickaway and Madison near Columbus; and Medina, Portage, Geauga and Ashtabula near Cleveland.
OEPA investigating yet another spill at egg farm
Buckeye Egg Farm is being investigated by the Ohio Environmental Protection Service for yet another spill, this time of fuel oil.
James C. Baer, owner of Rogers Community Auction
Well-known auctioneer Jim Baer died March 27 of an apparent heart attack.
Independence amends original application with FERC
Independence Pipeline backers amended their original application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Hollister signs Ohio farmland protection bill to allow PDRs
New Ohio law creates the ability for local or state agencies to acquire agricultural easements for the purpose of protecting productive farmland from conversion to nonagricultural use.
Farmers facing more suburban pressures
Nineteen Ohio counties, most of which are near Ohio's major cities or in the Appalachian region, grew an estimated 10 percent or more between 1990 and 1998.
