Monthly Archives: December 2013
Utica shale: Morgan County joins the permit list
According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, three permits were issued for horizontal drilling in the Utica shale in Morgan County in November. The permits, the first permits issued for Morgan County, went to PDC Energy Inc. for a site in Center Township.
Take the time and read the directions for machines
I hope you don’t get tired of the old stories I resurrect — I find them fascinating and hope you do too, plus I...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Dec. 5, 2013:
SMITHVILLE, Ohio — The Smithville FFA chapter members took a trip to Louisville, Ky. to attend the FFA National Convention.
The Smithville FFA members who...
Pa. has money available to convert fleet to natural gas vehicles
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is sponsoring four natural gas vehicle (NGV) grant workshops in northwestern and northcentral Pa. in December.
Pa. hunters asked to donate venison to help the hungry
Hunters can help feed more than 1.5 million Pennsylvanians by donating deer meat through Hunters Sharing the Harvest.
ODNR approves grants to improve outdoor recreation
State and federal grants to help develop and improve public access for outdoor recreation facilities have been approved by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Estes Auctions deco chrome radios
MEDINA, Ohio — Estes Auctions held an auction of deco chrome radios Nov. 16. Bidders came from 19 states and Canada and China.
High sellers...
Partnership working to re-establish the hellbender
A team of Ohio conservationists is dedicated to re-establishing the endangered eastern hellbender, the largest amphibian in Ohio and one of the largest salamanders in the world, in areas it once occupied.
EPA needs science integrity, yes, but…
The new EPA scientific integrity czar has spent a lifetime espousing the separation of politics and science-based policy. And she’s coming into an agency with what some would argue a predisposition for regulatory overreach and a politicization of the regulatory process.
Export news dominates grain markets
Once again we can talk about the harvest low, except that we have to worry that the actual low is not in, and may not be seen until anticipation of the January Inventory Report by USDA.
