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Clean energy projects creating jobs
WASHINGTON — As many as 37,409 jobs could be created from the more than 70 major clean energy projects announced across the U.S. during the second quarter of 2012, according to the latest quarterly Clean Energy Jobs Roundup from Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), the national group of business leaders who advocate for sound economic and environmental
Conservation starts in your backyard
COSHOCTON, Ohio — Do you ever remember mowing your lawn in March? Due to the warm weather this year many of us did just that. I don’t remember starting this early and I have spent many hours of my life on a lawnmower. Before moving to Coshocton, I mowed several acres of yard that took
Through the eyes of a child
By M. Merlin Acker Wooster, Ohio Honorable Mention Farmer Jim awoke early one bright spring morning, traveling to the steep eastern slope on his farm overlooking a small village. One by one he placed small pine trees in the soil. As the saplings embraced the sunlight and inhaled a few breaths of the crisp air,
Art Contest Honorable Mention: Claire Morrow
Claire Morrow Age 11 Homeworth, Ohio
The Christmas gift
By Abbey Benninghoff Bessemer, Pa. Age 17 Honorable mention Up at dawn, doing chores at six years of age may sound crazy, but for Grace, she thrived on that repetition. Now with the new baby in the family, her father needed the help in the barn. The first white blanket of snow had fallen, unexpectedly,
The believer
By Carlee Dunham Castalia, Ohio Age 11 Honorable Mention Once upon a Christmas Eve, a young boy named Charlie did not believe in Santa Claus. He simply told his parents he did not want to have a Christmas this year. His younger sister, Faith, was getting milk and cookies for Santa. She was just so
The robot farm
By David Krymowski Hinckley, Ohio Age 7 Winner Once there was a robot farm. One of the workers on the farm was a robot named Rusty. Rusty had the job of herding the cattle through the pasture. It was an unusual rainy Christmas Eve day. The rain poured down so much it rusted Rusty. He
Expanding conservation efforts in Ohio give freshwater mussels hope
The Watters Aquatic Conservation Center is providing new opportunities for researchers to reverse the downward trend of many species of freshwater mussels.
Awards given for dedication to water quality
The Ohio Department of Agriculture honored the Putnam County Soil and Water Conservation District, Sunrise Cooperative and Ed Crawford.
Checking all the boxes
Jim Abrams offers insight on one of his favorite jobs as a game protector for the Division of Wildlife: placing and maintaining wood duck nesting boxes.
