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Looking Back and Looking Ahead: An Ecologist's Overview of the Trump Era Environmental Legacy
1+ hour, 14+ min ago (462+ words) The GOP Platform passed in the summer of 2016 was clear in its intent to radically change environmental policy and protections. During the Trump administration the Executive Branch delivered as much as possible on this vision, ranging from personnel purges, rule…...
More state lands leased for fracking rights, over activists" shouts
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (321+ words) An Ohio commission gave the green light on Monday for several bidders to frack under state lands, almost exclusively in southeast Ohio. The five-member Oil and Gas Land Management Commission, under the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), advanced more…...
The first new Farm Bill in years is moving forward. Here's what young farmers want it to include
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (516+ words) The U. S. House passed a Farm Bill on April 30 after nearly a decade of stalled efforts to update the key legislation. The U. S. Senate is expected to release its version of the text in June. But in the meantime, the National Young…...
How Northwest Ohio came to be home to "The Biggest Week in American Birding
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (865+ words) It's the Biggest Week in American Birding. The annual festival celebrates the spring migration of millions of birds across Ohio, including dozens of species of warblers. The colorful songbirds attract a huge following: Around 80, 000 birders flock to Northwest Ohio each…...
Vaccinating bats could be good for people. But how do you vaccinate a bat?
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (735+ words) Here's a question you might never have asked yourself: How do you vaccinate a bat? You can't simply ask your local vet. Nor will the bats line up outside of a clinic on their own. But a group of Chinese…...
A Country Ramble - 3/8/26
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (71+ words) WYSO A Country Ramble - 3/8/26 WYSO Music On Demand provides your favorite locally-produced radio shows to stream for two weeks after they air! Listen to this episode of A Country Ramble, hosted by Tom Duffee: For a detailed playlist, visit the…...
Baby chicks link certain sounds with shapes, just like humans do
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (626+ words) When people are shown a spiky shape next to a rounded one and asked which shape is called "kiki" and which one is "bouba," people from all kinds of cultures overwhelmingly associate "bouba" with the blob-like shape and "kiki" with…...
A Beavercreek old-growth forest defied the odds and thrived. Now, it's being recognized.
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (687+ words) For hundreds of years, a Beavercreek old-growth forest has defied suburbanization. One tree has even lived for 447 years. The Ferguson Land Lab is a 44-acre forest in Beavercreek full of mature oak, walnut, hickory and maple trees. To solidify protections…...
Finding community through inclusive bird watching in southwest Ohio
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (352+ words) We Outside'is produced for the ear and designed to be heard, not read. We strongly encourage you to listen to the audio by clicking on the blue "LISTEN" button above, which includes emotion and emphasis not on the page. Birding…...
Opinion: Jane Goodall helped humans understand their place in the world
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (328+ words) Outside the Field Museum in Chicago, a bronze sculpture by artist Marla Friedman captures a moment a friendship was made. It's called "The Red Palm Nut." A young woman sits barefoot on the ground, reaching out her hand to a…...