Conservation

Wetlands play an important role in storm water management, clean water, and more. A Dayton Regional STEM School's class worked with Five Rivers MetroParks to propose improvements at Cox Arboretum for this increasingly rare habitat.

The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery has started streaming 24/7 footage of their two,10-year-old North American river otters, giving viewers an inside look at their daily activities.

Gem City Solar will be the largest solar farm in Dayton and should help Dayton customers save on utility bills.

This year shows a continued but modest increase in the sandhill crane population in Ohio.

The new 131-panel array will generate 100,000 kilowatt hours annually for Five Rivers MetroParks at its 2nd Street Market.

Mike Fremont helped to found the Little Miami Conservancy and the statewide group Rivers Unlimited during his decades long work as a river conservationist in Ohio.

In a new exhibit at the Dayton Art Institute called “Archiving Eden”, photographer Dornith Doherty turns her lens to the critical issue of seed saving, and global efforts to conserve the world’s food sources.

Every year, the Little Miami River Watershed Network hosts a clean-up day, to collect some of the trash people have dumped into local waterways. This…

Aaron Rourke returns to Excursions to talk about recent projects underway by Rivers Unlimited, an organization devoted to restoring and preserving rivers…