environmental education

The park system has held prescribed fire trainings for over 30 years. Currently, it’s only able to offer them a few times a year.

After a few families were cited by Beavercreek officials for their lawns, they’ve taken steps to work with the city to update its lawn care regulations to accommodate native plant lawns.

Kettering appointed the city’s first sustainability manager, Dawn Kirchner. WYSO’s environment reporter Adriana Martinez-Smiley spoke with Kirchner to learn what she hopes to accomplish in this position.

This year, Clark County detected 74 mosquitos infected with West Nile Virus. And Montgomery County detected seven mosquitos with West Nile.

Adventure Central in Dayton has offered youth programming since 2000, after a Five Rivers MetroParks community assessment revealed a need for out-of-school programs in the area.

Piqua residents organized an environmental symposium at Edison State Community College Wednesday to discuss lithium-ion battery emissions.

Indigenous communities across the world founded the practice of prescribed fires in their respective homelands. And in the Dayton region, the Myaamia tribe was one of those groups.

The theme at the University of Dayton's third Imagining Community Symposium was health and environmental justice, selected based on feedback at last year's symposium.

The local group Ohio Prescribed Fire Council held their annual meeting earlier this month to discuss best practices, new approaches and current work around this habitat management tool.

The Glen Helen Nature Preserve has increased its borders by another 30.5 acres. The Glen Helen Association acquired Camp Greene, which is a former Girl…