Washington Post, Feb. 24, 2022; featuring Kerry Ard, CFAES School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR)
NPR, Feb. 20, 2022; spin-off from research by Richard Dick, SENR
Ohio State students can apply now for scholarship support to attend classes at Stone Laboratory, Ohio State’s island campus on Lake Erie. Read more on Ohio Sea Grant’s website.
Stone Lab and Ohio Sea Grant are part of CFAES. (Photo: A student studies at Stone Lab on Gibraltar Island, with Put-in-Bay harbor in the background; Ohio Sea Grant.)
Wondering how climate change may affect agriculture, food quality, and public health? Want to learn how tile drainage impacts river flashiness? Or what kinds of insects are beneficial for sustainable agriculture? The answers to these questions and more will be discussed during the annual Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference (CTC), held March 8–9 in Ada, Ohio. The conference is presented by CFAES and other supporters.
Read the full story. (Photo: Reduced tillage corn, Getty Images.)
Columbus Dispatch, Feb. 8, 2022; featuring Ohio State Sustainability Institute
New York Times, Feb. 7, 2022; featuring Linda Saif, CFAES Center for Food Animal Health
Columbus Dispatch, Feb. 6, 2022; Ohio State research cited
Mirage News, Feb. 3, 2022; Ohio State researchers included
Using GPS tags attached to the birds, associate professor Chris Tonra and graduate student Aaron Skinner, both of CFAES’ School of Environment and Natural Resources, helped discover some surprising facts about the long migrations that eastern whip-poor-wills make from their Midwestern (including Ohio) breeding grounds.
(Photo: Eastern whip-poor-will, Getty Images.)
Learn new ways to handle the stress of farming in a workshop during the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) conference.
Continue reading Stressed by farming? Turn worry into action
“Our research found coal mining-dependent economies have generally struggled in the last century compared to Appalachian communities that have not been tied to coal extraction.”
That’s Mark Partridge, CFAES professor and C. William Swank Chair in Rural-Urban Policy, quoted in a recent article about a study he co-authored.
“Remaining tied to coal mining is exactly the opposite of how more prosperous communities have evolved,” Partridge says in the article, “and it risks the future viability of Appalachian counties.”
Just in time for Ohio’s coming winter storm, you can learn about eco-friendly ways to not be slip slidin’ away. CFAES’ Sustainable Action Through Video Engagement team released the new video above (3:03).
The next monthly program by CFAES’ Environmental Professionals Network (EPN), “Coyotes, Coffee, and Carnivores” is Tuesday, Feb. 15, online or in person. The theme is “exploring human-animal coexistence in a crowded world.” The esteemed speaker lineup includes Stan Gehrt, CFAES’ own world-renowned expert on urban wildlife.
Get details about the EPN program, including how to register.