By: Patrick Troyer, Paulding SWCD Soon the air will start to cool down, the leaves will start to change, which all means that it is also time for another milkweed pod collection. The Paulding Soil & Water Conservation District and the Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative will once again be collaborating on this worthwhile initiative. Milkweed…
Coach Mike Spiece and the Wayne Trace Raiders picked up another Black Swamp Title on Friday night, August 24. The game against the Panthers took place on the Raider home field. Even though the game went in the favor of the Raiders, the Panthers did not just lay down and hand the trophy over. Paulding’s…
By: Patrick Troyer, Paulding SWCD The final bells for summer vacation may have rung way back in May, but for many Paulding County students, the learning has not stopped. Visitors and students at the Paulding County Fair, Ann’s Bright Beginnings preschool, Paulding County Libraries, and Paulding County Board of DD Summer Enrichment Program have enjoyed…
By: Patrick Troyer, Education Specialist “The soils were as black as midnight”, the saying goes. As we certainly all know, the area we now live and work in was once part of the Great Black Swamp where the woodland and wildlife were plentiful and plenty of swampland was to be found. It is said that…
A Paulding County group opposed to the expansion of animal mega farms in the county as well as the continued construction of manure pits to hold animal waste produced by out-of-county mega farms will hold a work meeting Tuesday evening, August 5 starting at 7:00 p.m. at the Black Swamp Nature Center, 753 Fairgrounds Dr.,…
The Ceremony will be Held May 10.Wildlife watchers and enthusiasts are invited to attend a ceremony celebrating the first Bird Ohio Day May 10, 2014 at Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. Bird Ohio Day is a resolution drafted by Black Swamp Bird Observatory and…
