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Info You Should Know
- The Karner Blue Butterfly makes a comeback in Ohio
- Learn about that pesky invasive - Buckthorn.
- How effective is wind power and what positive and negative effects does it have on the environment?
- Everything you always wanted to know about stinging nettle.
- We have added a new inclusion to the Volunteer Update for volunteers who have "natural recipes" they would like to share. This issue we feature a recipe for Blueberry Sauce.
- Ohio’s Woodland Flowers - Spring is the time to see them.
- Composting - how it occurs in nature and how to do it in your backyard
- Monarch butterfly - a common butterfly with an incredible story.
- Emerald Ash Borer - it's going to require a tough, relentless, and expensive fight to control this pest.
- Mosquitoes - she may be small and fragile, but the female mosquito is very dangerous.
- Four-toed salamander - a species of Special Concern in Ohio.
- Chiggers - probably no creature on earth can cause as much torment for its size than the tiny chigger.
- Japanese Honeysuckle - You can cut it. You can burn it. You can even douse it with herbicides. But the one thing you can't do with Japanese honeysuckle is get rid of it.
- NatureServe - the leading source for information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems.
- Poison Ivy - It only takes one nanogram (billionth of a gram) of urushiol to cause a reaction. Typical contact with poison ivy results in 100 nanograms of urushiol getting on your clothing or skin.
- Poison Sumac - The chemical responsible for this plant’s poisonous distinction remains stable even in dead or dried plants, and therefore is equally hazardous throughout all seasons.
- Timber Rattlesnakes - on the state endangered species list since 1993.
- Vernal Pools - beautiful, temporary wetland communities that hold water, and an amazing array of rare plants and animal species, in springtime only.
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