Botanist Clea Klagstad visited AOA’s Klienmaier State Nature Preserve recently as part of an effort to identify plant species on the site. Clea is leading an intensive floristic survey of the 32-acre preserve in [...]
Steve Goodwin recognized with a Wildlife Conservationist Award from the League of Ohio Sportsmen. We are honored to report that on February 28 Steve Goodwin, AOA Land Protection Specialist, was presented with the prestigious Wildlife [...]
Accepting the award for AOA are Steve Goodwin (Land Protection Specialist), Clyde Gosnell (Treasurer and Co-founder), Omie Warner (Vice President and Co-founder), Guy Denny (Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association), Sandy Chiaramonte, Russ Scholl [...]
NBC4: Columbus, Ohio News, Weather, and Sports (WCMH-TV) Posted: Aug 01, 2014 3:54 PM EDT Updated: Aug 01, 2014 5:35 PM EDT By: Ben Gelber, Meteorologist PICKAWAY COUNTY, Ohio - A consortium of conservation groups [...]
By Lauren Gibbons The Columbus Dispatch • Monday July 28, 2014 5:35 CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — Nestled among acres of rolling Pickaway County farmland, the newly christened Bartley Preserve stands out. The property, formerly owned by the List family, [...]
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 277-130 on July 17 to extend the enhanced conservation easement tax incentive and make it permanent. The bill received overwhelming bipartisan support with a majority of Representatives listed as [...]
Visitors to the Bartley Preserve this summer are in for a treat as a variety of rare plants are emerging from the dormant seed bank in the glacial potholes! The attached images of Hitler Pond [...]
AOA recently collaborated with ODNR Division of Mineral Resources to identify and secure an abandoned mine opening at our Trimble Community Forest property near Glouster. This property contains several historic coal mines. The No. 10 [...]
AOA Executive Director Steve Fleegal collaborated with the Land Trust Alliance to place an op-ed in the Columbus Dispatch on June 14th in support of making the enhanced conservation easement tax incentive permanent. AOA is [...]
Approximately 160 people participated in the second annual Mothapalooza conference sponsored by the Ohio Division of Wildlife at Burr Oak State Park Resort the weekend of June 28th. AOA is very grateful to Mothapalooza for [...]