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In springtime, visitors to the Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) are eager to enjoy The Biggest Week in American Birding. First-timers often discover they don’t have to go very far to see a wide range of colorful migrating birds.
In fact, the birding can be excellent right around the BSBO headquarters nestled in the Magee Marsh Wildlife Area on the Lake Erie shoreline.
Located at 13551 W. State Rt. 2 in Oak Harbor the Village of Oak Harbor is just to the south it’s easy to find with the highway signage.
Here are some birding hotspots shared by BSBO members and birding experts.
Improvements planned at Devil’s Backbone
By Braden Moles - bmoles@aimmediamidwest.com
EATON The Preble County Board of Commissioners issued support for a grant application from the Preble County Park District (PCPD) for improvements at Devil’s Backbone during their meeting on Wednesday, April 14.
According to Park Commissioner Tom McQuiston, the Devil’s Backbone is a 26 acre property located outside of Camden on old S.R. 725. Five years ago, the land was donated to the PCPD by Patricia and Herb Wagers.
“Since that time, we’ve been working to develop a plan, develop resources to do a lot of work down there,” he said. “[Park Manager Mindy Davidson] has put together a grant application for a lot of things that we can do.”
April 14, 2021
The Horton Grove Nature Preserve was once the site of Stagville Plantation, one of the state s largest plantations.
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It’s no secret that private land conservation requires means. Be it grant awards, individual donations or earned income. For the hundreds of local and regional land trusts that lack significant endowments, conserving a piece of property very often necessitates a motivated landowner with the resources to make a donation of development rights, fee title or stewardship endowment.
While more public funding sources have emerged recently for conservation finance, particularly around working farms, landowners with means and motivation remain a staple of the private conservation process. These landowners are largely white, and their properties most often in rural and suburban areas. The distribution of conserved land and public open space has followed suit, with low-income communities and communities of color markedly deprived
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