By: Patrick Troyer, Paulding SWCD Have you been keeping up with our Ohio Wildlife Series? Do you want to learn about more? Then do we have a treat for you with another installment of the wildlife that finds a home right her in our great state of Ohio. The feature animal for this week is…
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…
By: Patrick Troyer, Paulding SWCD It is time to once again highlight one of the many animals that call Ohio home. For this week’s animal, we will go to the water as we feature the river otter. Where does it live? What does it eat? What does it look like? Read on to find out…
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…
Ann’s Bright Beginnings Summer Kids have enjoyed visits from Patrick Troyer from Paulding Soil and Water all summer long. Recently, he brought along some owl pellets for us to dissect. We found lots of bones from rodents, birds and shrews! It was disgusting and fascinating all at the same time! Call 419-399-KIDS (5437) to sign…
By: Patrick Troyer, Paulding SWCD The time has come for another trek into the wonderful world of the wildlife of Ohio. So far, we have learned about a vast array of wildlife that call Ohio home but there are many more for us to learn about. In the last installment, we went to the birds…
By: Patrick Troyer, Paulding SWCD This term may or may not be familiar to many of you reading this article. Let us get one thing covered: a watershed is not a shed that has water in it, but is a term that has a very important meaning when we delve into the realm of water…
By: Patrick Troyer, Paulding SWCD The time has come for another installment of our Ohio Wildlife Series. This week we will feature an animal that some might be familiar with while others may not be, the muskrat. Many of you may have seen this animal before but may have confused with a beaver, which is…
By: Patrick Troyer, Education Specialist Fourth grade students at Oakwood Elementary have built upon their knowledge of erosion, weathering, deposition, and pollution via two presentations recently. First, students learned about the changing landscape of the Earth and the forces such as erosion, deposition, and weathering that work together to either construct or transform our environment…
EACS DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION SELECTED Mr. Dave Myers was recently named the Director of Transportation for the district. Mr. Myers began his teaching career in 1989. He became a teacher with EACS at Paul Harding High in 2000. In 2004, he transferred to New Haven High School during the district’s redesign process. For the past…
