Nelsonville names Charles Barga city manager
Nelsonville hires Charles Barga of Athens as city manager after a 50 to 50 vote with two emergency actions. Barga, interim since February, begins in April at about $53,000 yearly with no benefits. contract terms are still being finalized.
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Earth Day activities at Burr Oak State Park highlight wildflowers
Naturalist Julie Gee led Earth Day events at Burr Oak State Park including a Ravine Trail walk amid peak bloom of trilliums blue eyed Marys wild blue flax and Dutchman's breeches. Children decorated shirts with flowers and learned from volunteers Kris Reutzel and others at the park and Lake Hope Nature Center.
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Ohio turtle trapping rules face push to curb harvest
Environmental groups Sierra Club Ohio and Center for Biological Diversity push to end unlimited daily trapping of snapping and softshell turtles. They gathered 3 800 letters urging ODNR to ban for profit turtle trading, citing a state with rivers and ponds hosting several turtle species including spiny softshell and snapping turtles.
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