Chagrin Valley Times October 18, 2018 By Joan Demirjian http://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/communities/russell/article_7a00cfe2-d239-11e8-ae19-bf387b2960e1.html A firestorm of reactions was set off last week after Russell Township Park District Chairman Scott Wayt proposed leasing parklands in the […]
Geauga Park District considers dam safety and easement
Chagrin Valley Times by Krista S. Kano October 11, 2018 http://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/topics/government_politics/article_74b3b938-ccc0-11e8-a75c-23f3097560f7.html The Geauga Park District board currently is determining the cost for a safety and engineering plan of a Chardon dam it […]
Park District destroys trees at Beartown Lakes
Since we have the ability to easily get answers to questions about the Park District through public records requests and “other” means, it will be interesting to eventually find out why the […]
Geauga park board continues ban on public comments
Chagrin Valley Times August 23, 2018 by Krista S. Kano http://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/topics/government_politics/article_96230594-a63a-11e8-a74d-c7e02749c838.html Although there were recent indications that the Geauga Park District Board of Commissioners were relaxing their ban of public comments during […]
Environmental expert shows how forests reflect health of the planet
Chagrin Valley Times August 23, 2018 by Joan Demirjian http://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/communities/geauga_archives/article_56df427c-a639-11e8-a222-175f714216e3.html Protect Geauga Parks hosted Judy Semroc, conservation specialist with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, recently to talk about habitat fragmentation. Cutting […]
Endangered spotted turtle newest resident of Geauga park
The following story originally appeared in the Chagrin Valley Times. Our thanks to the Times for permission to republish the article here. JOAN DEMIRJIAN Jul 5, 2018 A female spotted turtle was […]
Two Russell park boards likely to put levies on ballot
Chagrin Valley Times June 28, 2018 Joan Demirjian http://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/communities/russell/article_dc294ab4-7a3c-11e8-be27-db9691ce6188.html Russell voters could be deciding on two different levies for two different park boards in November. Both the Russell Township Park Board established […]
Vernal Pools
Most people don’t know what a vernal pool is, but they have likely seen lots of them. They are a temporary spring or wetland that provides important habitat for some very unusual […]
Lawyer says park can contract with commissioner’s company
Chagrin Valley Times Thursday, May 17, 2018 by Krista S. Kano http://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/communities/bainbridge/article_a30a13fe-592a-11e8-b529-27a02db481e2.html The newest member of the Geauga Park District Board of Commissioners has done and continues to do business with the […]
2018 Bob McCullough Scholarship Awards
Protect Geauga Parks has created this scholarship program to assist students in Geauga County who will graduate from high school in 2019 and who plan to study the natural sciences. Three scholarships […]
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