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 […]

  On Saturday, April 21 the Village of Middlefield and the Geauga Park District held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to announce the opening of the section of the Maple Highlands Trail that runs […]

The following story originally appeared in the Geauga County Maple Leaf. Our thanks to the Maple Leaf for permission to republish the article here. Naturalist Judy Barnhart has shared her love and […]

Chagrin Valley Times Thursday, April 12, 2018  By Krista S. Kano http://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/communities/bainbridge/article_1f150d4a-3db6-11e8-aa09-435f9b105a63.html A nine-month debate about public records law came to a close Tuesday when Geauga Park District Board of Commissioners member […]

Chagrin Valley Times Thursday, April 5, 2018 12:00 by Joe Koziol Jr. http://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/communities/bainbridge/article_a616fef2-383e-11e8-91c4-fbb4bcd9cfd8.html An Ohio court has been advised to rule that the Geauga Park District violated the state’s open records law […]

Chagrin Valley Times Thursday, March 22, 2018 By Joan Demirjian   http://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/communities/article_9c9ba3a4-2d36-11e8-b6b3-7b28790c0aa4.html Local conservationist Bill Ginn said the city of Akron could benefit more financially from selling carbon credits rather than felling 420 […]