An article in onCampus, A living lab for Woodland Stewards (OWS), by Christina Drain, was about how 30 woodland owners practiced what they learned in an outdoor lab on the Mansfield campus. There are 640 acreas of woodlands on the campus which play a big role in the courses offered through the OWS program. More information about the project can be found in the Septmeber-October publication of the OSU Alumni magazine.

Students from the May session suggested creating a terrestrial lab similar to Stone Laboratory, the university’s freshwater field station on Lake Erie, with summer classes and coursework unique to the natural resource.

Michael Scuse visited the Wilima H. Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park and learned about the research being conducted.

The Environmental March Madness tournament was designed to evaluate colleges and university throughout the country on their environmental degree programs and curriculum, environmental opportunities for students, and campus sustainability efforts. Thanks goes to all of the academic units and students involved, and especially Neil Drobny, PhD, Director of EEDS and our own Trish Raridan-Preston, for her dedicated work in organizing the submission. To accept this award, Neil Drobny will attend and speak at the Enviance User Conference in San Diego this month.

Ohio State students produced this video for the competition.

SENR Extension Forestry Director and Ohio Woodland Stewards Program Coordinator Kathy Smith says not every bush, beetle, fish or fungus that lives in Ohio belongs here. The National Species Awareness Week, March 3-8, sponsored by the National Invasive Species Council, works to educate individuals on how invasive species arrive, how they spread, and the harm they cause to our environment. Read more about this fight here.