When faced with threats such as climate change, one natural reaction is to give up in despair. It may seem that there’s nothing that you, just one individual or just one family, can do.
But you and your family can do something! Long-time Columbus Audubon leader Dave Horn has put together a quick list of eight things that you can do to help keep our planet safe.
Common Reed Grass, sometimes called by its scientific name Phragmites, is an invasive plant found throughout the USA. In Ohio it is especially abundant in the wetlands bordering Lake Erie and some large inland reservoirs. Its invasiveness is an enigma because it is apparently a native species that began to dominate and replace other wetland plants only
The song Here Comes Another One from Monty Python might apply well to invasive species. Another recent arrival to Ohio is the Viburnum Leaf Beetle (VLB) which occurs from northeast Ohio eastward through Pennsylvania, New York, New England, and eastern Canada although it has not yet reached central Ohio. The VLB is native to Europe and
