In this episode, we recap Richland SWCD's big year of 2023 - our 75th anniversary! To mark the occasion, you will hear from District employees, supervisors, and partners past and present. It was also a big year for other reasons. Listen to find out more!

NERD SECTION!!! (We love conservation nerds)

1) Visit the page on our website for more on Richland SWCD history: https://richlandswcd.net/about-us/mission-vision-and-history/

2) Take a look at our archive of historical district photos: https://richlandswcd.net/about-us/reminisce/

3) The watershed map that Matt Christian mentioned: https://richlandswcd.net/stormwater-drainage/watersheds-of-richland-county/

4) More on the USDA-NRCS programs that Jason Ruhl mentioned: https://richlandswcd.net/agriculture/usda-nrcs-programs/

Contact Us!

2) Richland SWCD: https://richlandswcd.net/, call 419-747-8686

3) Kingwood Center Gardens: https://kingwoodcenter.org/

Music

Permission was generously granted for the use of the following tracks: "Run One Down" by Dan Lebowitz (our theme), and "A Brand New Start", "Confident Kurt", "Walk Through the Park", "A Night Alone", "Sunday", "Blue Ribbons", and "Easy Stroll" by TrackTribe.

We're back! And we have quite the show for you. In this episode, we are honored to be in the presence of Marne Titchenell, Program Director for Wildlife at OSU Extension. She chairs the Pollinator Right-of-Way committee which was instrumental in creating pollinator habitat on OSU Mansfield's campus. What's that? You'll find out! Plus, what are pollinators, what do we rely on them for, and how can we save them from going the way of the dodo? All this and more as Our Rich Land continues to bring you stories and insight on conservation in our small corner of Ohio.

NERD SECTION!!! (We love conservation nerds)

1) Read more on the pollinator plots at OSU Mansfield: https://u.osu.edu/monarchplot/

2) Discover the Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative: https://www.ohiopollinator.org/

3) Pollinator Partnership: https://www.pollinator.org/

4) The Xerxes Society for Invertebrate Conservation: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/about-pollinators

Contact Us!

1) Marne Titchenell: https://senr.osu.edu/our-people/marne-titchenell

2) Richland SWCD: https://richlandswcd.net/, call 419-747-8686

3) Kingwood Center Gardens: https://kingwoodcenter.org/

Music

Permission was generously granted for the use of the following tracks: "Run One Down" by Dan Lebowitz, and "Squirm Worm", "Jane Street", and "Easy Stroll" by TrackTribe.

Have you ever noticed that you flush your toilet with the same water that come out of your tap? Have you ever wondered why you pay someone to take away yard waste and then pay for fertilizer? Have you ever wanted to not water your yard so much? Then this episode is especially for you. "The problem is the solution" is a simple conceptual phrase coined by Bill Mollison, the Australian co-creator of the modern Permaculture movement. Often if we take the time to think about it our natural resource problems can often be solutions, either to the problem itself or to another problem that we have. Still confused? Hopefully we explain it a little better in the episode! We also discuss why this concept is important and relevant for natural resource conservation.

LINKS!!!

1) Special thanks to News 5 Cleveland for allowing us to use a an audio clip from their broadcast of the June 2022 tornado in Richland County! The broadcast was posted to their website here: Richland County Tornado - News 5 Cleveland

2) Bill Mollison's first book was written with David Holmgren, and was entitled: Permaculture One: A Perennial Agriculture for Human Settlements. He also wrote a handful of other informational books on permaculture.

3) To learn more about permaculture online, you can explore permaculture's key principles here, and read some common definitions and concepts relating to permaculture here, and read the article the article that Josh quotes from here.

4) Visit our websites! Richland SWCD's Residential Programs & Kingwood Center Gardens

MUSIC

Permission was generously given to use the following tracks! "Run One Down" by Dan Lebowitz, and "A Brand New Start" and "Easy Stroll" by TrackTribe