Good News This Week: September 20, 2025 - Forest, Bees, & Green Roofs

Good News This Week: September 20, 2025 - Forest, Bees, & Green Roofs

Good News This Week: September 20, 2025 - Forest, Bees, & Green Roofs ‍ The Best Positive News We’re Celebrating This Week — A new nature preserve in Ohio will protect 3,000 acres of Appalachian foothills In one of the largest private land protection initiatives in state history, nearly 3,000 acres of forest in the foothills of Appalachian Ohio, and the wildlife that call it home, will be protected and open to the public. The family that has owned the land for the last century donated it to a local landbank, which will manage it as a nature preserve, protecting wildlife and adding trail markings and parking to make it more accessible and safe for the public. And with a conservation easement on the land, The Nature Conservancy will ensure the property is protected long-term. Why is this good news? In Ohio specifically, public lands are limited compared to the rest of the country, with “only about 4.2% public land.” Nature preserves, especially large ones like this, not only protect critica…