Members of the Benjamin Logan Environmental Science Club (BLES) rolled up their sleeves and headed to the kitchen for an evening centered around making healthy choices. The theme, “Take it to the Kitchen and Choose Health,” focused on showing students simple, practical ways to create nutritious meals and snacks—skills they can take home and use...
About two dozen persons gathered Saturday for a Pollinator Field Day sponsored by the Logan County Land Trust and hosted by Kirkmont Center. Chelsey Dixon, Benjamin Logan 2nd grade teacher, spoke about her involvement in raising and releasing Monarch butterflies which began as a 4-H project when she was a child. Chelsey described the life...
On April 7, the Benjamin Logan Environmental Science Club, sponsored by the Logan County Land Trust, explored the fascinating world of birding — a hobby that has grown into a multibillion-dollar industry and a vital tool for conservation awareness. The club welcomed Joe Lautenbach, an ornithologist with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), who...
Have you ever savored a fresh perch dinner and wondered how that fish survives in its watery world? Or enjoyed a stack of steaming pancakes drenched in maple syrup without thinking about the journey that syrup took from tree to bottle? These are the kinds of questions being explored in the Benjamin Logan Environmental Science...
The new year has been a busy one for the Benjamin Logan Environmental Science Club (ESC). At their first session of 2025 the twenty-five club members experimented with daphnia, small crustaceans that form the food web base in numerous ponds and lakes. Because many of the creature’s organs are transparent, it is possible, under magnification,...
Owls have fascinated humans for millennia. Last month, the Environmental Science Club was treated to a closeup look at owls by Dr. Blake Mathys, associate professor of environmental science at Ohio Dominican University. Dr. Mathys, a Benjamin Logan graduate, invited the group to his property near West Mansfield to learn about Ohio owl species and...
The Ben Logan Environmental Science Club made a field trip to a farm along the Mad River. Bob and Lois Stoll hosted the group. They started out in the “Timber Frame” barn built pre Civil War and discussion focused on “what did the farms look like in the mid 1800’s”. Beams in the barn are...
“Mad BUCK” might sound like a reference to a Buckeye fan or a deer during rut season, but it’s actually a clever way to remember an important lesson about trees: Maple, Ash, Dogwood, and Buckeye are the only native trees with opposite branching, where stems grow directly across from each other on the main stem....
Last Wednesday, the Benjamin Logan Environmental Science Club rolled up their sleeves and took action to improve their campus while learning valuable lessons about environmental stewardship. The after-school program combined hands-on work with environmental education, creating an impactful evening for everyone involved. The students began by clearing the Benjamin Logan campus of unwanted trash, tidying...
Last week, students in the Indian Lake Vocational Agriculture class dove into the world of nonprofit organizations with a visit from Greg Knight and Bob Stoll, directors with the Logan County Land Trust (LCLT), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to land conservation and community enrichment. Invited by instructor Kelsey King, Greg and Bob led an insightful...
