In 1998, the Mohican Ad Hoc Committee allowed for silviculture in only 743 acres of the 4,700 acres. The new plan would allow timbering in 3,386 acres, protecting only 1,314 acres. The new plan’s goal is to return the acreage to “historical forests of the region.” Removing the pine trees does not guarantee that hardwoods […]
Letters to the Editor
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Preserve Mohican Forest
After a visit to my hometown this weekend I’m shocked to see that Mohican Forest is again facing a future on the chopping block. Although I’ve moved to Colorado I still come to my home grounds often and always visit the forest to hike or borrow a bike to ride the fabulous Mt. Bike trails […]
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Mohican Forest deserves protection
These days, building trust, showing respect, compromising, listening, and having compassion are traits we humans need modeled and experienced in order to slow down and alter this path our society is currently on. When we rarely slow down and take time to be still, to remind ourselves of what truly matters, and what we should […]
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Member of Mohican Ad Hoc Council challenges ODNR plan
As a member of the Mohican Ad Hoc Council, I take great offense in ODNR’s DOF New Management Plans. In June of 1999, then Governor Bob Taft and ODNR Director Sam Speck welcomed our recommendations for management of Mohican-Memorial State Forest and said that any limited timber harvesting in the forest would not utilize commercial […]
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Water issues nix sale of Ashland County home
Apparently there is a problem with the ground water in Ohio. My family and I were considering a move to the beautiful state of Ohio. We love the state! We love the country setting and looked forward to purchasing a home in the country. After a long search we found our dream home. Made an […]
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Mohican concerns should be addressed to ODNR
The Ohio Division of Natural Resources (ODNR) “manages” Mohican Forest. Management techniques include logging, thinning, and spraying. Management can be done in various ways for various reasons, but more often than not, the “management” is to grow timber for wood products that result in a small financial gain relative to the damage done to the […]
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Quality food or quality people
Dear Editor, Come one, come all to your local farmer’s market, now accepting food stamps. That is the gist of how many farmer’s markets across America are promoting themselves as they begin to open for the spring and summer. One by one many are starting to accept food stamps. Doesn’t that sound wonderful? A space […]
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Mansfield City Schools renewal levies vital to the district
Dear Editor: On Tuesday, May 2, voters in the Mansfield City School District will decide two renewal levies. These levies will continue to provide the funds necessary to help students achieve but will not raise taxes. The 10.4-mill and 10.7-mill levies deliver $7.9 million annually, nearly half of the local tax revenue or approximately 13.5 […]
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Vote for Pothole, Pride tax and Mansfield School levies
For the past 32 years I have helped perform a citizens’ audit of the Mansfield street resurfacing program. I’ve also monitored such issues as bridge and sewer inspection because our community cannot survive if it neglects its infrastructure. Renewal of the Pothole Haters and Price income taxes is essential to our town’s future. However, you […]
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Educator urges voters to approve Ontario Schools renewal levy
Dear Editor, I am an educator of young people in the Ontario Schools. As I teach my eighth grade students each day, I assume that each of them will go on to do amazing things on this planet. While I may not always be correct, if I were to assume anything else, there is a […]