DOCUMENT RESUME ED 092 386 SE 017.957 .AUTHOR Melvin, Ruth V. TITLE Ohio Environiental Education Areas. INSTITUTION, Ohio Academy of Science,_Columbus.; Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. PUB DATE. 74 NOTE 188p.; Color-coded aps included at request of author EDRS PRICE MF-$0.75 HC-$9.00 PLUS POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS *Environmental Education; Geographic Location; Guides; Instruction; *Land Use;; *Natural Resources; *Physical Environment; *Resource Guides; Resource Materials IDENTIFIERS *Ohio ABSTRACT This is a guide to regional sites in Ohio which can be studied in regard to resource management; land use; the quality, of air, water, soil; and reclamation. The first section of the guide includes brief descriptions of Ohio's natural features at the Present time, accounts of past appearances and events, and predictions for the future. In the second. essential background infornation is provided for each of the five majorwatersheds of-Ohio, and broad environmental problems are cited and related to the biophysical environment. Detailed descriptions of a wide variety of sites in each region are provided. (DT) * No Environmental Prepared by The Ohio Academy ot Science for The Ohio Department of Education U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, Education EDUCATION & WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITOTE OF Columbus, Ohio THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO. DUCED EXACTLY. AS RECEIVED FROM 1974 reas THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION OR IGIN ATING IT, POINTS OF VIEW OR 00INIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE BEST COPY 'AVAILABLE. SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY. I t Front :Cover:: Sycamore in Clea Creek Valley CUrY AVAILABLE 4 t t, t Shawnie Siete'Fiiiiit'd6eiloaing:iiie Ohio' 's STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION Conservationists and scientists began many years ago John R. Meckstroth, President, Cincinnati to warn of the hazards man has created for himself William H. Coss ler, Vice-President, Youngstown through his abuse and disregard for natural resources. William M. Baker, Madison Only now that many of our irreplaceable resources Wallace E. Blake, Zanesville have been devastated is this concern shared widely by Thaddeus Garrett, Jr., Akron the general public. Susan D. George, Canton William M. Judd, Cincinnati With this concern has come the urgency that future Everett L. Jung, M.D., Hamilton generations of Americans be provided with environ- Robert A. Lyons, Sr., Dayton mental knowledge and awareness if our natural heritage Mildred R. Madison,' Cleveland is to be preserved. The challenge to educators is clear. Roy D. McKinley, Coshocton By demonstrating to each student his stake in our en- Ward M: Miller, Portsmouth vironment, we can more nearly attain desirable sur- Gene Norris, Berea roundings even as our world grows increasingly urban David R. Rittenhouse, Toledo and technological. Anthony Russo, Mayfield Heights Thomas J. Russo, Maple Heights The Ohio Department of Education has developed a Ruth S. Schildhouse, Columbus series of publications to assist schools in implementing Wayne E. Shaffer, Bryan an interdisciplinary approach to Environmental Edu- Cecil M. Sims, Piqua cation. The publications encompass a resource catalog; Frances S. Yoke, Columbus guides to distinct Ohio environmental study areas; a Robert W. Walker, Adena series of experience units; and a planning guide for out- Robert E. Williams, Xenia Martha W. Wise, Elyria door education. In addition, a land laboratory model is being developed on the grounds of the Ohio School for the Deaf. As part of this undertaking, the department has, con- tracted with the Ohio Academy of Science to prepare these regional guides to sites which can be studied in regard to resource management, land use, the quality of air, water, soil, and reclamation. An advisory com- mittee composed of representatives of the department and the academy guided this significant work, under the direction and authorship of Ruth W. Melvin of the academy. These guides are offered in the expectation that they will provide teachers with a comprehensive, thorough and accurate tool to meet the imperative .. and stimu- lating ...challenge of educating future generations of environmentally literate citizens Martin W. Essex Superintendent 4V Public Instruction TABLE OF CONTENTS Reading Ohio's Landscape Oak Openings Toledo 86 An Introduction 5 Port of Toledo and the Port Authority 88 Influence of Ohio's Bedrock Geology Swan Creek Toledo 90 on the Landscape 9 Tiffin Glass Plant Tiffin 92 Ice over Ohio 11 Additional Maumee River. Watershed Sites 94 Climate 12 Miami River Watershed Region 96 Soils of Ohio 15 Below the Landscape -- Background Information 97 Ohio's Mineral Resources 17 Armco Steel Plant Middletown 104 Natural Vegetation in Ohio 21 Cincinnati Nature Center Ohio's Water Resources 23 Clermont County 106 Wildlife in Woodlands, Wetlands, and Water Dayton Rower and Light Company: Hutchings Station Miamisburg 108 The Forest Environment Today Fort Ancient State Memorial Natural Area Preservation 28 Warren County 110 Man's Impact on His Environment 31 Franklin Environmental Control Complex 112 Planning the Landscape of Tomorrow 37 Goose Run Valley and the Courts Farm Cuyahoga-Grand River Watershed Region 38 Brown County 114 Background Information 39 Montgomery County Joint Vocational School 116 Firestone Tire and Rubber PlantAkron 47 Ripley Union Water Association'- Goodtime II Cruise of The Cleveland Harbor Brown County 117 and Cuyahoga River 50 Upper Valley Mall Springfield 118 Hale Farm and Western Reserve Village Additional Miami River Watershed Sites 119 Peninsula 52 Muskingum River Watershed Region 122 Hayden Avenue Neighborhood Background Information 123 Development Program -- Cleveland 54 Alpine Alpa Cheese Factory -- Wilmot 128 Independence Schools Outdoor Education Center Independence 55 Black Hand Gorge Licking County 130 Lake Erie Junk A Nature and Canal Fulton Boat Trip Stark County 131 Science Cep,;. Bay Village 57 Columbia Cement Company-- Marsh Run. Watershed Celeryville 58 Muskingum County 132 Metals Park Geauga County 60 Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric-- Company: Conesville Generating Station North Central Branch, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center Eastern Ohio Resource Development Center Castalia 62 .Unit II Noble County 136 Shaker Lakes Nature Center -- Flint Ridge State Memorial -- Shaker, Heights 65 Licking County 138 Additional Cuyahoga-Grand River Nelson McCoy Pottery -- Roseville 139 Watershed Sites 66 Roscoe Village Restoration Coshocton 141 Maumee Watershed Region 68 Simco Coal Company Muskingum County 142 Background Information 69 Stark Wilderness Center Stark County 143 Archbold: A Cominunity Profile 73 Additional Muskingum River Watershed Sites 144 Bryan City Schools Outdoor Laboratory 75 Scioto-Hocking Watershed. Region 148 Crosby Park land Gardens Toledo 77 Background Information 149 Findlay Reservoir, and Water Treatment Barnebey Center Fairfield County 153 Plant Findlay 78 Buckeye Furnace State Memorial Goll Woods -- Fulton County 80 Jackson County 154 LabitinGliiiiShlip."="Graiid Rapids 82-- Center-of Science-and-Industry of the Little Auglaize Channelization Project Franklin County Historical Society Paulding County 84 Columbus 156 Dairy Farming in Morrow County 158 Additional Scioto-Hocking River Dean and Barry Paint Company Columbus 159 Watershed Sites 168 German Village Columbus 161 Making Paper at the Mead Corporation Chillicothe 162 References 172 Mead Experimental Forest Scioto County 164 Glossary 174 Southerly Waste Water Treatment Plant Index 178 Columbus 166 Index of Maps and Illustrations 184 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Much assistance in the preparation of these guides University, Columbus. Shaker Lakes Regional Na- was provided by ture Center by Mary B. Tyler, volunteer, Shaker Thomas M. Stockdale, associate professor, School Heights. of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University; Robert Finlay, supervisor for environmental educa- Maumee Region: cation (retired), Ohio Department of Education; Bryan Outdoor Education Center and Goll Woods Lynn. Elfner, Ohio Environmental Council; Beverly by Paul V. Webster, Biology Department, Bryan Lef., ERIC Center for Science and Mathematics Ed- High School. George B. Crosby Park by Roslyn ucation; G. Gerald Acker, of Bowling Green State Glasser. Port of Toledo and Port Authority by Mrs. University Biology Department, president of the Neil Waterbury, League of Women Voters, Toledo. Ohio Academy of Science; and John Disinger, Oak Openings and Swan Creek Watershed Studies School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State Uni- by Jeanne M. Hawkins, naturalist, Toledo. versity. The following persons served as regional chairmen Miami Region for the site studies: William Taylor, Independence High School, Cincinnati Nature Center by. Mrs. Kathy Hagist Cuyahoga-Grand Region; Paul Webster, Bryan High and other naturalist-educators at the center. Fort School, Maumee Region; Violet Strahler, Dayton Ancient State Memorial by Joellen Hayes, Natural Public Schools, Miami Region; Robert H. Mills, History Division, the Ohio Historical Society. Goose district conservationist, Soil Conservation Service, Run Valley and the Courts Farm and the Ripley Muskingum Region; and Barbara J. Thomson, Cen- Union Water Association, by George Roger Courts, ter for Unified Science, College of Education, The middle school outdoor education director, Mt. Orab. Ohio State. University, Scioto-Hocking Region. Montgomery County Joint Vocational School Pro- Donna Szuhy, environmental education director gram in Outdoor Education by Gary Bambauer, of the Ohio Department of