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Learn how teams of citizen scientist and environmentalists are preserving air and water quality in our area.

Groundwork Ohio River Valley is an organization dedicated to the equitable restoration of the natural and built environment in the Greater Cincinnati area through community partnerships. Our three buckets include our Climate Conservation Corp, Climate Safe Neighborhoods, and Citizen Science. Through these programs, we work with community members, youth, and local officials to revitalize and empower communities.  

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Jaeydah Edwards, Citizen Science Program Director for Groundwork Ohio River Valley, works to connect Cincinnati communities to their local environments through various programs and community engagement events. Some of her work includes air quality, water quality, green infrastructure, and environmental justice. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences with a minor in Environmental Studies from Northern Kentucky University. She has experience working with local communities, partner organizations, and City of Cincinnati Officials.

 

Luis Aguilar, Groundwork Ohio River Valley’s Green Team Program Director, has a passion for conservation and a love for prairies that began in Houston, TX where he is originally from. Luis studied Biology at the University of Houston – Downtown. Now in the Queen City of Cincinnati, he is continuing his education in Environmental Biosciences at the University of Cincinnati. With his background working as a Youth Leader, Environmental Educator and Applied Conservation Research Intern in Texas, he aims to protect our threatened flora & fauna and hopes to connect the next generation of conservation stewards to the great outdoors!

 

In the 1960s, Ohioans grew increasingly concerned about their polluted environment. Industrial rivers and harbors drew special attention, particularly as dredges hoisted polluted silt from beneath murky waters and dumped it into cleaner waters. In response to public pressure, new laws limited open water dumping, permanently reshaping the Great Lakes. This is the story of how the lowly dredge has remade and continues to remake our world.

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David Stradling is the Zane L. Miller Professor of History and Director of Environmental Studies at the University of Cincinnati. He has authored several books, including The Nature of New York: An Environmental History of the Empire State (2010), Making Mountains: New York City and the Catskills (2007), Smokestacks and Progressives: Environmentalists, Engineers and Air Quality in America, 1881-1951 (1999), and, with Richard Stradling, Where the River Burned: Carl Stokes and the Struggle to Save Cleveland (2015).

The rocks in this area are world famous for the fossils they contain, which come from an ancient ocean that covered most of North America 450 million years ago. Let’s explore the animal life and communities of this ancient ocean and discover what the fossil record can tell us about our modern marine ecosystems.

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Dr. Brenda Hunda received her B. Sc. with Honors in Paleontology from the University of Alberta in 1997, her M. Sc. in Earth Sciences from the University of Alberta in 1999, and her Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from the University of California, Riverside in 2004. She is currently the Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Cincinnati Museum Center and Adjunct Professor at the University of Cincinnati. Her position includes exhibit design, educational programming development, community outreach in the form of lectures and workshops, curating the largest collection of Upper Ordovician fossils in the world, developing a scientific research program that includes international travel, and playing in the one of the highest diversity fossil sea bottoms in North America.

From the beginning of human history, people have had a vital connection with the sea. This spring and summer, the Lloyd Library & Museum explores the most mysterious place on earth through books on the earth’s oceans and seas.  The exhibition, The Mighty Deep: An Exploration of Sea Life, presents magnificent illustrations of shells, fish, and crustaceans, complemented by equally beautiful images of algae, seaweed, and kelp. Explore the natural history of coastlines, early oceanography, and pharmaceutical marine plants. Concurrent with the exhibition, the Lloyd presents a robust program series examining the importance of water to plant and animal life on earth, historically and today. Exhibition runs through July 28.

At this year’s Taking Root Great Tree Summit, the Lloyd is partnering with speakers from The Ohio State University Extension, Fort Thomas Forest Conservancy, and the Cincinnati Zoo. Hear about local initiatives addressing the tree crisis, catch a presentation by Lloyd Librarian Betsy Kruthoffer, and meet with tree experts and tree lovers for a new perspective on trees at this free event.

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