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Toledo Community Foundation Awards Grant to Conservancy

Published: 11/28/2011
Toledo, OH –Toledo Community Foundation has made a $4000 grant to Black Swamp Conservancy. The Conservancy will use the grant money to establish an education program for young people about land conservation. more»

Conservancy Protects Seneca County Farm

Published: 11/18/2011
Tiffin, OH – Black Swamp Conservancy, along with the U.S. and Ohio Departments of Agriculture, has entered into a permanent farmland preservation agreement with a Seneca County landowner. more»

O-I Charities Foundation Contributes to Conservancy

Published: 11/07/2011
Perrysburg, OH - Black Swamp Conservancy has received a $15,000 grant from the O-I Charities Foundation of Perrysburg, Ohio. more»

Conservancy Hosts 10,000 Acre Celebration

Published: 11/06/2011
Swanton, OH - On Sunday, November 6th, Black Swamp Conservancy members, supporters, and friends gathered at the John Myers Family Farm to celebrate the Conservancy reaching the milestone of 10,000 acres of farmland, meadows, wetlands and woods protected forever. The beautiful fall weather served as a backdrop for the day's events. Farm owner/operator, John more»

Black Swamp Conservancy Wins 2011 Scenic Ohio Award

Published: 10/13/2011
Columbus, OH - Scenic Ohio is pleased to announce that the Black Swamp Conservancy is the recipient of a 2011 Scenic Ohio Award. more»

Executive Director Speaks to Huron Rotary

Published: 10/11/2011
Huron OH – Efforts are underway by Black Swamp Conservancy to protect the Lake Erie Islands, shoreline, marshes and surrounding areas from development. more»

Kevin Joyce Appears on WGTE Deadline Now

Published: 10/07/2011

Kevin Joyce, Executive Director of the Black Swamp Conservancy, Matt Harbage, State Program Manager for the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Mike Bailey, Executive Director for the Ohio Department of Agriculture's Office of Farmland Preservation, join host Jack Lessenberry to talk about the value of farmland preservation.

BSC Hosts Agricultural Land Preservation Summit

Published: 09/08/2011
Perrysburg, OH – Why is now the ideal time to focus on agricultural land preservation? That question was the main focus of an Agricultural Land Preservation Summit hosted by the Black Swamp Conservancy on September 8, 2011 at the French Quarters Meeting Center in Perrysburg, Ohio. According to the American Farmland Trust, Ohio loses over 40,000 acres of more»