big news

I bought 11 acres of wet woods with a roadside building site near New London in Huron County. I should be able to see marsh marigold and skunk cabbage and hear peppers, wood, chorus, and leopard frogs from my front window. It goes back to a ~90-acres swamp woods that was designated a state reference wetland by Ohio EPA about 10 years ago. The place has been logged but the canopy is recovering and with some slash clearing and a little blackberry removal it should fit up splendidly. There are som eorchids in the area, and a local fellow found a tiger salamander in his basement - only the second record for Huron County: very exciting stuff! A big portion of the big swamp is for sale and I'm hoping to come up with some strategy for getting it protected.