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Saturday, May 7th - in spite of the damp, chilly conditions, a friendly group of people met at the Brown Family Environmental Center for a bird walk led by Kenyon Professor Emeritus Ray Heithaus.

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Owl Creek Conservancy Hires for Newly Created Position - Executive Director

Knox County, Ohio

Mount Vernon, Ohio - - February 2022

The Board of Trustees of the Owl Creek Conservancy is excited to announce the decision to hire Vicki K. Kauffman as the new Executive Director of the Conservancy, effective immediately.

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Board of Trustees Seeks Volunteers
 
The Conservancy is a private nonprofit organization of volunteers dedicated to conserving
natural and agricultural lands in the Knox County Area through widespread private action. We
work with landowners for the public good to maintain and to improve the quality of life now and
in the future by conserving farmlands, stream corridors, aquifer- and watershed-protection areas,
wildlife habitats, woodlands, scenic vistas, and ecologically sensitive areas of environmental,
historic, and community importance.

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Stanley Williams signed an agricultural easement on his 182.5-acre farm in Milford Township in Knox  County early in February, 2022. 

Mr. Williams’ farm is in the Centerburg area and is primarily cropland in a rotation of corn and soybeans, with some wooded areas and pastures and a small pond.  All soils on the Williams farm are 100% prime.

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Monitoring trackerMonitoring involves physical examination of a Protected Property, e.g. walking through a woodland.  The "Sports Tracker" tracing shows a monitoring team's 2021 walk through two small properties conserved by easements donated by Jim and Maureen Buchwald in 2002 and 2003.  The nearest access is from Laymon Road via the Kokosing Gap Trail. 

  1. OCC Explore Program Highlights Local Bird Diversity
  2. Conservation Easements: An Option for Landowners