The Long-Term Value of a Small Restored Woodland

In the 1950s the Trosset family began restoring an acre of woodland in Evendale Ohio. Over time the property came to host a great diversity of wildflowers and birds. Using 40 years of data collected by Ruth Trosset, Carol Trosset will describe the ecological value of this forest fragment and discuss their research on how the coming of spring has changed in Cincinnati over the decades. This program will be hosted by Western Wildlife Corridor, and will be presented on August 29 at 7:00 p.m., at the Kirby Nature Center.

Carol Trosset is a lifelong amateur naturalist and the author of The Woods: The Natural History of an Acre in Southwestern Ohio, recently published by the Ohio Biological Survey. She grew up in Cincinnati and received training from a number of well-known local naturalists. Now retired from a career as an anthropologist studying institutional effectiveness in higher education, she has returned to Cincinnati where she co-manages the Trosset Wildflower Sanctuary at Gorman Heritage Farm in Evendale. Books will be available for sale at the event.

This event is free, but pre-registration is required. You can register at https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/zG14XoKq1HbvlojBtM9UOw.

Kirby Nature Center is located at 2 East Main Street, Addyston, Ohio.