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MBI Completes a New and Revised “Ohio Stream Guide!”

Midwest Biodiversity Institute’s Randy Sanders recently completed a new edition of the popular 25-year-old educational book “A Guide to Ohio Streams”.

Mar 17th, 2023

A Snapshot of “Ancient” Mussels in Central Ohio

Jack T Freda Anthony Sasson

Disco Wasn't the Only Bad Thing about the 70s

A veteran aquatic biologist reflects on the dramatic transformation of Ohio's waterways from the polluted 1970s—when rivers were lined with sludge worms, condoms hung from submerged trees, and the Cuyahoga was literally crunchy underfoot—to today's restored ecosystems that fully meet biological standards.