Trees and gardens in our community work hard to clean the air and filter stormwater in North Avondale. Paddock Hills and North Avondale tree canopy coverage at 43.7% is the 7th highest in the neighborhoods assessed. With the exception of traffic exposure moderate and diesel particulate in the air high, all other built environment indicators or air, water, and land pollution are deemed either very high or extreme.
According to the Cincinnati Neighborhood Profile from the Climate Equity Indicators Report_2021
Environment and Stability posts
-
Save some carpenter bees! April 2022
The carpenter bees you see close by are males and they CAN NOT STING! The females won’t come near you. Carpenter bees have a special “BUZZ POLLINATION” that is necessary for tomatoes, blueberries and eggplants! We need our valuable native pollinators! Read more here: https://extension.umd.edu/resource/meet-pollinator-carpenter-bee More here: https://www.smliv.com/outdoors/buzzing-behemoths-are-peaceful-pollinators
-
New EPA Tool: April 2022
New EPA Tool Provides the Public with Customized Updates on Local Enforcement and Compliance Activities Today, EPA announced the release of a new web tool, called “ECHO Notify,” that empowers members of the public to stay informed about important environmental enforcement and compliance activities in their communities and to strengthen […]
-
“I just heard a pack of coyotes kill a small dog.”
Have you seen (or made) this statement in neighborhood groups on social media? It’s one of the most common sources of panic in the suburbs. And, in almost all cases, it’s actually not true. Coyotes live in small family groups of 2-8 individuals, usually a mated pair and their young […]