In the past ten years the number of songbirds that migrate to Ohio each
year has dropped sixty percent. Wildlife experts say one of the reasons is
loss of habitat due to urban sprawl. Cities like Cleveland, Akron and
Youngstown are losing population, while the virgin forestlands or farmlands
surrounding the cities are seeing new homes go up each day. This human
migration has frightened people in older rural communities who see their
quality of life threatened. For some small cities and villages, this expansion
means a full build-out decades before anyone thought possible--and they're
not all ready for it. WKSU's Mark Urycki has part four of our series
on urban sprawl.
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