The Trimble Community Forest or Trimble Township Community Forest is a forest preserve owned by the Appalachia Ohio Alliance, a

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located in southeast

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. Formerly called Taylor Ridge, it was purchased in 2006 from the Sunday Creek Coal Company, and was formerly part of the Sunday Creek State Wildlife Area. The land has a long history of coal, oil, natural gas, and timber production. The AOA negotiated with the Trimble Township Trustees on its use before purchase. It is located in

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, south of

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, between

Glouster, Ohio Glouster is a village in Trimble Township, Athens County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,659 at the 2020 census. It is close to Burr Oak State Park. History Formerly called Sedalia, the present name of Glouster, after Gloucester ...

and

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. The forest is used as a

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by nearby Trimble High School and Trimble Middle School. The

area is known as the Trimble Tomcat Environmental Learning Lab. The Ohio Division of Wildlife provides assistance to a local citizens committee that manages the forest.

References

External links

U.S. Geological Survey Map
at the U.S. Geological Survey Map Website. Retrieved November 21, 2022. * * * 600px Nature reserves in Ohio Protected areas of Athens County, Ohio Forests of Ohio {{AthensCountyOH-geo-stub