{"id":329,"date":"2026-01-02T10:07:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T15:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communitygeography.kent.edu\/?p=329"},"modified":"2026-01-02T10:11:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T15:11:49","slug":"historic-ecology-of-kent-state-wetlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communitygeography.kent.edu\/index.php\/2026\/01\/02\/historic-ecology-of-kent-state-wetlands\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Kent State&#8217;s Wetlands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This project was an expansion of research conducted by my Seminar in Geography class in 2022. 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