FILE - A firefly flies just after sunset at Tremper Mound in Rosemount, Ohio, July 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

WHEELING – The next session in the Ohio County Master Gardeners’ Public Garden Lecture Series promises to be enlightening.

Do you have fond memories of watching fireflies in you grandmother’s back yard? Where did all the fireflies go? Anecdotal evidence suggests fireflies are declining, likely from development, light pollution, pesticide use and water pollution, to name a few reasons. But the biggest threat is habitat destruction.

That is something gardeners and landowners can help fix.

At 6 p.m. on Monday, March 30, the Ohio County Master Gardeners’ Public Garden Lecture Series will present information on creating firefly habitat. The lecture will be held at the Schrader Nature Center at Oglebay Park.

The speaker will be Krista Noe, who is the Natural Heritage Vegetation Ecologist from the Wildlife Resources Section of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Please join the program so children and grandchildren can enjoy watching “lightening bugs” in their backyards on warm summer evenings.