Eight professional geography research papers presented at the Geography Section of the Ohio Academy of Science annual 1975 meeting are provided. The papers examine various aspects of the environment, energy distribution, cultural and geographic change, and ethnic distribution. The titles of the eight papers are (1) Racial and Ethnic Redistribution in Denver, Colorado: 1960 and 1970; (2) A Synthesis of Conflicting Value Premises: Industrialization and Restoration in the Venetian Lagoon; (3) Options for Environmental Farming in Northwest Ohio; (4) Soils as a Link in an Environment Monitoring Chain; (5) An Examination of Electric Demand by Geographic Units; (6) Selected Aspects of "Fair" Competition within Ohio; (7) Settlement Convergence and Residual Cultural Effects in South Central Ohio; and (8) An Initial Survey on Urban Encroachment and Farming in Wayne County, Ohio. (DE)