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Metro Parks: your natural mood boosters

Posted on May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 |
  • Featured
  • The Metro Parks Blog

ADAM BRANDEMIHL Guest blogger As a psychiatrist, I have seen the positive mental health impacts of consistently spending time in nature, including lower stress levels, improvements in mood and a …Read More

Behind the Parks: Meet Caroline at Metro Parks Outdoor Adventure

Posted on May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 |
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Caroline Wagner Metro Parks Outdoor Adventure Programmer Hometown and background I’m from Seven Hills, Ohio, a city of about 12,000 people in Cuyahoga County, and a suburb of Cleveland. I …Read More

Wait…! The Metro Parks has a golf course!?

Posted on May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 |
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ERIN WHITMAN Golf Course Generalist YES! Metro Parks does have a golf course. Located right next door to Blacklick Woods Metro Park, Blacklick Woods Golf Course has been serving our …Read More

Wetlands: What are they?

Posted on May 18, 2023 |
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  • The Metro Parks Blog

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has dedicated May as American Wetlands Month! What are wetlands? Wetlands are areas of ground that remain saturated with water for the majority …Read More

Spring is here…!

Posted on May 18, 2023 |
  • The Metro Parks Blog

STEP OUT INTO YOUR METRO PARKS, because spring is here and it’s time to hear the glorious singing of the birds, and delight in the multitude of views of tree …Read More

Tim Talks: Mental Health with Adam Brandemihl

Posted on May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 |
  • The Metro Parks Blog

In our latest TIM TALKS video, Metro Parks Executive Director Tim Moloney meets with local psychiatrist and Metro Parks enthusiast Adam Brandemihl at Highbanks Metro Park, for a chat about …Read More

Tick, Tick, Boom

Posted on May 18, 2023 |
  • The Metro Parks Blog

It’s warming up here in Franklin County, and that means everybody’s favorite nemeses are back. That’s right, it’s tick season. Tick season is generally considered to be April through September. …Read More

Memorial bricks added to Friends’ commemorative programs

Posted on May 18, 2023 |
  • The Metro Parks Blog

MELISSA MEYER Development Assistant, Friends of Metro Parks Friends of Metro Parks is pleased to announce that Memorial Bricks are making their debut this year! Since many of the parks …Read More

Crossword solution – from April newsletter

Posted on May 18, 2023 |
  • The Metro Parks Blog
ACROSS 1. They’re the biggest mammals in Ohio, and can be seen at the biggest Metro Park. (5) 5. The parks have loads of these. They may be white, or ...Read More

Metro Parks Naturalist Alli Shaw receives EECO Award

Posted on April 20, 2023April 20, 2023 |
  • The Metro Parks Blog

Congratulations to Alli Shaw, Sharon Woods Park Naturalist, on receiving the Environmental Education Council of Ohio (EECO) Finlay Johnson Award. This award is in honor of two men, Carl Johnson …Read More

A short but successful prairie burn season

Posted on April 20, 2023May 18, 2023 |
  • The Metro Parks Blog

CARRIE MORROW Assistant Resource Manager Video of prescribed burn at W. Pearl King Prairie Savanna (Video Liz Christian) The Metro Parks prescribed fire team was able to complete three days …Read More

Behind the Parks: Meet Erin Flannery at Scioto Grove

Posted on April 20, 2023 |
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Erin Flannery Park Ranger, Scioto Grove Metro Park Hometown and background I come from Milan, in north Ohio. It’s a small village, with a population under 1,400, but it’s split …Read More

The Best Places to Read in Metro Parks

Posted on April 20, 2023May 18, 2023 |
  • The Metro Parks Blog

This year, National Library Week is April 23-29, and that got us thinking about the best places to read a book at Metro Parks… Highbanks Nature Center Library A classic. …Read More

Celebrate 75 years of Metro Parks

Posted on April 20, 2023May 18, 2023 |
  • The Metro Parks Blog

It’s been 75 years since Metro Parks first opened its gates at Blacklick Woods, marking 75 years of conservation, exploration and fun! There’s always something new and exciting just around …Read More

Tad Jeffrey Grants’ Hall of Fame

Posted on April 20, 2023 |
  • The Metro Parks Blog

MELISSA MEYER Development Assistant, Friends of Metro Parks Friends of Metro Parks is the non-profit organization that helps support the Metro Parks through advocacy, outreach and fundraising. But what are …Read More

Brad Sparks’ Big Birding Year

Posted on April 20, 2023 |
  • The Metro Parks Blog

from the archive In the Spring 2010 edition of Metro Parks’ Parkscope magazine, Brad Sparks wrote about his “Big Year” – the challenge he set himself, to find as many …Read More

20 IN 23: The Last 10 Years

Posted on March 15, 2023May 18, 2023 |
  • 20 IN 22: Park Histories
  • The Metro Parks Blog

VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator This concluding article in the series of Metro Parks’ park histories focuses on parks that have opened in the last 10 years (Rocky Fork, Homestead, Scioto …Read More

If a Metro Park were a Cookie!

Posted on March 13, 2023May 18, 2023 |
  • The Metro Parks Blog

KATIE THORPE Outdoor Adventure Programmer Meandering through the woods on a long hike, your mind begins to wonder. Thoughts of the day to day routine might drift in, or the …Read More

Tim Talks: Resource Management projects maintain biodiversity in the parks

Posted on March 13, 2023May 18, 2023 |
  • The Metro Parks Blog

In our latest Tim Talks video, Resource Management staff talk about some of the projects and tactics used to maintain biodiversity in the parks, and to keep the Metro Parks …Read More

Behind the Parks: Meet Stephanie West at Blendon Woods

Posted on March 13, 2023May 18, 2023 |
  • Behind the Parks
  • The Metro Parks Blog

Stephanie West Senior Naturalist, Blendon Woods and Rocky Fork Metro Parks Hometown and background I come from University Heights, an eastside suburb of Cleveland. I graduated from Springfield’s Wittenberg University …Read More

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