The Metro Parks Strike Team attacks Bank Run
LOGAN DUNN Assistant Resource Manager What is a strike team, you may ask? Well, typically, each week Metro Parks staff members gather together at various parks around the park district …Read More
Behind the Parks: Meet Cassie at Blacklick Woods Golf Courses
Cassie Stiles Assistant Golf Course Manager, Blacklick Woods Golf Courses Hometown and Background I come from Milford Center, in Union County. It’s a village with less than a thousand residents, …Read More
Long-time Farm Program Manager has seen ‘nearly’ it all!
DAVID TROTTER Historical Farmer – Slate Run Living Historical Farm It is a unique place in Metro Parks where the “uniform” has not changed a bit for 43 years. Suspenders, …Read More
Total Eclipse of the Parks: What to know about the 2024 Solar Eclipse
LIZ CHRISTIAN Marketing and Social Media Specialist Have you heard? There’s a total solar eclipse happening this year on Monday, April 8. What better way to spend a Monday than …Read More
Getting to know Ohio’s resident flying squirrel
AYDEN VAN FOSSEN Naturalist at Highbanks Metro Park When you think of squirrels in Ohio, likely the first images to pop into your head are that of gray squirrels running …Read More
Recycle like an expert
JILL SNYDER Visitor Engagement Manager Everyday over 5,000 tons of wasted materials are brought to the Solid Waste Authority landfill. Most of that material does not need to be there …Read More
Ole! The Olentangy
VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator Ole! It’s worth celebrating. Just more than 50 years ago now, the Olentangy River became only the third Ohio waterway to be honored with the designation …Read More