Don’t hit the brakes on firebreaks
LOGAN DUNN Assistant Resource Manager Every spring and fall Metro Parks conducts prescribed burns at a number of our parks. The use of prescribed fire maintains a healthy prairie ecosystem …Read More
All About… Fox Squirrels
GORDON MITCHELL Land Management Coordinator Fox squirrels are the largest native tree squirrel species in North America. Its scientific name of Sciurus niger is made up of a generic name, …Read More
Wander & Wonder: Chestnut Ridge
In our latest Wander & Wonder video we take a closer look at Chestnut Ridge Metro Park. STILLS FROM THE VIDEO
Dunkleosteus – the world’s deadliest fish
TIFFANY GUO Guest Blogger If you’ve ever followed up a trek along Highbank’s shale bluff by wandering around the nature center, you may have come across what looks like the …Read More
Virtual Reality adds an ultra-modern touch to ranger training
KERRY DUNN Prairie Oaks Park Manager This month, all Metro Parks’ commissioned ranger staff participated in Virtual Reality Scenario Training to receive required yearly CPT (continuing professional training) credits for …Read More
Behind the Parks: Meet Logan Dunn in Resource Management
Logan Dunn Assistant Resource Manager Logan Dunn is talking with Communications Coordinator, Virginia Gordon About me I come from Big Island, Ohio, which is neither big, nor an island. Early …Read More
Making BERManent Changes
MELANIE FOWLER Resource Management Technician Over the past few months, some of the Resource Management staff repaired failing berms at the wetlands along the Spring Creek Trail at Sharon Woods, …Read More
A Poetic Celebration of the Polyphemus Caterpillar and Moth
TIFFANY GUO Guest Blogger Face of a Great Horned Owl on Chitin A poem by Tiffany Guo You used to be greener than that oak leaf above you, Whose fingers …Read More
Increasing Inclusion in our Metro Parks: Introducing the GRIT Freedom Chair
MEGAN RICHLEY Inclusion Program Coordinator I am really excited to share with you a new Metro Parks resource that will be available beginning October 1. With the help from our …Read More
Scioto Fest is back
Scioto Fest 2025 is happening at Scioto Audubon Metro Park on Friday September 19 and Saturday September 20. Come and join us for barrels of fun, with climbing, slacklining, canoeing, …Read More
Behind the Parks: Meet Maria at Battelle Darby Creek
Maria Bergman Battelle Darby Creek Naturalist Maria Bergman is talking with Communications Coordinator, Virginia Gordon About me I grew up in Grove City, just about 10 minutes away from where …Read More
Let’s leave the water in the water hazards
ERIN FLANNERY Assistant Golf Course Manager All golf courses need grass. And what does grass need to thrive? Water… and usually lots of it. So how does a golf course …Read More
Glow-in-the-dark Nature
CRAIG BIEGLER Blendon Woods & Rocky Fork Naturalist You may be familiar with a few animals that glow in the dark; fireflies (or “lightning bugs”) and certain deep sea fish …Read More
STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS – The Musings of an 80-year-old Metro Parks
VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator It’s August 14, 2025 and that means I’m 80 years old today. Congrats to me, ha ha! That’s me speaking here, as in me, Metro Parks, …Read More
All About… Coyotes
GORDON MITCHELL Land Management Coordinator Coyotes are relatives of the gray wolf, which has long been extirpated from Ohio. The scientific name for coyotes, Canis latrans, is Latin for “barking …Read More
Clear Creek Flooding
STEVEN KINSER Clear Creek Park Manager Clear Creek experienced several storms with heavy rain towards the end of June. On the evening of June 30, we received several inches of rainfall which caused …Read More
Freebird soars away at Glacier Ridge
TIFFANY GUO Seasonal Naturalist A recent morning at Glacier Ridge Metro Park took flight with a unique spectacle, as maintenance workers, park rangers, and naturalists gathered at the Wind and …Read More
Camp was a real blast this season
MACY TALLARICO Camp Coordinator Our 29 incredible camp counselors have officially hung up their polos as summer camp wrapped up on August 1. What a season it has been. Across …Read More