See a bounty of nature’s riches at Blacklick Woods Metro Park
Spring is a special time in any temperate deciduous forest. The woods wake up after sleeping all winter, and a variety of life “springs” forth. In the swamp forest at …Read More
Protect our Parks!
Students in Upper Arlington Spanish IV Honors classes just implemented a very creative and impactful service learning project aimed at making healthy and clean choices toward our environment. Students collaborated …Read More
Friends of Metro Parks award “Tad Jeffrey Memorial Grants” to six parks
Friends of Metro Parks will again award grants to parks from the Tad Jeffrey Memorial Grants Fund. Last year, five were awarded inaugural Tad Jeffrey Memorial Grants to complete unique …Read More
Metro Parks provide ideal places to start a walking or running routine
On a slightly brisk, yet sunny March day, a group of women keen to start a walking or running routine met at Blacklick Woods’ Beech Maple Lodge for a Metro …Read More
The eagles star in their ongoing show at Highbanks
In late 2009, a bald eagle pair started investigating an abandoned raptor nest within Highbanks Metro Park, along the Olentangy River. They were young birds, by eagle standards, probably about …Read More
New life is here now, but the Farm’s heritage breeds cement a bridge to the past
Spring is the beginning of the new farming year, when the gardens and fields are being planted. It is also the time when we have the most animal births, specifically …Read More
HOUSES FOR FAIRIES, ELVES AND BUGS
Metro Parks educators are always trying to find new ways to engage our park visitors to utilize nature. Several years ago, a few naturalists read an article in the National …Read More
A Metro Parks Success Story in Community Policing
In 2016, Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks was one of the first agencies in the state to have been certified in meeting Ohio’s standards to improve community and police …Read More
Tip of the Campaign Hat – Ranger Hough
This past board meeting, held on March 14, 2017 at Blacklick Woods Metro Park, the Park Commissioners honored Ranger Josh Hough with a Lifesaving Award. While on patrol of Prairie …Read More
Rocky Fork Dog Park – latest developments
UPDATE 2: April 12 (Dog Park now open! See first update and original post below) As promised, the Dog Park is now open. The poor turf areas have been fenced off. Grass …Read More
Couple finds peace and togetherness on Metro Parks trails
A young at heart couple is proving the adage, sixty is the new forty, with their energetic mission to walk every trail in all 19 Metro Parks. Pat Andrews and …Read More
Five steps to an edible landscape
Growing our own food doesn’t have to change our residential landscape into a row-covered produce farm. The food that we grow can also be quite pleasing to the eye and …Read More
Pokémon Inspirations
The mobile game Pokémon Go made a big impact on us at Highbanks last year. We had approximately 400,000 additional visitors to the park compared to 2015, and a big …Read More
Magic is happening now in the vernal pools
I wait with anticipation for this event every spring: monitoring the weather like a rabid meteorologist; trying to prognosticate and see into the near future with oracle-like prophecy. There is …Read More
Kids learn about golf and learn life skills at The First Tee of Central Ohio programs
Registration is under way for the spring sessions of The First Tee of Central Ohio programs for kids age 5 to 17, hosted by Blacklick Woods Golf Courses. There is …Read More
The alien-looking roots of a complete stinker
We all went down in the woods today… Actually, it was more like two weeks ago, and boy, did we get a surprise. It was not a Teddy Bear’s Picnic that …Read More
The Best Part About Metro Parks’ Summer Camps—EVERYTHING!
UPDATE FOR 2018: Details of Metro Parks Summer Camps for 2018 Here at Metro Parks, we’re gearing up for summer and you know what that means—SUMMER CAMP! Trails are cleared, hot …Read More
Build a fort and have the time of your life
Many adults have fond memories of playing in the woods as a child. I wax nostalgic remembering my own woods outside of Marietta with an extension into Wayne National Forest. …Read More