Snowflakes – a cold blast from the past
DIANA MORSE Former Naturalist at Blacklick Woods FROM THE METRO PARKS ARCHIVES – PARKSCOPE WINTER 2011-12 The cold, drier air of winter causes a magical thing to happen. Not just …Read More
Holiday Crossword 2024 – The Answers
THANK YOU to everyone who submitted their Metro Parks 2024 Holiday Crossword puzzles by the deadline of December 31. We hope you all had fun doing it, or trying to …Read More
Metro Parks wins State Award for fiscal excellence
Scott Brown, Central Region Liaison for the Ohio Auditor of State, presented the Auditor of State Award to the park district during the December Metro Parks Board of Commissioners meeting. …Read More
It’s the Winter Hike at Clear Creek
Clear Creek Metro Park has some of the most memorable and sometimes challenging trails to make the Clear Creek Winter Hike a must! There are flat and easier trails too, …Read More
Behind the Parks: Meet Renee Telfer at Metro Parks HQ
Renee Telfer Human Resources Director Hometown and Background I was born in Beckley, West Virginia, but my family moved to Columbus when I was just nine months old. My dad …Read More
Climbing Wall and River work is a winter staple at Scioto Audubon
KATIE LOFTON Scioto Audubon Park Technician At Scioto Audubon in the winter, we are able to tackle unique maintenance needs to be sure we continue operating clean, safe parks for …Read More
Bundle Up for Fun: Winter Activities at Metro Parks
LIZ CHRISTIAN Social Media and Marketing Specialist As the temperatures dip and the air gets crisp, it’s easy to feel like staying inside with a warm cup of cocoa is …Read More
Project Holocene lights up the entrance to the Grange Insurance Audubon Center
SANDY LIBERTINI Grange Insurance Audubon Center Engagement Manager Visit Scioto Audubon Metro Park through February 28, 2025 to see a vibrant outdoor art exhibit outside the Grange Insurance Audubon Center. …Read More
Celebrating our volunteers at Clear Creek
KATIE BENNETT Clear Creek Naturalist Clear Creek recently held its annual volunteer appreciation event. Volunteers had the opportunity to take in fall colors while canoeing Lake Emily and enjoying a …Read More
Approved & Adopted – not a wayward child, it’s the 2025 Metro Parks budget
RICK McGIVERN Metro Parks Finance Director & Treasurer The 2025 Budget was recently approved by our Board of Park Commissioners at the December 2 meeting. This approval launches another year …Read More
The Metro Parks Holiday Crossword 2024
The Metro Parks 2024 Holiday Crossword is here, with clues related to the parks, nature and the holidays, and with a little spattering of Tolkien and fantasy thrown in for …Read More
Behind the Parks: Meet Joy and Jim at Blendon Woods
Joy and Jim Dunno Metro Parks Volunteers at Blendon Woods Why we volunteer at Metro Parks, what we do and what we love most about it JOY We’ve been retired …Read More
A Wren and a Bluegill
ANNETTE BOOSE Guest Blogger Unseasonably warm weather this past November afforded my husband and me the opportunity to take our 2-year-old granddaughter, Wren, on a fishing expedition. We chose Schrock …Read More
Getting Salty as winter approaches… de-icing habits and impacts
OLIVIA GARAS Resource Management, North End Land Management Coordinator We are all familiar with the crisp cold air, blanket of snow and icy roadways that winter months in Ohio bring …Read More
Hellbenders are Real
ELAINE HALL Assistant Resource Manager Metro Parks staff recently attended an annual update about eastern hellbender conservation. As an endangered species in Ohio and having the small potential to pop …Read More
Tim Talks: Visit Slate Run Farm
On a visit to Slate Run Metro Park, Executive Director Tim Moloney wisely made plenty of time to check out Slate Run Living Historical Farm. THE VIDEO STILLS FROM THE …Read More
Are you bold enough to climb the fire tower?
VIRGINIA GORDON Communication Coordinator Adventure awaits you at Scioto Grove Metro Park, if you’re bold enough to climb the 111 rather steep steps to the top of the Fire Tower. …Read More
Adventure Starts Here: Opt Outside
Metro Parks Executive Director Tim Moloney heads to Slate Run Metro Park to experience the best of fall, with ravines, creeks and hills to explore, and even a covered bridge, …Read More