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May is American wetlands month

Posted on May 16, 2024August 13, 2024 |
  • Nature
  • Resource Management
  • The Metro Parks Blog

Our Wander & Wonder video explores the diverse habitats of the wetlands at Pickerington Ponds Metro Park, with its beautiful ponds surrounded by wildflowers and tall grasses. It’s a landscape …Read More

Getting to know Ohio’s resident flying squirrel

Posted on January 18, 2024April 21, 2024 |
  • Featured
  • Nature
  • The Metro Parks Blog
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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

Where have all the dragons gone?

Posted on December 14, 2023April 26, 2024 |
  • Nature
  • Resource Management
  • The Metro Parks Blog

ANDREW BOOSE Aquatic Ecologist The weather cools, and the aerially acrobatic dragons exit. The dragons of the aquatic realm take up their hunting under the watery surface. Stealthily, lying in …Read More

Believe it, or Not! A few nature myths

Posted on November 16, 2023April 26, 2024 |
  • Nature
  • The Metro Parks Blog

SCOTT FELKER Three Creeks Naturalist As a Metro Parks naturalist, I’ve heard many things over the years. Kids often go into “stream of consciousness” monologues that usually start with “One …Read More

Fishes of the Metro Parks

Posted on August 18, 2022July 21, 2023 |
  • Nature
  • Resource Management
  • The Metro Parks Blog

ANDREW BOOSE Aquatic Ecologist The Metro Parks, as a whole, is located within two Ohio River watersheds. There are two rivers (Olentangy and the Scioto), 11 creeks (Alum, Blacklick, Big …Read More

Fighting the hemlock woolly adelgid

Posted on July 21, 2022July 21, 2023 |
  • Clear Creek
  • Nature
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AN UPDATE ON TREATMENT FOR THE HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID AT CLEAR CREEK METRO PARK Staff and volunteers were able to tag over 6,000 hemlock trees in two separate areas of …Read More

Insects on the go

Posted on July 21, 2022March 16, 2023 |
  • Nature
  • The Metro Parks Blog

JILL SNYDER Visitor Engagement Manager As the temperature soars, many animals, including park visitors, tend to find shade and rest during the heat of the day. But that isn’t true …Read More

To the Bat Pole…!

Posted on June 15, 2022July 21, 2023 |
  • Nature
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CARRIE MORROW Assistant Resource Manager A METRO PARKS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SUCCESS STORY Every year, Metro Parks staff and volunteers return to the bat roosts installed at Battelle Darby Creek Metro …Read More

Sand darter becomes the latest “underwater warbler” discovered in Metro Parks

Posted on May 17, 2022July 21, 2023 |
  • Nature
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  • The Metro Parks Blog

ANDREW BOOSE Aquatic Ecologist As central Ohio streams warm just a little, a cacophony of color plays out under the rapids, riffles, runs and pools. The fish known as darters …Read More

Metro Parks Uncovered: It’s Warbler Season!

Posted on April 13, 2022March 16, 2023 |
  • Nature
  • The Metro Parks Blog

STEPHANIE WEST Senior Naturalist – Blendon Woods and Rocky Fork Metro Parks You know all about baseball season, football season, and basketball season, but are you familiar with warbler season? …Read More

Metro Parks Uncovered: A Symphony of Springtime Sounds

Posted on March 11, 2022March 16, 2023 |
  • Nature
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KATIE BENNETT Naturalist, Clear Creek Metro Park Regardless of the forecast or temperature, nature has many ways of letting us know spring is on the way. Signs of spring are …Read More

Requiem For a Fish – The Secrets of the Scioto Madtom

Posted on January 26, 2022March 16, 2023 |
  • Nature
  • The Metro Parks Blog

CRAIG BIEGLER Naturalist, Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park When the Endangered Species Act was written in 1973, it was designed to protect the rarest animals and plants in the United …Read More

Springtime brings new life to Slate Run Farm

Posted on April 16, 2019June 10, 2019 |
  • Educators
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DAVE TROTTER, Interpretive Aide Spring brings many changes to the farm. As the weather warms, the activity around the farm increases dramatically. The wheat planted last October is greening up …Read More

The bats are swinging back to Clear Creek

Posted on March 6, 2019April 29, 2019 |
  • Nature
  • The Metro Parks Blog

CARRIE MORROW, Assistant Resource Manager It’s a chilly winter day. There aren’t any insects flying around and the creeks and ponds are covered in ice. In the recesses of rock …Read More

Birds, Birds, Everywhere in your Metro Parks

Posted on March 6, 2019April 29, 2019 |
  • Nature
  • The Metro Parks Blog

STEPHANIE WEST, Naturalist Blendon Woods Migration has started already! Even though March temperatures have been consistently well below freezing  you can really begin to feel the coming of spring. I …Read More

Love is in the air…

Posted on February 11, 2019January 18, 2023 |
  • Educators
  • Nature
  • The Metro Parks Blog

SCOTT FELKER, Three Creeks Naturalist “Love is in the air…” Or on the ground and maybe in the water. As winter starts its slow ascent to spring, hormone levels in …Read More

Metro Parks permanently preserves high quality habitat at Clear Creek

Posted on January 9, 2019April 29, 2019 |
  • Nature
  • The Metro Parks Blog

Metro Parks Park Board voted to spend $400,000 in grant funding to purchase an 80-acre tract of land that is surrounded on three sides by Clear Creek Metro Park from …Read More

Oh deer! Let’s rut

Posted on November 30, 2018April 29, 2019 |
  • Nature
  • The Metro Parks Blog

BRYAN KNOWLES, Glacier Ridge and Homestead Park Manager When the sun’s out, the sky’s a brilliant bright blue and the clouds are puffy white, there’s no better place to be …Read More

Who cooks for you?

Posted on November 28, 2018April 29, 2019 |
  • Nature
  • The Metro Parks Blog

CRAIG BIEGLER, Battelle Darby Creek Naturalist On November 11, over 100 people went on a hike at Battelle Darby Creek with the hope of having an owl experience. During the …Read More

Tim Talks: Connect with nature and each other

Posted on November 13, 2018April 29, 2019 |
  • Nature
  • The Metro Parks Blog

Quincy said it best – you truly get to connect with one another in nature. So hit the trails at your favorite Metro Park and spend a morning walking, talking …Read More

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