Stolen Kayak Recovery
Last month, while on foot patrol at Scioto Audubon Metro Park, a seasonal ranger Jake found two kayaks stashed along the bank of the Scioto River. A quick check of …Read More
Tip of the Campaign Hat – Announcements
Our duties have kept us busy and kept us away from the Ranger Blog too long. It is time to catch up on some of the achievements and promotions within …Read More
Rangers Use New Rescue Boat
Last September, Metro Parks purchased a rescue boat for operations at Scioto Audubon Metro Park. While we have Metro Parks along many waterways in Central Ohio, Scioto Audubon is the only …Read More
Bicycle Built for Two
Last week Rangers at Homestead Metro Park received a call on the duty cell phone from some cyclists at the end of the Heritage Trail. They were concerned after finding …Read More
Memorial Day Wrap Up 2017
Memorial Day has come and gone, ushering in the start of the summer season for us here at Metro Parks. The weekend was a good one, with little to no …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
Veteran police horse Willie remembered
Metro Parks rangers would like to express their sadness at the passing of a Columbus police force veteran this week. Willie, an American saddlebred horse, was 24 years old and …Read More
Oh Christmas Tree
Last week, rangers at Sharon Woods noticed a spruce tree had been cut just outside of the main gate. Not the whole tree, but rather just the top third of …Read More
Tip of the Campaign Hat to Rangers Watkins and Davis
Congratulations to Shelby Watkins and Dustin Davis. Shelby and Dustin successfully completed the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy, becoming certified peace officers by the State of Ohio. They were sworn …Read More
Rangers Patrol During Deer Gun Week
It is the favorite time of year for many. Viewed as a holiday by more than one. Deer gun week started this past Monday, November 28th, 2016 and lasted a …Read More
Tip of the Campaign Hat – Rangers Custer, Hurt and Smith
A tip of the campaign hat goes out to rangers Brad Custer, Charles Hurt and Megan Smith for their recent promotions from part-time rangers to full-time rangers. Brad Custer has …Read More
Tip of the Campaign Hat – Ranger Fortman
Movement in the ranger ranks continues. A tip of the campaign hat to Kurt Fortman who was promoted from a ranger at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park to the assistant manager …Read More
Tip of the Campaign Hat – Rangers Heisey, Knowles, Kaderly and White
A lot of things happening in the ranger ranks over the last few weeks. Mike Heisey, Glacier Ridge Park Manager, retired on August 31, 2016 after 37 years of service to …Read More
Tip of the Campaign Hat – Rangers Davis and Caldwell
Two of our newer rangers, Dustin Davis at Greenways and Shelby Caldwell at Highbanks, are currently attending the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy. They recently passed a crucial step, the physical training …Read More
The Cycle Continues
As we have discussed in other issues of the blog, theft from vehicles is the largest criminal problem rangers deal with at Metro Parks. Occurrences are often cyclic. A criminal, or …Read More
Tip of the Campaign Hat to Ranger Doug Ramey
A tip of the campaign hat goes out to Ranger Doug Ramey at Blacklick Woods, whose observation and diligence helped Reynoldsburg Division of Police with a case. In today’s age …Read More
All Tied Up
The job of the park ranger has been defined simply as, “protecting the park from the people, protecting the people from the park, and protecting the people from the people.” As …Read More
Catch ‘Em All
The latest craze, Pokemon Go, has come to Metro Parks in a big way. We are very happy to see so many people are coming out to capture these virtual critters …Read More
Fourth of July Holiday Wrap Up
Independence Day is one of our busier holidays of the year. The weather didn’t really cooperate this year, threatening rain pretty much all weekend. As a result, the attendance numbers …Read More
Tip of the Campaign Hat
Congratulations to Ranger Kerry Dunn for being promoted to Second Shift Supervisor. Ranger Dunn has been with Metro Parks since 2011. Prior to Metro Parks, Ranger Dunn served as a …Read More