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Bat surveys yield good news

Posted on September 14, 2023 |
  • Featured
  • Resource Management
  • The Metro Parks Blog

CARRIE MORROW Assistant Resource Manager Throughout the spring and summer months, the Resource Management staff, naturalists and volunteers get together every other week to watch bats emerge from some very …Read More

As Seen in Your Metro Parks

Posted on July 19, 2023September 15, 2023 |
  • Resource Management
  • The Metro Parks Blog

ANDREW BOOSE Aquatic Ecologist Working in the Metro Parks gives us the opportunity to observe plants and animals on a regular basis. While there are specific surveys that target the …Read More

Tennessee riffleshell causes a stir in Ohio

Posted on June 14, 2023September 15, 2023 |
  • Resource Management
  • The Metro Parks Blog

CARRIE MORROW Assistant Resource Manager Metro Parks Resource Management staff recently made a really exciting discovery, with the help of some local scientists. The Great Southern park land, south of …Read More

A short but successful prairie burn season

Posted on April 20, 2023July 21, 2023 |
  • Resource Management
  • The Metro Parks Blog

CARRIE MORROW Assistant Resource Manager Video of prescribed burn at W. Pearl King Prairie Savanna (Video Liz Christian) The Metro Parks prescribed fire team was able to complete three days …Read More

Tim Talks: Resource Management projects maintain biodiversity in the parks

Posted on March 13, 2023July 21, 2023 |
  • Resource Management
  • The Metro Parks Blog

In our latest Tim Talks video, Resource Management staff talk about some of the projects and tactics used to maintain biodiversity in the parks, and to keep the Metro Parks …Read More

Attacking the Invaders!

Posted on February 16, 2023July 21, 2023 |
  • Resource Management
  • The Metro Parks Blog
  • Volunteers

ANDREW BOOSE Aquatic Ecologist Invasive management has been the primary focus of Metro Parks Resource Management’s recent activities. Resource Management volunteers have been working away removing invasive plants at some …Read More

Building a habitat for quail

Posted on December 15, 2022July 21, 2023 |
  • Resource Management
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  • Volunteers

CARRIE MORROW Assistant Resource Manager Metro Parks natural resource management staff were joined by their volunteers to plant 100 native trees and shrubs in the wildlife area of Battelle Darby …Read More

Taking care of our newest state nature preserve

Posted on November 17, 2022July 21, 2023 |
  • Resource Management
  • The Metro Parks Blog

CARRIE MORROW Assistant Resource Manager Metro Parks’ natural resource management staff and their volunteers visit the W. Pearl King Prairie Savanna several times each year to control invasive plants, collect …Read More

Rock and Roll History in Your Metro Parks

Posted on October 20, 2022July 21, 2023 |
  • Resource Management
  • The Metro Parks Blog

ANDREW BOOSE Aquatic Ecologist Great Southern Metro Park is a future park and a key piece of park land that will aid in connecting Scioto Grove with the Metro Parks …Read More

Raising Quail

Posted on September 15, 2022July 21, 2023 |
  • Resource Management
  • The Metro Parks Blog

CARRIE MORROW Assistant Resource Manager As the summer begins to wind down, so do our efforts of raising and releasing northern bobwhite quail into our parks. Slate Run is in its …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

To the Bat Pole…!

Posted on June 15, 2022July 21, 2023 |
  • Nature
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  • The Metro Parks Blog

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
  • Resource Management
  • 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

First time ever for prairie burn at Scioto Grove Metro Park

Posted on April 12, 2022July 21, 2023 |
  • Resource Management
  • The Metro Parks Blog

CARRIE MORROW Assistant Resource Manager Along with awesome Metro Parks team members from various parks and departments, Resource Management completed two terrific burn days in late March 2022, including the …Read More

Metro Parks answers the fading call of the bobwhite quail

Posted on October 25, 2021July 21, 2023 |
  • Resource Management
  • The Metro Parks Blog

TONY MINAMYER Land Management Coordinator It has been almost a decade since Metro Parks began a program to reintroduce the northern bobwhite quail population in the parks and surrounding areas. …Read More

Burning to beautify

Posted on October 16, 2020July 21, 2023 |
  • Resource Management
  • The Metro Parks Blog

CARRIE MORROW Assistant Resource Manager The season of harvest is upon us and the weather has turned frosty and cool. It’s burn season. Whether originally ignited by lightning or intentionally …Read More

More trees, please!

Posted on September 18, 2020July 21, 2023 |
  • Resource Management
  • The Metro Parks Blog

CARRIE MORROW Metro Parks Assistant Resource Manager Metro Parks manages over 28,000 acres of park land throughout central Ohio. Multiple types of habitats are protected and actively managed to improve …Read More

Growing a forest from the ground up

Posted on September 28, 2017July 21, 2023 |
  • Resource Management
  • The Metro Parks Blog

ALYSSA BALTER, Restoration Ecologist Direct seeding of nuts offers a simple, cost-effective supplement to Metro Park’s reforestation efforts and has been an annual activity for nearly 20 years. This process is …Read More

Hellbenders make a splash as they return to Big Darby Creek

Posted on August 24, 2017July 21, 2023 |
  • Resource Management
  • The Metro Parks Blog

Eastern hellbenders found a new home in Big Darby Creek in August. More than 80 of these impressively sized creatures, the largest species of amphibian in Ohio and one of …Read More

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