So Near, SONAR
Measuring the depths of our lakes and ponds ANDREW BOOSE Aquatic Ecologist If you have on any sort of park uniform and are standing next to one of the 60 …Read More
Where have all the dragons gone?
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
Death of a Hedgerow
ANDREW BOOSE Aquatic Ecologist A 700-yard-long, 30-foot-wide hedgerow, at Prairie Oaks Metro Park, had been on the list for removal since the park opened in 2002. But it survived for …Read More
Can a tree tell time?
ANDREW BOOSE Aquatic Ecologist A familiar question often asked is, “How old do you think that tree is?” There are ways of getting a tree’s age. Now the use of …Read More
Bat surveys yield good news
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
Surveying the creeks
CARRIE MORROW Assistant Resource Manager Metro Parks Resource Management staff are responsible for managing the natural resources of the parks. In order to do that, we need to know what …Read More
As Seen in Your Metro Parks
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…!
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