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
Sand darter becomes the latest “underwater warbler” discovered in Metro Parks
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
The importance and beauty of forests
A summer walk in the cool green forests at any of your 19 Metro Parks will inspire your imagination and stir your senses. Forests are the centerpiece of most parks, …Read More
Bobwhite quail return to Central Ohio
You may have heard about our successful reintroduction of northern bobwhite quail at Slate Run Metro Park. Bobwhite quail is a native species that has been struggling in the state due to harsh winters …Read More
To manage, or not to manage? That is the question…
Metro Parks manages many areas to control succession of plants. If managed in a “hands-off” manner, all of the park areas would progress through several phases of plant growth beginning …Read More