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Scouts and volunteers helped build Metro Parks

Posted on September 14, 2023April 26, 2024 |
  • Scout Programs
  • The Metro Parks Blog
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Metro Parks’ Adventure Starts Here video for September focuses on the terrific work of scouts and volunteers in helping Metro Parks to grow in the 75 years since the first …Read More

Attacking the Invaders!

Posted on February 16, 2023July 21, 2023 |
  • Resource Management
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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

Fighting the hemlock woolly adelgid

Posted on July 21, 2022July 21, 2023 |
  • Clear Creek
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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

Grow Your Career with Metro Parks! 🌱

Posted on March 9, 2022February 22, 2023 |
  • The Metro Parks Blog
  • Volunteers

– Grow your career with Columbus & Franklin County Metro Parks! Enjoy the outdoors working as a Seasonal Park Technician or spend the summer playing outside with kids as a …Read More

Metro Parks flourish thanks to our volunteers

Posted on August 12, 2019August 12, 2019 |
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Metro Parks is fortunate to have a wonderful corps of volunteers who devote more than 33,000 hours of their time to Metro Parks every year. We couldn’t do what we …Read More

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