In 2003, Audubon Ohio, Metro Parks, and the City of Columbus agreed to collaborate on a project to reclaim and restore 160 acres on the Whittier Peninsula along the Scioto River near downtown Columbus. Of this acreage, Metro Parks has created the 71-acre Scioto Audubon Metro Park. Visitors can enjoy birding, fishing, boating, hiking and jogging.
Audubon Ohio has begun construction on the Grange Insurance Audubon Center, which is slated to open in 2009.
When the redevelopment of the Whittier Peninsula is completed, the site will showcase the resilience of nature and the power of intelligent, conservation-minded development and design. It will demonstrate the possibility of revisiting and mitigating the effects of past development decisions made under different priorities. It will serve as a model of what cooperation and civic determination can do to revitalize a community and restore habitat.
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Fishing
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SCIOTO AUDUBON
395 W. Whittier Street
Columbus, OH 43215
(Franklin County)
From I-71, take the Greenlawn Avenue exit east one-third of a mile and turn left on South Front Street. Go a quarter of a mile and turn left on West Whittier Street. Entrance is one-third of a mile on left.
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Fishing dock at the boat ramp: Eric Wittine
 Boat Ramp: You can launch your boat and sail the Scioto River. Fishing Access: Fish the river from the boat ramp. Other fishing docks are planned.
Hiking and Biking: The Scioto Greenway Trail runs through the park, going south about two miles to Berliner Park, and north to Centennial Park, where there's a connection to the Olentangy Greenway Trail, which goes north to Wilson Bridge Road, just south of I-270 in Worthington.
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