Wetlands: What are they?
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has dedicated May as American Wetlands Month! What are wetlands? Wetlands are areas of ground that remain saturated with water for the majority …Read More
Spring is here…!
STEP OUT INTO YOUR METRO PARKS, because spring is here and it’s time to hear the glorious singing of the birds, and delight in the multitude of views of tree …Read More
Tim Talks: Mental Health with Adam Brandemihl
In our latest TIM TALKS video, Metro Parks Executive Director Tim Moloney meets with local psychiatrist and Metro Parks enthusiast Adam Brandemihl at Highbanks Metro Park, for a chat about …Read More
Tick, Tick, Boom
It’s warming up here in Franklin County, and that means everybody’s favorite nemeses are back. That’s right, it’s tick season. Tick season is generally considered to be April through September. …Read More
Memorial bricks added to Friends’ commemorative programs
MELISSA MEYER Development Assistant, Friends of Metro Parks Friends of Metro Parks is pleased to announce that Memorial Bricks are making their debut this year! Since many of the parks …Read More
Crossword solution – from April newsletter
ACROSS 1. They’re the biggest mammals in Ohio, and can be seen at the biggest Metro Park. (5) 5. The parks have loads of these. They may be white, or ...Read More
Metro Parks Naturalist Alli Shaw receives EECO Award
Congratulations to Alli Shaw, Sharon Woods Park Naturalist, on receiving the Environmental Education Council of Ohio (EECO) Finlay Johnson Award. This award is in honor of two men, Carl Johnson …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
Behind the Parks: Meet Erin Flannery at Scioto Grove
Erin Flannery Park Ranger, Scioto Grove Metro Park Hometown and background I come from Milan, in north Ohio. It’s a small village, with a population under 1,400, but it’s split …Read More
The Best Places to Read in Metro Parks
This year, National Library Week is April 23-29, and that got us thinking about the best places to read a book at Metro Parks… Highbanks Nature Center Library A classic. …Read More
Celebrate 75 years of Metro Parks
It’s been 75 years since Metro Parks first opened its gates at Blacklick Woods, marking 75 years of conservation, exploration and fun! There’s always something new and exciting just around …Read More
Tad Jeffrey Grants’ Hall of Fame
MELISSA MEYER Development Assistant, Friends of Metro Parks Friends of Metro Parks is the non-profit organization that helps support the Metro Parks through advocacy, outreach and fundraising. But what are …Read More
Brad Sparks’ Big Birding Year
from the archive In the Spring 2010 edition of Metro Parks’ Parkscope magazine, Brad Sparks wrote about his “Big Year” – the challenge he set himself, to find as many …Read More
20 IN 23: The Last 10 Years
VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator This concluding article in the series of Metro Parks’ park histories focuses on parks that have opened in the last 10 years (Rocky Fork, Homestead, Scioto …Read More
If a Metro Park were a Cookie!
KATIE THORPE Outdoor Adventure Programmer Meandering through the woods on a long hike, your mind begins to wonder. Thoughts of the day to day routine might drift in, or the …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
Behind the Parks: Meet Stephanie West at Blendon Woods
Stephanie West Senior Naturalist, Blendon Woods and Rocky Fork Metro Parks Hometown and background I come from University Heights, an eastside suburb of Cleveland. I graduated from Springfield’s Wittenberg University …Read More
Convenient Composting
JESSICA TOMASTIK Outdoor Adventure Programmer If you’re like me and you never got around to deciding on a New Years’ resolution, here’s a perfect one to adopt for spring: try …Read More
Permit me, if you please…
ANDREW BOOSE Aquatic Ecologist One of the lesser known aspects of Resource Management’s work is the writing of research permits for a multitude of agencies and individuals. These permits keep …Read More
20 IN 23: The first Metro Park (Blacklick Woods)
VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator Seventy-five years ago, this October, the first park in the Columbus and Franklin County Metropolitan Park District opened its gate to the public for the first …Read More