The weather cooperated for a little spring cleaning at the Johnny Appleseed Metro Parks on Friday.
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September 18, 2024, Press Release from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources: COLUMBUS, Ohio – Picking and planting milkweed seed pods this fall can help future eastern monarch butterflies, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. These butterflies are currently migrating through Ohio on their way to Mexico, where they spend the winter. Various species of milkweed are the only host plants for monarch caterpillars. Each spring, eastern monarchs lay eggs on milkweed as they migrate north from Mexico. Monarchs travel between 50 and 100 miles per day on a journey that may cover several thousand miles in total. After several generations, monarchs reach their northernmost range in southern Canada.
August 19, 2024, Press Release from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources: COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry invites the public to attend in-person open houses to learn more about the Annual Work Plan for State Forests. All three open house events will take place September 10 – 12. The Division of Forestry’s managers and foresters develop an annual work plan to guide specific management activities for 24 state forests in Ohio. This work plan encompasses more than 200,000 acres combined. The open house events provide opportunities for the public to ask questions and comment on Ohio’s plans for sustainable forestry, which include recreation, aesthetic value, treating invasive species, prescribed burning, and timber cruising and harvesting.
University of Findlay and Bluffton University partner in a volunteer effort to catalog local species
BLUFFTON, OH (WLIO) - Volunteer researchers spent Saturday documenting biodiversity in local nature reserves.
July 1, 2024, Press Release from the the University of Findlay and Bluffton University: FINDLAY, Ohio — University of Findlay announces Bioblitz 2024, a collaborative effort with Bluffton University aimed at exploring and documenting the rich biodiversity within their respective nature preserves. Scheduled for July 13, 2024, from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., volunteers and community members are invited to join faculty experts in the day-long exploration of local ecosystems.
July 1, 2024, Press Release from the Ohio Division of Wildlife: TOLEDO, Ohio – Hawkins STEMM Academy in Lucas County was recently dedicated as a WILD School Site, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Wild School sites are supplementary education programs created by schools where students, teachers, and the community can come together and learn about wildlife and the environment. Hawkins STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) Academy is the 211th WILD School Site in Ohio and the sixth in Lucas County. This is the first Toledo Public School to be certified as a WILD School Site.
May 28, 2024, Press Release from the Lake Improvement Association: (GRAND LAKE) - The public is invited and encouraged to learn about Grand Lake's bald eagles and ospreys with Marne Titchenell at the June 2024 Lake Improvement Association meeting, to be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 1, at the Celina Moose. Marne is the Extension Wildlife Program Director with The Ohio State University. She works within the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences in the School of Environment and Natural Resources.