LOGAN DUNN Assistant Resource Manager Every spring and fall Metro Parks conducts prescribed burns at a number of our parks. The use of prescribed fire maintains a healthy prairie ecosystem ...Read More The post Don’t hit the brakes on firebreaks appeared first on Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System.| Metro Parks – Central Ohio Park System
GORDON MITCHELL Land Management Coordinator Fox squirrels are the largest native tree squirrel species in North America. Its scientific name of Sciurus niger is made up of a generic name, ...Read More The post All About… Fox Squirrels appeared first on Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System.| Metro Parks – Central Ohio Park System
In our latest Wander & Wonder video we take a closer look at Chestnut Ridge Metro Park. STILLS FROM THE VIDEO The post Wander & Wonder: Chestnut Ridge appeared first on Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System.| Metro Parks – Central Ohio Park System
TIFFANY GUO Guest Blogger If you’ve ever followed up a trek along Highbank’s shale bluff by wandering around the nature center, you may have come across what looks like the ...Read More The post Dunkleosteus – the world’s deadliest fish appeared first on Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System.| Metro Parks – Central Ohio Park System
Virtual Reality adds an ultra-modern touch to ranger training - Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System - KERRY DUNN Prairie Oaks Park Manager This month, all Metro Parks' commissioned ranger staff participated in Virtual Reality Scenario Training to receive| Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System
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Logan Dunn Assistant Resource Manager Logan Dunn is talking with Communications Coordinator, Virginia Gordon About me I come from Big Island, Ohio, which is neither big, nor an island. Early ...Read More The post Behind the Parks: Meet Logan Dunn in Resource Management appeared first on Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System.| Metro Parks – Central Ohio Park System
MELANIE FOWLER Resource Management Technician Over the past few months, some of the Resource Management staff repaired failing berms at the wetlands along the Spring Creek Trail at Sharon Woods, ...Read More The post Making BERManent Changes appeared first on Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System.| Metro Parks – Central Ohio Park System
TIFFANY GUO Guest Blogger Face of a Great Horned Owl on Chitin A poem by Tiffany Guo You used to be greener than that oak leaf above you, Whose fingers ...Read More The post A Poetic Celebration of the Polyphemus Caterpillar and Moth appeared first on Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System.| Metro Parks – Central Ohio Park System
MEGAN RICHLEY Inclusion Program Coordinator I am really excited to share with you a new Metro Parks resource that will be available beginning October 1. With the help from our ...Read More The post Increasing Inclusion in our Metro Parks: Introducing the GRIT Freedom Chair appeared first on Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System.| Metro Parks – Central Ohio Park System
Scioto Fest 2025 is happening at Scioto Audubon Metro Park on Friday September 19 and Saturday September 20. Come and join us for barrels of fun, with climbing, slacklining, canoeing, ...Read More The post Scioto Fest is back appeared first on Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System.| Metro Parks – Central Ohio Park System
Maria Bergman Battelle Darby Creek Naturalist Maria Bergman is talking with Communications Coordinator, Virginia Gordon About me I grew up in Grove City, just about 10 minutes away from where ...Read More The post Behind the Parks: Meet Maria at Battelle Darby Creek appeared first on Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System.| Metro Parks – Central Ohio Park System
ERIN FLANNERY Assistant Golf Course Manager All golf courses need grass. And what does grass need to thrive? Water… and usually lots of it. So how does a golf course ...Read More The post Let’s leave the water in the water hazards appeared first on Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System.| Metro Parks – Central Ohio Park System
CRAIG BIEGLER Blendon Woods & Rocky Fork Naturalist You may be familiar with a few animals that glow in the dark; fireflies (or “lightning bugs”) and certain deep sea fish ...Read More The post Glow-in-the-dark Nature appeared first on Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System.| Metro Parks – Central Ohio Park System
VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator It’s August 14, 2025 and that means I’m 80 years old today. Congrats to me, ha ha! That’s me speaking here, as in me, Metro Parks, ...Read More The post STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS – The Musings of an 80-year-old Metro Parks appeared first on Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System.| Metro Parks – Central Ohio Park System
GORDON MITCHELL Land Management Coordinator Coyotes are relatives of the gray wolf, which has long been extirpated from Ohio. The scientific name for coyotes, Canis latrans, is Latin for “barking ...Read More The post All About… Coyotes appeared first on Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System.| Metro Parks – Central Ohio Park System
STEVEN KINSER Clear Creek Park Manager Clear Creek experienced several storms with heavy rain towards the end of June. On the evening of June 30, we received several inches of rainfall which caused ...Read More The post Clear Creek Flooding appeared first on Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System.| Metro Parks – Central Ohio Park System
TIFFANY GUO Seasonal Naturalist A recent morning at Glacier Ridge Metro Park took flight with a unique spectacle, as maintenance workers, park rangers, and naturalists gathered at the Wind and ...Read More The post Freebird soars away at Glacier Ridge appeared first on Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System.| Metro Parks – Central Ohio Park System
MACY TALLARICO Camp Coordinator Our 29 incredible camp counselors have officially hung up their polos as summer camp wrapped up on August 1. What a season it has been. Across ...Read More The post Camp was a real blast this season appeared first on Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System.| Metro Parks – Central Ohio Park System
Calling all dog lovers - it's Bark Bash 2025 - Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System - https://youtu.be/JFy6PoG7Dxk Barb Bash is nearly here. Enjoy our video preview and get ready to join us at Prairie Oaks on Saturday August 23.| Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System
Behind the Parks: Meet Danny at Blacklick Woods Golf Courses - Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System - Danny Sorgini Blacklick Woods Golf Courses Manager and Pro Danny Sorgini is talking with Communications Coordinator, Virginia Gordon About me My family| Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System
All About… Beavers - Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System - GORDON MITCHELL Land Management Coordinator Long before the United States was established, many Europeans traveled this country in search of pelts to| Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System
Our Challenge: hike every mile of trail in Metro Parks - Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System - ERIC FRISCH Guest Blogger Hiking in the Metro Parks has been part of our relationship from the very beginning. My first date with Amanda was a long walk| Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System
Welcome to the official Columbus & Franklin County Metro Parks website. Find Maps, Pet Trails, Blog articles about the parks and nature, and information about all 20 Metro Parks.| Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System
Requiem For a Fish - The Secrets of the Scioto Madtom - Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System - CRAIG BIEGLER Naturalist, Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park When the Endangered Species Act was written in 1973, it was designed to protect the rarest| Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System
