March 15, 2025. – 9am – 3pm Woody vegetation management with fire The preserve, accessed by permit only, contains an alkaline fen and features a high-quality prairie fen community. A mile-long boardwalk runs across the fen meadow. During this work trip, we will be leveling the sunken parts of the boardwalk and replacing some decayed […]
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April 26, 2025. – 9 am – 3 pm Garlic mustard and dame’s rocket pull Join us at Davey Woods to enjoy a spring day in the majestic forest, watch spring wildflowers, and work on garlic mustard and dame rocket removal. Last spring our group removed many trash bags of these invasive plants, but we
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February 22, 2025 – 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Woody vegetation removal and winter burn The landscape of this preserve always inspires curiosity – it features eskers, kames and kettles, and tells us the story of ancient glaciers, meltwater channels cut through the ice, and landforms influenced by retreating ice sheets. We will return to
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Columbus Audubon is now accepting Conservation Grant proposals for 2025 project funding. The deadline to submit is November 25, 2024. We are looking for proposals that support the conservation of Ohio’s native bird species through habitat management, habitat protection, and scientific research, and for projects that do not primarily or exclusively cover salaries. Preference will be
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First documented nesting of American White Pelicans in Ohio Ohio has a new breeding bird species. Observers discovered and documented American White Pelicans nesting on a small island in Sandusky Bay last spring and summer. Bruce Buckingham and Laura Kearns, of the Ohio Division of Wildlife, wrote about their finding in a recent issue of
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“Darn”, I thought, “it looks pretty threatening. I’d better hurry through this.” I had driven out to the restored wetlands at Battelle-Darby Metro Park, hoping for some fall shorebirds that had been reported there, as well as some of the early waterfowl that always showed up at this golden spot. However, the sky to the
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