Ohio Natural Areas & Preserves Association

Purple loosestrife removed and boardwalk repaired at Jackson Bog, thanks to volunteers

On a very hot and humid Saturday, July 20, eight ONAPA volunteers and two DNAP staff worked at Jackson Bog SNP to remove purple loosestrife and repair a section of boardwalk. Several worked on removing loosestrife, which is very abundant this year in the fen meadows. A smaller crew removed a damaged section of boardwalk and replaced it. The new boardwalk section looks great, thanks to Ron Massoli, one of our ONAPA volunteers. Preserve manager Charlotte was especially grateful for his help.

REGISTER for ONAPA 7th Annual Meeting: Registration Ends Tuesday, August 13!

(Photo courtesy of Lancaster, OH, Parks and Recreation).

This year's ONAPA Annual Meeting will be on Saturday, August 17
at Goslin Nature Center at Alley Park, south of Lancaster.

For Agenda and Field Trip descriptions, go to 2019 Annual Meeting.

Cedar Bog's meadow habitat gets some help from ONAPA volunteers

On Wednesday, July 10, 12 ONAPA volunteers worked with preserve manager, Mike Crackel from Ohio History Connection, to remove woody species in two different areas at Cedar Bog. Cedar Bog, which is actually an alkaline fen, needs open meadow habitat to maintain the many rare species of plants and animals it harbors. Volunteers worked near the visitor center to begin to re-open a meadow which is currently tall dogwoods and willows. They also worked in one of the fen meadows along the boardwalk to remove woody species, including invading tulip trees and white cedars. ONAPA is happy to partner with OHC to help manage these important habitats.

Volunteer Stewardship Project Reports

For the latest Stewardship Project Reports,
CLICK HERE.

Member Activities

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CLICK HERE,

Stewardship
Projects

We have several stewardship projects planned for 2019, some of which are again on weekdays this year. We will include a short field trip on each project to see some of the preserve we are working at. RSVP HERE.

Member
Field Trips

Preserve
Monitoring

The 2019 ONAPA member field trip schedule can be found HERE. Please remember to RSVP in advance so that we can plan accordingly. Not a member? Join HERE.

Any state nature preserve in your area can be visited and a report completed to help inform ONAPA and the preserve managers about the condition of the preserve. Click HERE for information.