Ohio Natural Areas & Preserves Association

Gallagher Fen Stewardship Project

ONAPA had a good day at Gallagher Fen SNP on October 9th conducting stewardship in the east fen and on the hillside. Five ONAPA volunteers worked with 3 DNAP staff to cut and treat invading woody plants on the hillside and the east fen meadow. It was rewarding to remove thickets of glossy buckthorn and privet along the edge of the east fen, opening former sedge meadow habitat.

Kent Bog Stewardship Project

On Wednesday, September 19th, 6 ONAPA stewardship volunteers worked with 3 DNAP staff and approximately 20 Kent State University local flora students at Kent Bog SNP to remove invasive woody plants in the bog community. This included pulling invasive glossy buckthorn seedlings, as well as cutting and treating larger buckthorns and red maples invading the bog. While the bog is dominated by woody vegetation now, including highbush blueberry, tamarack, winterberry, leatherleaf, and other typical woody bog species, it is important to remove other invasives to maintain the native bog vegetation. A few small meadows remain with rare species, such as small cranberry and tawny cotton grass.

Habitat Heroes

NEW EVENT: HABITAT HEROES
On November 17th from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, we will be removing invasive plant species (buckthorn) from the W.W. Knight Nature Preserve. These efforts are part of wildlife habitat restoration in conjunction with our Native Plant program.

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Volunteers receive a t-shirt, mug and lunch. There is an optional naturalist-led nature hike following lunch. We appreciate all of our habitat heroes and their dedication to being good stewards of our natural environment.

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We have several stewardship projects planned for 2017, 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.

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The 2017 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.