2020 MEMBER FIELD TRIPS & EVENTS
ONAPA field trips will last from 2 to 3 hours or longer depending on interest.
Bring water and a snack or a bag lunch to tide you over.
All trips require registration. To register, email guydenny@centurylink.net with your name and cell phone.
You will receive a confirmation email only for field trips that have limited participation.
If you are not a member or if your membership is not current you can join or renew now
using PayPal or by downloading a membership form HERE.
Bring water and a snack or a bag lunch to tide you over.
All trips require registration. To register, email guydenny@centurylink.net with your name and cell phone.
You will receive a confirmation email only for field trips that have limited participation.
If you are not a member or if your membership is not current you can join or renew now
using PayPal or by downloading a membership form HERE.
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ONAPA seed collecting scheduled Saturday, September 26, at Denny's Prairie in Knox County
The emergence of COVID-19 last spring has dramatically changed how all of us must go about our everyday lives. Until there is an effective and readily available vaccine, our best defense against this virus is social distancing, avoiding large gatherings, and the wearing of face masks. Accordingly, we at ONAPA thought it best to cancel our regularly scheduled membership field trips as well as our annual membership meeting for 2020. However, we feel we can safely go forward with our annual Prairie Seed Collecting Field Trip scheduled for Saturday, September 26th since it can be done by participants working on their own in the out-of-doors well separated from one another, and as long as certain precautions are in place. This year there will be no seed gathering orientation as in past years. Participants will be on their own and will be required to wear face coverings, social distance from others by at least 6 feet, except from immediate family members and friends, and provide their own collecting tools and containers. Upon parking, participants will be given an informational handout and be directed to the 20-acre collecting area. Several ONAPA members wearing ONAPA shirts will circulate around the prairie and be available to answer questions on an individual, one-on-one basis. We will have the ONAPA display available for viewing, along with ONAPA items available for a donation (shirts, hats, and bandanas). |
Denny’s Prairie is located in Knox County about 45 minutes north of Columbus. Follow Interstate 71 to the Mt. Gilead/Fredericktown exit (Exit 151) at the intersection of State Route 95. Follow State Route 95 east for just under 5 miles to the Knox County line. Just beyond the county line is the driveway on the north side of SR 95.
There will be ONAPA event signs directing participants up the drive to the designated parking area. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us HERE. |