2023 APRIL-JUNE STEWARDSHIP PROJECT SCHEDULE
We will include a short field trip on each project to see some of the preserve we are working at. When registering to volunteer, please allow at least 24 hours prior to the project as weather may impact conditions and we make every effort to inform our volunteers of changes.
Questions: Contact us HERE.
Registration: Please let us know you are joining us, sign up HERE.
Volunteer Forms: If you are joining us for volunteer stewardship training or for one or more stewardship projects,
please complete our Volunteer forms found HERE.
Volunteer Hours: At the completion of a project, please enter your time (Including travel time to and from the site) HERE.
Registration: Please let us know you are joining us, sign up HERE.
Volunteer Forms: If you are joining us for volunteer stewardship training or for one or more stewardship projects,
please complete our Volunteer forms found HERE.
Volunteer Hours: At the completion of a project, please enter your time (Including travel time to and from the site) HERE.
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Thursday, April 6, 2023
Woody Species Control at Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
S. R. 83 (Holmes County) This 5,671-acre wildlife area is situated in northeastern Ohio in portions of Wayne and Holmes counties. The area extends north from Holmesville to three miles south of Wooster, and lies |
between State Route 83 on the east and State Route 226 on the west. The area is in a shallow, U-shaped glacial outwash valley. Approximately half of the wildlife area consists of marsh and swamp that is flooded during some portion of the year. Thiswetland complex is Ohio’s largest remaining marshland outside of the Lake Erie region. We will be working at one of the sites for Eastern prairie fringed orchid (PFO) which occurs at Killbuck Marsh.
We will be cutting woody species, primarily dogwood, alder, and willow, hauling brush out of the sedge meadow off of S.R. 83, and treating the cut stems with herbicide. Herbicide treatment will be done by DOW staff or trained ONAPA volunteers. ONAPA will provide loppers and handsaws.
Directions: Please CONTACT US for directions, which will be provided to those who register.
What to bring: Lunch, water, muck or rubber boots, gloves.
RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning.
We will be cutting woody species, primarily dogwood, alder, and willow, hauling brush out of the sedge meadow off of S.R. 83, and treating the cut stems with herbicide. Herbicide treatment will be done by DOW staff or trained ONAPA volunteers. ONAPA will provide loppers and handsaws.
Directions: Please CONTACT US for directions, which will be provided to those who register.
What to bring: Lunch, water, muck or rubber boots, gloves.
RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning.
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Thursday, April 13, 2023
Woody species control at Wolf Run Park, Knox County Park District 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
717621 Yauger Road, Mt Vernon Knox County |
The state-endangered Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, a small woodpecker, utilizes wooded habitat in the park for foraging and shelter. Granite boulders carried by Ohio’s last ice age 100,000 years ago dot the landscape. Small streams that comprise the headwaters of Wolf Run, which flows to the Kokosing River, grace the landscape.
We will be assisting the Knox County Park District to control woody species invading grassland units which have been burned recently (ONAPA helps the park district with prescribed burning). We will work in at least two units in or adjacent to Wolf Run Park, which is located on the east side of Mount Vernon.
DIRECTIONS: We will start by meeting at the Knox Woods side of Wolf Run, just off of SR 36 at 10:00am, to work in the small prairie on the north side of Knox Woods.
What to bring: Bring lunch, water, hiking boots, gloves, and hand tools such as hand saws and loppers (if you wish). ONAPA and the Park district will provide tools and herbicide and conduct herbicide application.
RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning.
We will be assisting the Knox County Park District to control woody species invading grassland units which have been burned recently (ONAPA helps the park district with prescribed burning). We will work in at least two units in or adjacent to Wolf Run Park, which is located on the east side of Mount Vernon.
DIRECTIONS: We will start by meeting at the Knox Woods side of Wolf Run, just off of SR 36 at 10:00am, to work in the small prairie on the north side of Knox Woods.
What to bring: Bring lunch, water, hiking boots, gloves, and hand tools such as hand saws and loppers (if you wish). ONAPA and the Park district will provide tools and herbicide and conduct herbicide application.
RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning.
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Tuesday, April 18 , 2023
Invasive Plant Control at Milford Center Prairie 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Connor Road, Milford Center Madison County Milford Center Prairie is a very significant prairie remnant of the Darby Plains owned by Dayton Power & Light, but managed in cooperation with DNAP. It is approximately 1.5 miles in length beneath the power lines with more than 50 different species of prairie plants, including rare species such as royal catchfly.
We will be controlling herbaceous plants: giant ragweed, teasel, Canada thistle and sweet-clover. Directions: Meet at the parking area located on Connor Road,
just north off of State Route 4, west of Milford Center. We will park in the pull-off area on Connor Road near the power line crossing and walk down the DP&L power line ROW for the project. What to Bring: Lunch, water, hat, boots, tick spray or repellents, gloves, and a digging tool. |
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RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning.
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Thursday, April 20, 2023
Invasive Plants Control at Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. 2381 State Route 343, Yellow Springs Greene County This 268-acre preserve protects one of the most spectacular dolomite and limestone gorges in the state. Registered as a National Natural Landmark in 1968, Clifton Gorge encompasses a 2-mile stretch of the Little Miami State & National Scenic River, just east of John Bryan State Park. The gorge protects one of the best examples of post-glacial and inter-glacial canyon cutting. The Silurian limestone and dolomite bedrock supports an abundance of plant life, including at least 347 species of wildflowers and 105 species of trees and shrubs. The cool north-facing slopes provide much needed moist, shady habitat for northern relics such as hemlock, Canada yew, arborvitae, red baneberry and mountain maple. This stewardship project will focus on invasive species removal: garlic mustard, Dame's rocket and scouting for Janapanese stiltgrass. We will be working on the south side of the river which is the Scientific side and usually requires an access permit to visit. Hiking on the Scientific side of the preserve may be difficult as there are no trails & it is very rocky, including some mild climbing down rocks to reach some areas. Directions: Park at the main Clifton Gorge parking lot, just west of Clifton on State Route 343. |
What to Bring: Bring lunch, water and gloves. Herbicide treatment will be done by DNAP staff or trained ONAPA volunteers. RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning. |
Photo by Ian Adams
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Saturday, April 22, 2023
Garlic Mustard Control and Guided Hike at Collier State Nature Preserve on Earth Day 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. 1655 W. Township Road 38, Tiffin Seneca County This state nature preserve, located on the Sandusky State Scenic River, was originally acquired as a Scenic River area. In addition to the large wooded riverine corridor, with an excellent floodplain community containing large oaks, sycamore, ash, tulip and cottonwoods, the area also has an impressive amount of relief.
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over the hillside to the floodplain of the Sandusky River. This woods contain numerous large beech trees as well as a spectacular diversity of spring wildflowers including sharp-lobed hepatica, Dutchman's-breeches, squirrel-corn, three trillium species, twinleaf, white and yellow trout-lily and marsh marigold. The display of marsh marigolds and skunk cabbage found in the floodplain is particularly striking in early May. We will be pulling garlic mustard and other invasives such as Dame's rocket and butterweed in several areas where spring wildflowers have the best displays. Garlic mustard will be bagged and carried out of the preserve. We will have a guided hike to look at spring wildflowers after lunch.
Directions: Howard Collier SNP is about 15 minutes south of Tiffin, on w. Township Road 28, off S. R. 231. The parking lot is about one-half mile from the turnoff from the township road.
What to bring: Lunch, water, hiking boots, and gloves.
RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning.
Directions: Howard Collier SNP is about 15 minutes south of Tiffin, on w. Township Road 28, off S. R. 231. The parking lot is about one-half mile from the turnoff from the township road.
What to bring: Lunch, water, hiking boots, and gloves.
RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning.
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Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Garlic Mustard Control at Rhododendron Cove State Nature Preserve 10:30 am – 3:30 pm 2730 Pump Station Rd SE, Lancaster Fairfield County This 75-acre preserve is within the Sugar Grove Region of the Hocking Hills. A relatively strenuous hike to the top of the dry ridgeline affords a view of the Hocking River Valley to the east. This dry ridge forms a horseshoe shape, supporting a significant chestnut oak community with Virginia and pitch pine, sourwood and a well-developed heath layer of mountain laurel, blueberry, and deerberry.
The cooler north-facing slopes below the cliff lines form an environment better suited to eastern hemlock, black birch and a state-listed member of the heath family – the great rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum). This is likely the home of the largest native population of this native rhododendron in Ohio. We will be pulling and hauling garlic mustard in several areas where spring wildflowers still have the best displays. Directions: The preserve is located south of Lancaster and northwest of the village of Sugar Grove. A small gravel parking lot is located on the north side of Pump Station |
Road, approximately 0.1 miles west of Old Logan Road.
From Columbus, take Route 33 east towards Lancaster, follow Route 33 around Lancaster and exit at Tarkiln Road. At the bottom of the exit ramp, go straight through the intersection as this is Old Logan Road SE. In a little less than 2 miles, turn right onto Pump Station Road (sign for Wahkeena Nature Preserve), go approximately a couple hundred yards, and the gravel parking area is on the right. What to bring: Lunch, water, hiking boots, and gloves. RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning. |
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Thursday, April 27, 2023
Garlic Mustard Control at Kendrick Woods State Nature Preserve 10:30 am – 3:30 pm 971 N. Defiance Trail, Spencerville Allen County Kendrick Woods is the largest park in the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Parks District at just over 500 acres. The 170 acres west of Defiance trail are mature swamp forest and dedicated as a State Nature Preserve. It is the crown jewel of the park district. Visitors can enjoy five miles of hiking trails. There are many spring ephemerals to be enjoyed including large-flowered trillium, green dragon, swamp saxifrage, grove sandwort, blue cohosh, and goldenseal. Birders can enjoy many species of warblers, vireos, thrush, woodpeckers, and scarlet and summer tanagers. The south trail has an artesian sulfur spring that empties into Six Mile Creek, which connects to the Auglaize River a short way to the east. Kendrick Woods State Nature Preserve has the highest biodiversity of all Johnny Appleseed Parks. |
ONAPA volunteers will be helping DNAP and Johnny Appleseed staff and volunteers remove garlic mustard, dame’s rocket, and some woody invasives from the northern portion of the woods.
Directions: Kendrick Woods is located at 971 N. Defiance Trail, Spencerville OH 45887. It is 10 miles west of Lima and ½ mile north of SR 81. Meet in the first parking lot on the right.
What to bring: Water, lunch, gloves, and muck boots. There are pit toilets located adjacent to the parking lot. Herbicide treatment will be done by park staff and trained ONAPA stewardship assistants and volunteers. Park staff and ONAPA will provide tools.
RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning.
Directions: Kendrick Woods is located at 971 N. Defiance Trail, Spencerville OH 45887. It is 10 miles west of Lima and ½ mile north of SR 81. Meet in the first parking lot on the right.
What to bring: Water, lunch, gloves, and muck boots. There are pit toilets located adjacent to the parking lot. Herbicide treatment will be done by park staff and trained ONAPA stewardship assistants and volunteers. Park staff and ONAPA will provide tools.
RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning.
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Thursday, May 4, 2023 - CHANGE IN LOCATION Invasive Species Control at DuPont Marsh State Nature Preserve 10:30 am – 3:30 pm 1805 River Road, Huron Erie County |
Photo courtesy of ODNR.
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DuPont Marsh features one of the few remaining river marshes of the Lake Erie watershed in Ohio. Situated along the Huron River approximately 2.5 miles south of the lake, a variety of aquatic and wetland plant species can be found on the site including pondweeds, water-milfoil, bur-reed, cattail, spatter-dock and pickerelweed. One of the most significant species occurring in the marsh is leafy blue flag, a state endangered plant. THIS PROJECT REPLACES THE SHELDON MARSH project originally scheduled for this date.
We will be removing a variety of woody invasive plants in the interior of the uplands portion of the preserve which are currently shading a population of Leafy blue flag. This work will be performed in cooperation with DNAP and Erie County Metroparks to whom the preserve is leased.
Directions: Located in Erie County, south of S.R 2 via Berlin Road exit to Huron. Turn left on Sprowl Road, and in about one mile, turn left on River Road. The preserve entrance and parking lot about one-half mile on the right.
What to bring: Lunch, water, hiking boots, and gloves.
RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning.
We will be removing a variety of woody invasive plants in the interior of the uplands portion of the preserve which are currently shading a population of Leafy blue flag. This work will be performed in cooperation with DNAP and Erie County Metroparks to whom the preserve is leased.
Directions: Located in Erie County, south of S.R 2 via Berlin Road exit to Huron. Turn left on Sprowl Road, and in about one mile, turn left on River Road. The preserve entrance and parking lot about one-half mile on the right.
What to bring: Lunch, water, hiking boots, and gloves.
RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning.
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Garlic Mustard Scouting & Control at Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve 10:30 am – 3:30 pm 1703 Lake Katharine Road, Jackson Jackson County Lake Katharine is a magnificent, forested nature preserve of over 2,000 acres in Jackson County. It has a beautiful lake and over 6 miles of hiking trails, surrounded by spring wildflowers and many rare plants, including the bigleaf magnolia. Garlic mustard is one of the invasive plants that needs to be controlled to preserve wildflower diversity, particularly in the bottomlands. We will be pulling and hauling garlic mustard in several areas in the bottomlands. Directions: Meet at the main parking lot near the |
Lake Katharine is a magnificent, forested nature preserve of over 2,000 acres in Jackson County. It has a beautiful lake and over 6 miles of hiking trails, surrounded by spring wildflowers and many rare plants, including the bigleaf magnolia. Garlic mustard is one of the invasive plants that needs to be controlled to preserve wildflower diversity, particularly in the bottomlands. We will be pulling and hauling garlic mustard in several areas in the bottomlands.
Directions: Meet at the main parking lot near the maintenance building. The parking lot can be reached by taking State Street west out of Jackson about 2 miles, then turning right on County Road 85 (Lake Katharine Road) and proceeding 2 miles to the main parking lot. What to bring: Lunch, water, hiking boots, and gloves. RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning. |
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Thursday, May 11, 2023
Invasive Plants Control at Davey Woods 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. 7661 Lonesome Road, St. Paris Champaign County This mature forest woodland has numerous large tuliptrees, sugar maple, ash and oak as well as an excellent array of spring
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wildflowers. It is one of the best woodlots remaining in this part of Ohio: about 90 acres are old-growth forest. Named in honor of the Davey Tree Expert Company which, through The Nature Conservancy, provided half the funding to acquire this site in 1989. The terrain is hilly for this part of Ohio.
For this project, we will be removing garlic mustard and Dame's rocket from the woods in plastic bags.
Directions: The preserve is located near the town of St. Paris, about nine miles northeast of your turn on Zimmerman Road off U.S. Rt 36.
What to bring: Bring lunch, work gloves, hiking boots, tick spray or repellent, and a hiking stick if desired.
RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning.
For this project, we will be removing garlic mustard and Dame's rocket from the woods in plastic bags.
Directions: The preserve is located near the town of St. Paris, about nine miles northeast of your turn on Zimmerman Road off U.S. Rt 36.
What to bring: Bring lunch, work gloves, hiking boots, tick spray or repellent, and a hiking stick if desired.
RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning.
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Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Woody species control at Irwin Prairie 10:30 am – 3:30 pm 9987 West Bancroft Street, Holland Lucas County The core of this preserve is a treeless, wet sedge meadow dominated by several species of sedges, rushes and wetland grasses. It is the finest remaining sedge meadow in the state. The preserve is actually comprised of a mosaic of distinctive plant communities based on variations in water table levels.
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We will be removing garlic mustard in cooperation with the Toledo Wild Ones.
Directions: Meet at the parking lot located at on Bancroft Road, about five miles north of the Toledo airport.
What to bring: Bring lunch, work gloves, long-sleeved shirt and pants, hiking boots, a long-handled shovel, tick spray or repellent, and hand pruners.
RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning.
Directions: Meet at the parking lot located at on Bancroft Road, about five miles north of the Toledo airport.
What to bring: Bring lunch, work gloves, long-sleeved shirt and pants, hiking boots, a long-handled shovel, tick spray or repellent, and hand pruners.
RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning.
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Invasive Species Removal at Bonnett Pond Bog State Nature Preserve
Invasive Species Removal at Bonnett Pond Bog State Nature Preserve
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10:30 am - 3:30 pm
State Route 179, Northeast of Loudonville, Holmes County Bonnett Pond Bog State Nature Preserve is a small, 16-acre, high-quality sphagnum kettle-hole bog. A floating sphagnum mat with bog plants such as large cranberry, poison sumac, round-leaved sundew, swamp loosestrife, little prickly sedge, white beak-rush, highbush blueberry, and glaucous sedge surround the dark acidic waters of the bog lake. There are some large trees on the wooded slopes surrounding the kettle-hole bog. Our project includes removing garlic mustard and Dame's rocket. Note that poison sumac is present in this bog, so special care will be taken to avoid it. Directions: In Washington Township, the preserve is located on State Route 179. |
From Loudonville, proceed northeast on SR 3. Turn right on SR 179. The preserve will be on the left before you reach Lakeville. Parking is very limited; a few cars can park at the edge of the field near the electric substation, while others may need to park at the intersection of SR 3 and SR 179 (and be shuttled to the preserve). The preserve is mostly wooded and you will see state nature preserve boundary signs from the road. Due to the lack of facilities and the sensitive species present in the small bog, access is usually by permit only from the Division of Natural Areas and Preserves.
What to bring: Lunch, water, muck/knee boots, and gloves. RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning. |
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Sweet Clover and Other Invasives Removal at Chaparral Prairie State Nature Preserve
Sweet Clover and Other Invasives Removal at Chaparral Prairie State Nature Preserve
10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
209 Hawk Hill Road
West Union, Oh 45693
Adams County
Chaparral Prairie State Nature Preserve features 120 acres of prairies, glade openings, and woodlands. This preserve is best viewed in mid to late summer. It has very unique flora, featuring prairie dock, dense blazing-star, pink milkwort, blackjack oak and much more. This preserve has one of largest populations of rattlesnake master in the state. Trails through the prairie have a large population of dense blazing-star and a beautiful view of the rolling Adams County countryside.
Our project will include removing yellow and white sweet-clover, and common teasel which are invasive plant species throughout the preserve. Control will include pulling and using a small digging spade, if applicable. Yellow and white sweet-clovers are biennial herbs which become very bushy in the second year. Common teasel is also a biennial that grows as a rosette its first year, and then it sends up a flowering stalk the next.
Directions: Located about 3 miles north of West Union, follow State Route 247 to Chaparral Rd. to 209 Hawk Hill Rd.
What to Bring: Lunch, water, hat, boots, tick spray or repellents.
RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning.
209 Hawk Hill Road
West Union, Oh 45693
Adams County
Chaparral Prairie State Nature Preserve features 120 acres of prairies, glade openings, and woodlands. This preserve is best viewed in mid to late summer. It has very unique flora, featuring prairie dock, dense blazing-star, pink milkwort, blackjack oak and much more. This preserve has one of largest populations of rattlesnake master in the state. Trails through the prairie have a large population of dense blazing-star and a beautiful view of the rolling Adams County countryside.
Our project will include removing yellow and white sweet-clover, and common teasel which are invasive plant species throughout the preserve. Control will include pulling and using a small digging spade, if applicable. Yellow and white sweet-clovers are biennial herbs which become very bushy in the second year. Common teasel is also a biennial that grows as a rosette its first year, and then it sends up a flowering stalk the next.
Directions: Located about 3 miles north of West Union, follow State Route 247 to Chaparral Rd. to 209 Hawk Hill Rd.
What to Bring: Lunch, water, hat, boots, tick spray or repellents.
RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning.
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Invasive Species Control at Jackson Bog State Nature Preserve
Invasive Species Control at Jackson Bog State Nature Preserve
10:30 am – 3:30 pm
7984 Fulton Drive NW, Massillon
Stark County
Jackson Bog is a 58-acre preserve located in northern Stark County and owned by the Jackson Township Local Board of Education and the Ohio Division of Natural Areas and Preserves. The area was dedicated in 1980 as an interpretive preserve. It is actually a fen, or alkaline wetland, which lies at the foot of a dry, sandy kame (a glacially deposited hill or ridge). The belts of kames in this area of Stark County provide an extensive aquifer. These highly permeable gravel deposits readily absorb surface water and then hold it in staggering quantities as groundwater. The alkalinity is a limiting factor which dictates the types of unique plants which grow there. While the preserve is surrounded by residential development, a large school system, and a township park, it contains an amazing amount of plant and animal diversity, particularly many rare plant species. Habitat management is critical in the fen meadows to maintain the biodiversity of this small preserve.
We will be controlling woody species in the fen meadows, as well as purple loosestrife. We will be cutting and treating woody stems with herbicide and removing the cut stems. Flowering purple loosestrife will be cut and removed from the preserve.
Directions: Located in Stark County, 2 miles north of Massillon on Fulton Drive and a 1/2 mile west of the intersection of State Route 687 and State Route 241. The preserve is adjacent to Jackson Township Park.
What to bring: Bring lunch, water, gloves, and muck boots. Herbicide treatment will be done by DNAP staff or trained ONAPA volunteers. Tools will be provided.
RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning.
7984 Fulton Drive NW, Massillon
Stark County
Jackson Bog is a 58-acre preserve located in northern Stark County and owned by the Jackson Township Local Board of Education and the Ohio Division of Natural Areas and Preserves. The area was dedicated in 1980 as an interpretive preserve. It is actually a fen, or alkaline wetland, which lies at the foot of a dry, sandy kame (a glacially deposited hill or ridge). The belts of kames in this area of Stark County provide an extensive aquifer. These highly permeable gravel deposits readily absorb surface water and then hold it in staggering quantities as groundwater. The alkalinity is a limiting factor which dictates the types of unique plants which grow there. While the preserve is surrounded by residential development, a large school system, and a township park, it contains an amazing amount of plant and animal diversity, particularly many rare plant species. Habitat management is critical in the fen meadows to maintain the biodiversity of this small preserve.
We will be controlling woody species in the fen meadows, as well as purple loosestrife. We will be cutting and treating woody stems with herbicide and removing the cut stems. Flowering purple loosestrife will be cut and removed from the preserve.
Directions: Located in Stark County, 2 miles north of Massillon on Fulton Drive and a 1/2 mile west of the intersection of State Route 687 and State Route 241. The preserve is adjacent to Jackson Township Park.
What to bring: Bring lunch, water, gloves, and muck boots. Herbicide treatment will be done by DNAP staff or trained ONAPA volunteers. Tools will be provided.
RSVP: To attend, please REGISTER HERE. If you have questions, please contact the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning.