2026 OCTOBER-DECEMBER 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. Download projects summary HERE.
Registration: Please let us know you are joining us and 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 and 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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Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Woody Species Control at Cranberry Bog State Nature Preserve 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Buckeye Lake, Licking County Now called Buckeye Lake, this lake was once a swamp that was to be converted into a reservoir to feed the Ohio and Erie Canal system. The plan did not work well because the new lake was too shallow to feed the canal for barge traffic, especially during the dry season. Strangely, it was the impoundment of the swamp in 1830 which made
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Cranberry Bog so unique. As the waters backed up behind the dike, all of the big swamp was inundated and destroyed, except the very youngest and therefore most buoyant segment of the bog mat. Instead of disappearing beneath the mucky waters, as did most of the adjacent swamp forest, a 50-acre upper segment of the bog mat along the north shore stretched and expanded like a giant water-logged sponge and rose 8 feet with the new water level. No longer did the floating bog mat surround the glacial lake as is typically the case with bogs. Now the lake surrounded the bog mat, the only known such occurrence of its kind in the world.
Activities will include cutting woody species, hauling cut stems to brush piles, and trained volunteers or DNAP staff will treat the cut stems with herbicides. We will be working in the west meadow near the boardwalk to remove woody species.
Directions: We will be meeting at the North Shore boat ramp at Buckeye Lake State Park at 10am to take a pontoon boat to the island. Take State Route 79 south from I-70, then follow SR 79 south until the curve where you enter the state park. Park in the large parking lot and look for the boat at one of the docks to take us to the island. Be sure to register if you wish to attend this project and more details will be provided in advance. We will need to know how many people are coming to arrange for sufficient boat transportation as the state park will be providing the boat.
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: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
Activities will include cutting woody species, hauling cut stems to brush piles, and trained volunteers or DNAP staff will treat the cut stems with herbicides. We will be working in the west meadow near the boardwalk to remove woody species.
Directions: We will be meeting at the North Shore boat ramp at Buckeye Lake State Park at 10am to take a pontoon boat to the island. Take State Route 79 south from I-70, then follow SR 79 south until the curve where you enter the state park. Park in the large parking lot and look for the boat at one of the docks to take us to the island. Be sure to register if you wish to attend this project and more details will be provided in advance. We will need to know how many people are coming to arrange for sufficient boat transportation as the state park will be providing the boat.
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: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Invasive woody species control at Salem Prairie 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Lower Leesville Road (near Salem Cemetery & Parcher Road) Bucyrus, Crawford County This small, 3-acre remnant native prairie is located east of Bucyrus along a railroad and near Salem Cemetery on Lower Leesville Road. It has been managed by Crawford County Park District for years and ONAPA will be assisting with management this year, both controlling woody species and conducting a prescribed burn. We will be working on invading woody species including autumn-olive, willows, and others on this date. Parking will be at Salem Cemetery along Lower Leesville Road. |
Sullivant's milkweed
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Directions: Parking will be at Salem Cemetery along Lower Leesville Road.
What to bring: Bring lunch, water, gloves, insect repellant and boots.
RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
What to bring: Bring lunch, water, gloves, insect repellant and boots.
RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Woody Species Control at Brown's Lake Bog State Nature Preserve
Woody Species Control at Brown's Lake Bog State Nature Preserve
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10:30 am – 3:30 pm
Brown Road, Shreve Wayne County Brown's Lake Bog represents a very rare plant community in Ohio. The naturally acidic properties of sphagnum, coupled with its ability to insulate the water below from rapid air temperature changes, provided the right environment for the creation of the bog and its relict boreal plant communities. More than 20 rare plants are found here.
As one of the few well-preserved, virgin boreal acid bogs remaining in a region where wetlands have been drained for agricultural use, Brown's Lake Bog was designated a National Natural Landmark, and also dedicated as a State Nature Preserve. The greatest threat to the integrity of the glacial relict bog community is succession. Some of this may be unnaturally accelerated due to increased runoff and changes in water chemistry. Additionally, bog’s hydrology has been impacted by local drainage ditches. Dense shrub areas shade out the bog species that make this area unique. |
We will be removing and treating woody invasive plants that have encroached upon the sphagnum bog mat.
Directions: Brown's Lake Bog is located west of Shreve. The preserve entrance and parking lot are on the south side of Brown Road.
What to bring: Water, lunch, sunscreen, insect repellant, gloves, and muck boots. Herbicide treatment will be done by trained staff or trained ONAPA volunteers. ONAPA will provide the tools.
RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
Directions: Brown's Lake Bog is located west of Shreve. The preserve entrance and parking lot are on the south side of Brown Road.
What to bring: Water, lunch, sunscreen, insect repellant, gloves, and muck boots. Herbicide treatment will be done by trained staff or trained ONAPA volunteers. ONAPA will provide the tools.
RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
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Saturday, October 24, 2026
Control of Woody Species at Brinkhaven Oak Barrens 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Township Road 13, Brinkhaven (Gann) Holmes County Brinkhaven Oak Barrens was designated as a state natural landmark in 2005 for being the best example in north central Ohio of what famous Ohio ecologist, Paul Sears called “oak openings.” The 114-acre preserve owned by the private non-profit organization, Killbuck Watershed Land Trust, protects two oak barrens containing six state-listed plants, including the threatened thyme-leaved pinweed. ONAPA has been assisting the KWLT with habitat management to restore the two oak openings which are accessible by permit only. We will be removing and treating woody species. Directions: From Brinkhaven (Gann) on U.S. Rt. 62, drive about 4 ¼ miles east on U.S. Route 62 to Holmes Co. Rd. 25. Drive about ¾ mile north to an intersection and turn left (west) on to Township Road 13. Drive for about 1.2 miles and the parking lot will be on the right. The parking lot is about 500 feet beyond the old railroad |
overpass, on the right (it is hard to see as it is a grass parking lot with no signage).
What to bring: Bring lunch, water, hiking boots, gloves, and insect repellent. RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes. |
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Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Woody Species Control at Wolf Run Regional Park 10:00 am – 3:00 pm 17621 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. This park is adjacent to Knox Woods State Nature Preserve.
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 meet at the parking lot on Yauger Road, near the dog park. |
What to bring: Bring lunch, water, hiking boots, gloves, and water. ONAPA and the Park district staff will provide tools and herbicide and conduct herbicide application
. RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes. |
Thursday, October 29, 2026
Woody Species Control at Daughmer Savanna State Nature Preserve
Woody Species Control at Daughmer Savanna State Nature Preserve
10:30 am – 3:30 pm
786 Marion-Melmore Road, Bucyrus
Crawford County
Daughmer Prairie Savannah is one of the finest prairie savannas in the country. It is a state nature preserve managed by Crawford Park District. The prairie has been grazed, but never farmed. Ever since ODNR purchased the site in 2011 and the sheep were removed, a number of invasive species have appeared. We will be cutting and treating woody species.
Directions: Meet at the parking lot located at 786 Marion-Melmore Road, one mile north of State Route 294, in Crawford County about 9 miles southwest of Bucyrus.
What to bring: Water, lunch, sunscreen, insect repellant, gloves, and muck boots. Tools will be furnished but you may bring your own.
RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
786 Marion-Melmore Road, Bucyrus
Crawford County
Daughmer Prairie Savannah is one of the finest prairie savannas in the country. It is a state nature preserve managed by Crawford Park District. The prairie has been grazed, but never farmed. Ever since ODNR purchased the site in 2011 and the sheep were removed, a number of invasive species have appeared. We will be cutting and treating woody species.
Directions: Meet at the parking lot located at 786 Marion-Melmore Road, one mile north of State Route 294, in Crawford County about 9 miles southwest of Bucyrus.
What to bring: Water, lunch, sunscreen, insect repellant, gloves, and muck boots. Tools will be furnished but you may bring your own.
RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Woody Species Control at Cranberry Bog State Nature Preserve 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Buckeye Lake, Licking County |
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Now called Buckeye Lake, this lake was once a swamp that was to be converted into a reservoir to feed the Ohio and Erie Canal system. The plan did not work well because the new lake was too shallow to feed the canal for barge traffic, especially during the dry season. Strangely, it was the impoundment of the swamp in 1830 which made Cranberry Bog so unique. As the waters backed up behind the dike, all of the big swamp was inundated and destroyed, except the very youngest and therefore most buoyant segment of the bog mat. Instead of disappearing beneath the mucky waters, as did most of the adjacent swamp forest, a 50-acre upper segment of the bog mat along the north shore stretched and expanded like a giant water-logged sponge and rose 8 feet with the new water level. No longer did the floating bog mat surround the glacial lake as is typically the case with bogs. Now the lake surrounded the bog mat, the only known such occurrence of its kind in the world.
Little habitat management has been done on the bog during the past several years and the bog meadows are severely invaded by woody species, including poison sumac. We will be working in the main bog meadow where the boardwalk is located, to open the meadow up as much as possible. Activities will include cutting woody species, hauling cut stems to brush piles, and trained volunteers or DNAP staff will treat the cut stems with herbicides.
Directions: We will be meeting at the North Shore boat ramp at Buckeye Lake State Park at 10am to take a pontoon boat to the island. Take State Route 79 south from I-70, then follow SR 79 south until the curve where you enter the state park. Park in the large parking lot and look for the boat at one of the docks to take us to the island. Be sure to register if you wish to attend this project and more details will be provided in advance. We will need to know how many people are coming to arrange for sufficient boat transportation as the state park will be providing the boat.
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: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
Little habitat management has been done on the bog during the past several years and the bog meadows are severely invaded by woody species, including poison sumac. We will be working in the main bog meadow where the boardwalk is located, to open the meadow up as much as possible. Activities will include cutting woody species, hauling cut stems to brush piles, and trained volunteers or DNAP staff will treat the cut stems with herbicides.
Directions: We will be meeting at the North Shore boat ramp at Buckeye Lake State Park at 10am to take a pontoon boat to the island. Take State Route 79 south from I-70, then follow SR 79 south until the curve where you enter the state park. Park in the large parking lot and look for the boat at one of the docks to take us to the island. Be sure to register if you wish to attend this project and more details will be provided in advance. We will need to know how many people are coming to arrange for sufficient boat transportation as the state park will be providing the boat.
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: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
Thursday, November 5, 2026
Woody Species Removal at Herrick Fen State Nature Preserve
Woody Species Removal at Herrick Fen State Nature Preserve
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10:30 am – 3:30 pm
Portage County Herrick Fen is important for its tamarack and cinquefoil-sedge fen communities. The tamarack fen supports one of the few reproducing tamarack populations in Ohio, the only native conifer in Ohio which sheds its needles each year. The cinquefoil-sedge fen contains an extensive population of bayberry, a state-endangered plant found in only three locations in Ohio. The site lies on a buried pre-glacial valley filled with silt and gravel that allows for the rise of cold, calcium and magnesium rich springs which promote the presence of the fen communities here. A beech-maple forest borders the wetland on the northeast side and mixed hardwood forest occurs on the southern edge. The preserve provides habitat for more than 20 state-listed plants including yellow sedge, crinkled hairgrass, water avens, bunchflower, autumn willow and green cotton-grass. Directions: Travel State Route 43 south for 0.2 miles from its intersection with State Route 14. Turn right |
(southwest) on Seasons Road. Follow Seasons Road 2.2 miles to a gravel lane on the left (east) side just past a railroad crossing. Gravel parking lot on right What to bring: Lunch, water, muck boots, gloves. RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes. |
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Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Invasive woody species control at Claridon Prairie 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Marion-Galion Road, Caledonia (Marion County) This grass land, extending one mile east between the road and the railway, is one of the few surviving remnants of the once extensive prairies that were part of pioneer Marion County. This strip, preserved by chance when the railway and road were constructed side by side, contains more than 75 species of significant prairie grasses and flowers. We will be cutting and treating invasive woody species shading out this prairie remnant. Herbicide will be applied by trained ONAPA volunteers. Long pants are recommended. What to bring: Bring lunch, water, gloves, insect repellant and boots. |
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Directions: Location: NE corner of OH 98 and Marion-Galion Road at the Conrail tracks
Latitude: 40.6181210
Longitude: -83.0287230
RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
Latitude: 40.6181210
Longitude: -83.0287230
RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
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Thursday, November 12, 2026
Woody species control at Honey Run Highlands Park, Knox County Park District 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
10865 Hazel Dell Road, Howard 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 be cutting and treating invasive woody species in one of the prairie areas.
DIRECTIONS: We will start by meeting at the waterfall parking area at 10865 Hazel Dell Road, Howard.
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: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
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 be cutting and treating invasive woody species in one of the prairie areas.
DIRECTIONS: We will start by meeting at the waterfall parking area at 10865 Hazel Dell Road, Howard.
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: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
Woody Species Control at Meilke Road Savanna Wildlife Area
Woody Species Control at Meilke Road Savanna Wildlife Area
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10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Hill Avenue, Holland Lucas County Meilke Road Savanna was acquired by the Division of Wildlife (DOW) as oak savanna habitat specifically for Karner blue butterflies and other rare butterflies in the Oak Openings. While it is a small wildlife area, only 22 acres in size, it has tremendous plant and animal diversity. The Division also has a management agreement with Spencer Township for another 15 acres of oak savanna adjacent to the wildlife area. Regular management including prescribed burning and woody species removal is necessary to maintain the open oak savanna and barrens habitat. In the spring, large populations of wild lupine, the only host plant for the Federal threatened Karner blue butterfly, once known to be abundant in the Oak Openings, bloom. For this stewardship project, we will cutting and treating woody sprouts in the savanna to maintain open habitat necessary for rare plants and butterflies. Directions: Located on the north side of Hill Avenue, west of Crissey Road, and east of Meilke Road in Holland, just west of Toledo; parking is located in a small pull-off on Hill |
Avenue. Hill Avenue can be accessed from Crissey Road.
What to bring: Bring lunch, water, hiking boots, gloves, and hand tools such as hand saws and loppers (if you wish). ONAPA will also provide loppers. Herbicide application will be done by DOW staff and trained ONAPA volunteers. RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes. |
Sundew
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Thursday, November 19, 2026
Woody Species Removal at Singer Lake Bog (Cleveland Museum of Natural History) 10:30 am - 3:30 pm Thursby Avenue, https://maps.app.goo.gl/RPq91EE8EVfet9kAA?g_st=ic Summit County Singer Lake Bog is one of the largest and most pristine bog complexes remaining in Ohio. The site is home to over 30 state listed plant species and 72 species of Odonata have |
state listed plant species and 72 species of Odonata have been documented. It is owned and managed by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. We will be cutting and treating woody invasive plants that threaten thiswetland complex. The area we will be working in is fairly dry, but knee high boots are recommended.
Directions: Singer Lake Bog Preserve is located north of Massillon. Take SR 241 north from Massillon and turn left or west on to Mount Pleasant Street. Turn right or north on Thursby Avenue and you should see cars along the road. Or use this point to find the parking location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RPq91EE8EVfet9kAA?g_st=ic
What to bring: Bring lunch, water, gloves, and good hiking boots. Herbicide treatment will be done by licensed or trained CMNH staff and ONAPA stewardship assistants and volunteers. Tools will be provided.
RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
Directions: Singer Lake Bog Preserve is located north of Massillon. Take SR 241 north from Massillon and turn left or west on to Mount Pleasant Street. Turn right or north on Thursby Avenue and you should see cars along the road. Or use this point to find the parking location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RPq91EE8EVfet9kAA?g_st=ic
What to bring: Bring lunch, water, gloves, and good hiking boots. Herbicide treatment will be done by licensed or trained CMNH staff and ONAPA stewardship assistants and volunteers. Tools will be provided.
RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
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Tuesday, December 1, 2026
Woody Species Control at Travertine Fen 10:30 am - 3:30 pm SR 725, Spring Valley Greene County Travertine Fen contains a high-quality prairie fen with numerous rare species. The preserve is owned and managed by Greene County Parks and Trails. An access permit from Greene County Parks and Trails is required to visit the preserve. This 21-acre site is located northeast of the Little Miami Scenic Bikeway, just beyond the Bellbrook Avenue Bridge. It is a protected wetland fed by springs and is home to many rare species. This state nature preserve has had little management in the fen meadows for many y |
years. ONAPA has offered to work with DNAP to restore the fen meadows which are overrun with woody species and cattails. On stewardship project, we will be working in one of the fen meadows to cut and treat woody species, pushing back the woody species around the fen meadow core.
Directions: We will be parking along on the southwest side of Bellbrook Avenue, near the bike trail and auto body shop at 200 Bellbrook Ave. We will walk back along the bike trail to access the preserve and fen meadows.
What to bring: Bring lunch, water, hiking boots, gloves, and hand tools such as hand saws and loppers (if you wish). ONAPA will provide tools and herbicide and conduct herbicide application.
RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
Directions: We will be parking along on the southwest side of Bellbrook Avenue, near the bike trail and auto body shop at 200 Bellbrook Ave. We will walk back along the bike trail to access the preserve and fen meadows.
What to bring: Bring lunch, water, hiking boots, gloves, and hand tools such as hand saws and loppers (if you wish). ONAPA will provide tools and herbicide and conduct herbicide application.
RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
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Thursday, December 3, 2026
Woody Species Removal at Larry R. Yoder (OSU Marion) Campus Prairie 10:00 am - 3:00 pm 1465 Mount Vernon Avenue, Marion Marion County The Ohio State Marion Campus Prairie is a 12-acre tallgrass restoration located in central Marion County. Located on former farmland in a region that once included prairie and savannah ecosystems, it was established in the mid-1970’s by Ohio State Marion students and faculty using seeds and plants from nearby Sandusky Plains remnants. Containing a diverse array of grasses and forbs, the area is used as a living laboratory by college classes and, being open to the |
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public, it is frequently visited by nature-loving community members. In recent years, shrubs have begun to take over the grassland portions of the site. Amur honeysuckle dominates the understory of sparsely wooded sections adjacent to a small pond in the center of the tract. Restoration efforts this winter will focus on removing these honeysuckle shrubs to facilitate replacing them in spring with desirable native nursery-grown specimens.
Directions: The prairie is located behind the campus of OSU Marion on State Route 95, or Mount Vernon Avenue, easily accessed from US Route 23. Take State Route 95 west from US Route 23 and turn left into the campus. The prairie can be found behind the campus (see map).
What to bring: Bring lunch, water, gloves, and good hiking boots. Herbicide treatment will be done by licensed or trained ONAPA stewardship assistants and volunteers. Tools will be provided.
RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
Directions: The prairie is located behind the campus of OSU Marion on State Route 95, or Mount Vernon Avenue, easily accessed from US Route 23. Take State Route 95 west from US Route 23 and turn left into the campus. The prairie can be found behind the campus (see map).
What to bring: Bring lunch, water, gloves, and good hiking boots. Herbicide treatment will be done by licensed or trained ONAPA stewardship assistants and volunteers. Tools will be provided.
RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
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Tuesday, December 8, 2026
Zimmerman Prairie State Nature Preserve: Woody Species Control 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Near 1321 Research Park Dr, Beavercreek Greene County |
Zimmerman Prairie is a remnant of an extensive prairie fen which occurred in the outwash-filled valleys of Beaver Creek in western Ohio. This small prairie boasts several species of rare and interesting prairie plants including queen-of-the-prairie, Riddell's goldenrod, prairie dock, big bluestem, Indian grass and Ohio goldenrod. Although small in size, Zimmerman Prairie is one of the southernmost fens known in Ohio.
We will be working with the Beaver Creek Wetlands Association for this project, controlling woody species.
Directions: There are no trails or other improvements. Access to the preserve is from Creekside Bike Trail. Park in the back lot of Bales Arena 1321 Research Park Drive, Beavercreek, OH 45432. Use the driveway just past the building (last driveway on right before dead end) and park in the row closest to the bike trail. The preserve is located between the bike trail and US-35.
What to bring: Lunch, water, hiking boots, and gloves. Herbicide will be applied by trained staff and ONAPA volunteers - tools will be provided as needed.
RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
We will be working with the Beaver Creek Wetlands Association for this project, controlling woody species.
Directions: There are no trails or other improvements. Access to the preserve is from Creekside Bike Trail. Park in the back lot of Bales Arena 1321 Research Park Drive, Beavercreek, OH 45432. Use the driveway just past the building (last driveway on right before dead end) and park in the row closest to the bike trail. The preserve is located between the bike trail and US-35.
What to bring: Lunch, water, hiking boots, and gloves. Herbicide will be applied by trained staff and ONAPA volunteers - tools will be provided as needed.
RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
Sundew
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Thursday, December 10, 2026
Woody Species Removal at Singer Lake Bog (Cleveland Museum of Natural History) 10:30 am - 3:30 pm Thursby Avenue, https://maps.app.goo.gl/RPq91EE8EVfet9kAA?g_st=ic Summit County Singer Lake Bog is one of the largest and most pristine bog complexes remaining in Ohio. The site is home to over 30 state listed plant species and 72 species of Odonata have |
state listed plant species and 72 species of Odonata have been documented. It is owned and managed by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. We will be cutting and treating woody invasive plants that threaten thiswetland complex. The area we will be working in is fairly dry, but knee high boots are recommended.
Directions: Singer Lake Bog Preserve is located north of Massillon. Take SR 241 north from Massillon and turn left or west on to Mount Pleasant Street. Turn right or north on Thursby Avenue and you should see cars along the road. Or use this point to find the parking location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RPq91EE8EVfet9kAA?g_st=ic
What to bring: Bring lunch, water, gloves, and good hiking boots. Herbicide treatment will be done by licensed or trained CMNH staff and ONAPA stewardship assistants and volunteers. Tools will be provided.
RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.
Directions: Singer Lake Bog Preserve is located north of Massillon. Take SR 241 north from Massillon and turn left or west on to Mount Pleasant Street. Turn right or north on Thursby Avenue and you should see cars along the road. Or use this point to find the parking location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RPq91EE8EVfet9kAA?g_st=ic
What to bring: Bring lunch, water, gloves, and good hiking boots. Herbicide treatment will be done by licensed or trained CMNH staff and ONAPA stewardship assistants and volunteers. Tools will be provided.
RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. Online registration is important for our planning and notifying you of project changes.