(Note: you can watch videos of some of our past programs on our YouTube channel.)
March Stewardship Event
Date: Saturday, March 25, 2023
Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm ET
Location: Irwin Prairie State Nature Preserve, 9987 W. Bancroft St., Holland OH
Please register using this link.
Our March Stewardship event will be a spring clean up and litter removal at Irwin Prairie State Nature Preserve. We’ll be working with Maureen Bogdanski of the ODNR to help collect litter along the roadways of the preserve. Please bring your own gloves and wear knee-high rubber boots to meander on the prairie side of the ditch where trash collects from floodwaters and wind. Trash grabbers and bags will be provided for volunteers. There are no on-site restrooms, but Secor Metropark is close by.
This will be a part of Clean Your Streams 365 and we will use the Clean Swell app to record the litter collected. The data will be submitted to the Ocean Conservancy.
If there is time, we will also carpool to Lou Campbell State Nature Preserve to collect litter there.
Anyone registering for this event will also need to sign this ODNR volunteer form. The form is good for the year, so you can skip this step if you’ve already volunteered this year. (There will be some printed forms available on site.)
April Stewardship Event
Date: Saturday, April 29, 2023
Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm ET
Location: Goll Woods State Nature Preserve, Archbold, OH
We’ll be pulling garlic mustard and then taking a walk to enjoy the spring ephemerals. Details coming soon.
Anyone registering for this event will also need to sign this ODNR volunteer form. The form is good for the year, so you can skip this step if you’ve already volunteered this year. (There will be some printed forms available on site.)
Blue Week Workshop with Chris Helzer
Date: Monday, May 15, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Location: Secor Metropark and Zoom
Please register using this link.
As part of the annual Blue Week celebration, this program is co-sponsored by Metroparks Toledo and Wild Ones Oak Openings. We’ll enjoy a virtual program on Zoom with Chris Helzer of The Nature Conservancy, and then take a walk at Secor Metropark. Details coming soon.
Chris Helzer is the Director of Science for The Nature Conservancy in Nebraska. His main role is to evaluate and capture lessons from the Conservancy’s land management and restoration work and then share those lessons with other landowners – both private and public. In addition, Chris works to raise awareness about the importance of prairies and their conservation through his writing, photography, and presentations to various groups. Chris is also the author of The Ecology and Management of Prairies in the Central United States, published by the University of Iowa Press. He lives in Aurora, Nebraska with his wife Kim and their children.
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You can find more information about programs in our chapter newsletter and on our Facebook page.
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