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Replay: Birding at Campbell Lakes Preserve

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff! Nature Interpreter Tom is at Campbell Lakes Preserve looking for the elusive purple martin in today’s video.

Duckweed on an Oar

Maintaining Reservoirs

This post was originally published in June 2019. It has been updated to reflect changes in the Sharon Lake Improvement Project. As described in February’s blog, “What’s a Reservoir?,” Winton Lake, Miami Whitewater Forest Lake… Maintaining Reservoirs

Replay: Nature: Fact or Fiction

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff! Nature Interpreter Stephanie is challenging you to determine fact from fiction in today’s video.

Replay: Pond Life

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff! Ever wonder what creatures live in the pond at Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve? Nature Interpreter Stephanie shares more about the amphibians and reptiles that call this habitat home.

I Spy Blue-Eyed Mary

If you haven’t been out to our trails recently, now is the time to go. Ohio’s woodland wildflowers are putting on their spectacular display. If you haven’t heard of blue-eyed Mary, this wildflower is a sight to see!

Blazing star

Create Your Own Rain Garden

Looking for a way to let more native plants flourish in your yard? A rain garden is a perfect way to plant natives, attract pollinators and keep pollutants out local streams, rivers and lakes.

A monarch butterfly enjoys the nectar of common milkweed.

Replay: Making a Wildlife Friendly Yard

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff! We’re in Nature Interpreter Julie’s yard today learning how to make your own yard more friendly for local wildlife.