Our national symbol, the bald eagle, begins to think spring earlier than some other animals. This is a great time of year to put your eye to the skies for an opportunity to see this bird soaring above. Here are six facts to keep in mind as you keep watch: 1. They’re picky about where […]

Recently I had the opportunity to walk The Vineyard Golf Course with Great Parks’ landscape manager Jerry Frankenhoff and Woodland Mound’s assistant park manager Jason Rahe. Jerry made our mission clear before we even stepped foot on the first hole: we were to assess each one of the treated ash trees on the course – […]

Winter is a wonderful time for getting all caught up on all the small things that seem to not get done during the peak season in the parks. After keeping up with all the regular routines, there is now time for major cleaning, painting, tree care, stripping and waxing floors and organizing lots of small […]

On Friday, August 1, The Vineyard Golf Course at Woodland Mound hosted the Southern Ohio PGA/Greater Cincinnati Golf Association Pro-Am matches. This event pairs local PGA golf professionals against some of the best amateur golfers in the Cincinnati area. Players were paired up and competed in an 18-hole better-ball format in the morning and an […]

Woodland Mound is home to a few vernal pools, which began teeming with life in March. Vernal pools are temporary ponds, typically forming in the spring, that serve as a habitat and incubator for certain insects and amphibians. Frogs and toads were singing relentlessly near the vernal ponds around Seasongood Nature Center and piquing the […]

What an animal! For just about 50 weeks of the year a mysterious creature is lurking underground. Now is the time to see evidence of their secretive existence! The Jefferson Salamander has the earliest breeding period of any mole salamander. During the last few chilly raining nights of winter, these amazing creatures emerge from their […]