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Great Outdoor Weekend

9/27/2018

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“In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand and we will understand only what we are taught.”― Baba Dioum
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Great Outdoor Weekend is a chance for people of all ages to experience the best outdoor recreation and nature awareness programs in our area.  This event is held the last weekend of September each year and over 100 events are hosted!

Warren County, 'Ohio's Largest Playground' has wonderful opportunities to experience the Great Outdoors this weekend. Registered events include:
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Warren County Park District is also full of amazing parks to go spend quality time outside!

Select a Park
  • Bowman Park
  • Carl E. Oeder Park
  • Carmody Park
  • Clint Fultz River Park
  • Craig Minard Memorial Park
  • Drake Rd. Property
  • Gulley Park and Trails
  • Hatton Lukens Park
  • Hisey Park
  • Ivins Memorial Park
  • Kesling Park
  • Landen Deerfield Park
  • Loeb Memorial Park
  • Mathers Mill Nature Preserve
  • Morrow Veterans Memorial
  • Shaker Rd. Property
  • Warren County Armco Park​

For additional Great Outdoor Weekend events in surrounding areas, visit ​http://meetmeoutdoors.org/greatoutdoorweekend/
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Clean Sweep of the Great Miami River

9/7/2018

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​Clean Sweep of the Great Miami River
 October 27, 2018 9:00am-12:oopm

(If the river is in flood stage, the cleanup will be moved to Sat, Nov 3)
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The Clean Sweep of the Great Miami River is a volunteer event focused on removing trash and restoring the health of the Great Miami River. This river cleanup is about much more than picking up trash!  It’s a day for communities to demonstrate their desire for clean water and healthy rivers. It’s an opportunity to learn about our river, and it’s a time to come together with your families, your neighbors, your community, and your friends to accomplish something vital and worthy on behalf of our Great Miami River.  This cleanup is an annual event coordinated by many partners and held in July in the upper reaches, and October in the lower region of the river. 
 
The first cleaning of the Great Miami River started back in 1986 when two Tri-county Sanitation lab workers were pulling GMR water samples off of Old Needmore Road facility. They both commented to each other that the trash on / in the GMR was terrible!  These two gentlemen started the first "sweep".  In 2005, several groups along the southern stretch of the GMR saw the great work going on upstream, and decided to join in the fun. Since 2005, groups all along the GMR, from Indian Lake at the headwaters, to Shawnee Lookout Park at the mouth, take part.

There are numerous locations to volunteer. 
Franklin: Carmody Park- (led by WCSWCD)

Middletown: Jimco Kayak at Spoken Bicycles, 1201 Central Avenue, Middletown 45044.
Middletown: Bicentennial Commons
Madison Twp: Neals Excavating
Oxford: Corso Road Covered Bridge
Trenton: Community Park
Trenton: St Rt 73 boat ramp
Woodsdale Metropark: 1917 Woodsdale Rd., Trenton, OH 45067
New Miami: Veteran's Park
Hamilton: Downtown at Riversedge Amphitheatre
Hamilton: Riverside Natural Area
Fairfield: Waterworks Park
Colerain Twp: Heritage Park
Shawnee Lookout Park
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**To register to volunteer at one of these locations, visit:
https://www.cleansweepofthegreatmiamiriver.org/volunteer

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National Honey Bee Day!

8/18/2018

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August 18, 2018 is National Honey Bee Day!  National Honey Bee Day is an awareness day for the bees, started in 2009 by beekeepers of the United States to promote and educate the public about the bee industry. Bees play a very important role in our life,producing honey, and pollinating a large varieties of plants. They pollinate almost all crops and trees, thus we may enjoy different vegetables and fruits. ​
HOW TO OBSERVE
  • Collect and spread local wildflower seeds to promote honey bee pollination.
  • Flavors of honey will vary depending on the variety of flowers and nectar available to the bees.
  • Clover, alfalfa, lavender, orange, and chestnut are just a few to choose from.
  • Replace your usual sweetener with honey for the day. Taste the difference!
  • Give the gift of honey to a friend, neighbor, co-worker or family member.

Click here to learn more about local beekeepers!

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Want to help the bees in your yard? Plant a bee garden!  By planting a bee garden, you too can do your part to help the bees by adding to the shrinking inventory of flower-rich habitat in your area.  In return, the bees will pollinate your flowers, providing a bountiful harvest of fruits, seeds and vegetables as well as the joy of watching them up close. 

Click here for some helpful tips to keep in mind as you grow your bee garden!
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Bat Acoustic and Roost Surveys with ODNR

8/1/2018

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Ohio mobile bat acoustic surveys have taken place since 2011 and currently consist of 42 routes in 41 counties. Surveys began after white-nose syndrome (WNS) was discovered in a hibernaculum in Lawrence County, Ohio. This disease has killed an estimated six million bats in the United States and Canada since 2007 (USFWS, 2012). The goal of this project was to non-invasively monitor the summer bat populations in Ohio and determine the negative effects (e.g. population declines and loss of species diversity) that WNS may be having statewide. Because bats are the primary predator of night-flying insects, they are incredibly important to the ecosystem and for agriculture by reducing pesticide loads and crop damage. Bats are estimated to save around $3.7 billion dollars each year for the agriculture industry. Mobile bat acoustic surveys allow the Division of Wildlife to determine if winter declines are consistent in the summer populations. Survey results are compared annually to monitor changes in bat abundance along each route. (Read full report here)
 
 
Click here to learn more about getting involved with bat surveys with ODNR!
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CItizen Science- Dragonfly survey

6/29/2018

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