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Last updated 6 Jun 2013
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2013 Ohio Prairie Conference
July 12 – 13
Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks
— Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park —
West of Columbus, on the Darby Plains Prairie
For everyone with any interest or knowledge in Ohio’s prairies.
Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks will host the 2013 Ohio Prairie Conference
in the Nature Center at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park. The 14,000 square-foot nature
center features a 50-foot-long Living Stream and many interactive displays.
Metro
Parks has restored more than 1,500 acres of native Darby Plains Prairies at Battelle
Darby Creek and Prairie Oaks Metro Parks. In 2011, in partnership with The Wilds,
Metro Parks introduced six bison to restored prairies at Battelle Darby Creek.
The
conference will include talks on Friday evening and Saturday morning. Field trip
options on Saturday include trips to restored prairies in Metro Parks, and at the
Pearl King prairie savanna, and Bigelow and Smith Cemetery prairies. Alternatively,
you can choose a bike ride along the Ohio To Erie Trail prairies of Madison and Clark
County, or a stream study in Big Darby Creek, a Federal and State Scenic River.
Attendance
at the conference will be $35 per person (age 13 and older); $25 age 12 and under
and includes conference materials, Friday evening snacks, Saturday morning bagels
and donuts and a box lunch for the field trips.
Naturalists will offer an interpretive
program for kids age 12 and under during the Saturday morning presentations.
Places at the conference are limited,
so please register now.
To register call 614.508.8111
Conference Site: 1415 Darby Creek Dr, Galloway, Ohio 4319