DIRECTIONS: To Inniswood From I-270, take the SR 3/Westerville Road exit north to Schrock Road (Huntington Bank, 630 South State Street, is on the Southeast corner) and turn right. Go about one mile to South Hempstead Road and turn right. Entrance is about 1/2 mile on the right. Inniswood Metro Park

For more information, contact Columbus Chapter Jann Offutt, Columbus Chapter President.

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    Aug 14, 2010 (Sat)    

9AM SHARP at the COTA Park & Ride at Morse Road & Indianola to share a
ride. 10AM SHARP on site for tour.

Tour of the Gallagher Fen/Springfield Fen
Located south of Old Columbus Road (CTY 362), east of Springfield between Bird Road
(T214) and Redmond Road (T229) in Clark County.

Take 70 West and pick up US 40 West just before Springfield. Go right (north) on Bird
Road (stoplight) to Old Columbus Road (stoplight). Turn right (east). The fen is on your
right (south). Proceed until you see a woodlot on your right. It will be just before the road begins
its descent to Sinking Creek. Trailhead parking is just before the woodlot.
Park as close to the treeline as possible.

Tim Snyder, retired preserve manager will lead us on a tour of the Fen.
Tim spent most of his career with ODNR developing and managing the preserve.

This preserve contains one of the best prairie fen complexes in the state. It is comprised
of the Springfield Fen unit and the John F. Gallagher Fen unit. The west unit was named
in honor of John Gallagher, who helped found the Ohio Audubon Council.
For more details of these fabulous fens, go to: Gallagher Fen

incase of bad weather: We will only cancel if the National Weather Service
has posted any severe weather warnings or watches for Central Ohio occurring
between 9:30 am and 12:00 pm

    Sep 11, 2010 (Sat)    

10AM at Inniswood Metro Park, Westerville, Ohio

Ash Seed Collection - Saving Native Ash Tress from Extinction

Come learn about the Emerald Ash Borer, the Seed Collection Initiative, and how to
identify ash trees. You'll see how to collect seeds, package and catalog your
collections, and where to drop off your collections for processing. For your
convenience, you can even bring your seeds to the following Wild Ones meeting!

The Emerald Ash Borer, a half-inch long invasive insect from Asia, has killed nearly
30 million ash trees (Fraxinus spp.) in nine states - including Ohio - since it arrived
in the U.S. in late 2001. It has spread unchecked, costing nurseries, municipalities,
homeowners, and wood-related industries tens of millions of dollars. Despite
ongoing containment efforts, there is a high probability that all of America's ash
trees will be destroyed in our lifetime. Rather than see native ash trees become
extinct, the Natural Resources Conservation Service created the National Ash Seed
Collection initiative to collect and preserve ash tree seeds.

Our presenter, Steve Crawford, is an NRCS Earth Team volunteer with the National
Ash Seed Collection Initiative, a nationwide campaign to collect and preserve ash
tree seeds for future generations. He is on the associate board of the Franklin
County Soil & Water Conservation District, the Heart of Ohio Resource Conservation
& Development Council, and is the webmaster for the Central Ohio Beekeepers
Association.