Pollinator Friendly Practices

Happy pollinator festival everyone! Today is the first day of our 2nd Annual Pollinator Festival. Stop by to learn more about how you can help out your native pollinators and grow awesome gardens with native plants! We currently have Ohio native plants for sale courtesy of Gale Martin from Natives in Harmony, as well as displays from ODNR, Wild Ones, and the Richland Area Beekeepers Association. Stop by today until 5 or tomorrow from 10-5 for more information and nature walks! 

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A Day at the Lake

Yesterday, the staff and interns at Gorman had the privilege of spending time with Dr. Kristin Stanford of Stone Laboratories on South Bass Island. We started the day catching Lake Erie watersnakes and fox snakes on Scheeff East Point Preserve. We collected a total of 9 watersnakes and 2 foxsnakes, and accompanied Dr. Stanford and her intern to the Laboratories where we watched the tagging and measuring process. We then traveled to the Lake Erie Islands Nature & Wildlife Center where we learned about their programs and work that they have done on the islands, as well as getting some volunteer work in on their trails! The rest of the day was spent working on additonal trails on the island, doing some good work!

Dr. Stanford holds a watersnake as Sarah checks its body for tags

Freshly mulched Jane Coates Trail, courtesy of Gorman Nature Center!

The view of Lake Erie from the dock at one of South Bass' future parks!