Explore AOA’s new 35-acre Medford Preserve along Bigham Road in the headwaters of the locally important Laurel Run watershed. This impressive property packs a lot into a small site. It contains six headwater stream reaches with an estimated 3,930 linear feet of Coldwater stream habitat protected. Several small waterfalls and rock-lined sluices are […]
Now that the winter cold has wound down and spring is in the air, get out and enjoy our natural world. Tree planting season is upon us now that the ground is warming. AOA is partnering with the Izaak Walton League to plant tree seedlings on AOA’s Poston Farm Preserve. The event […]
AOA will sponsor another volunteer tree planting this week to help reforest our Preserves. AOA is partnering with Green Columbus to plant tree seedlings on AOA’s Utzinger Bog Preserve in Franklin County. This event is part of a massive reforestation effort AOA is undertaking this spring that includes the planting of hundreds of thousands […]
Join us for a spring wildflower hike on one of AOA’s newest conserved properties in the heart of the Hocking Hills. AOA recently purchased a spectacular 111-acre parcel along Queer Creek from the Johnson family. Located in the unincorporated community of South Bloomingville, the parcel protects both sides of a stretch of Queer […]
Hike AOA’s Poston Farm Preserve located along Alum Creek and the West Branch of Alum Creek. We will enjoy the peak spring wildflowers, older growth forests and scenic exposed shale bluffs the line the stream corridors. We will also view recent habitat restoration activities on this spectacular site. Alum Creek is a diverse riparian […]
Explore Kleinmaier State Nature Preserve (SNP) and enjoy a hike to view the ongoing spring wildflower show. The slopes are covered in spring-time blooms including Trillium, Jack in the Pulpit, Solomon’s Seal, and many others. We will look for the pink Lady’s Slipper orchids which are blooming. Native Flame Azaleas and Rhododendrons are also […]
Explore one of AOA’s newest and our largest Preserve – the Big Woods in the Salt Creek Narrows on the Hocking-Vinton County line. The Big Woods protects riparian corridor along Salt Creek as well as an extensive network of primarily coldwater headwater streams that contribute to high water quality in Salt Creek. Salt Creek […]
Let yourself be transported back in time as we hike through deep woods to an ancient native mound and circle complex on the high hills overlooking the Salt Creek valley. AOA is cosponsoring this hike with The Archaeological Conservancy which owns the Davis Works mound site, donated by Bob Etchison, the former property owner. […]
Join AOA for a visit to a unique habitat - the only preserved bog in Franklin County - AOA’s 91-acre Utzinger Bog Preserve. We will follow natural trails that traverse the site and explore the bog wetland habitats. AOA is in the later stages of restoring the former Utzinger farm property including enhancing the […]
Start summer with a visit to Ohio’s spectacular Cedar Bog Nature Preserve and get a look at a AOA’s adjacent Preserves on Cedar Run in Champaign County. Cedar Bog is a wetland fen habitat that harbors a very rich diversity of native species including many that are listed as rare, threatened, and/or endangered. It […]
Enjoy an early summer ramble as we explore AOA’s beautiful 116-acre Mercer Woods Old Growth Forest Preserve near Sugar Grove on the border of Hocking and Fairfield Counties. We will encounter the last vestiges of the spring wildflowers while walking through relatively mature forests as we survey and identify plants of medicinal value growing […]
Float a section of beautiful Big Darby Creek, a state and national Scenic River. Appalachia Ohio Alliance (AOA) is once again co-sponsoring a canoe/kayak float trip on Big Darby Creek with the ODNR Ohio Scenic Rivers Program. This trip will traverse the lower stretches of the Big Darby before entering the Scioto River at […]
