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Park |
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9/3/10 |
Fall Friday Fit |
7:00 AM |
Wildwood Preserve |
Registration Closed |
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Join the club and let Metroparks help you build a healthy life-style. With Fall Friday Fit, you will complete your work week with a breath of fresh air on this naturalist-led, moderately paced weekly walk. 45 minute walk, rain or shine except in an electrical storm. Bring your questions about local wildlife for fun conversation as we hike! |
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9/3/10 |
Tea in the Solarium |
12:00 PM |
Wildwood Preserve |
No Registration Required |
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Celebrate summer in style, sipping our special-made tea and sampling delicious sandwiches and desserts, while overlooking one of the last remaining Shipman gardens in the country. Reservations not required. For limited reservations call 419-490-1302. One setting: $7 and $.60 for each additional item. Sponsored by the Manor House Volunteers. |
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9/4/10 |
Troubleshoot Your Landscape |
1:00 PM |
Wildwood Preserve |
Register |
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Ever wonder how Metroparks manage such high quality habitats? Want to make your home feel more like a park? This program teaches strategies to attract wildlife to your backyard. Bring photographs of areas of your landscape you would like to improve for some one-on-one consultation with Metroparks experts. |
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9/4/10 |
Trail Detectives |
2:00 PM |
Oak Openings Preserve |
Register |
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Do you have what it takes to be a green gumshoe? Follow the trail of clues and solve a new mystery each month. This program is designed for children ages 7 to 12. |
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9/5/10 |
Sunday Sampler: Autumn Adventure Kick-Off |
2:00 PM |
Wildwood Preserve |
No Registration Required |
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The first hike of this year's Autumn Adventure starts at the trailside shelter by the recreation field at Wildwood. This naturalist led hike will set the tone to "Get Connected" with your beautiful Metroparks |
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9/5/10 |
Homesteading: Sheep to Shawl |
3:00 PM |
Pearson |
No Registration Required |
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See where clothes came from in the days before shopping malls. Historians will card, spin and knit just as our ancestors did. |
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9/7/10 |
Side Cut Explorer |
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Side Cut |
Register |
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All Aboard! Cruise along the banks of the Maumee River and down the canal tow-path in Metroparks open air trolley. A naturalist will highlight the scenery, as you relax in the 12 passenger, wheelchair accessible tram. Every Tuesday, June through October. Groups can schedule separate times for a nominal fee. |
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9/7/10 |
Fallen Timbers Battlefield Preservation Commission |
7:00 PM |
Side Cut |
No Registration Required |
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For 200 years the Fallen Timbers Battlefield laid hidden in plain site. Now that we've found it, what do we do with it? Let your voice be heard as this volunteer group works with metroparks to shape the battlefield's fate for the next hundred years. For more information email President Randy Brown at bgcurator@gmail.com or cal 567-336-6012. |
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9/7/10 |
Friends of Lathrop |
7:00 PM |
Wildwood Preserve |
No Registration Required |
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For years, Lucian Lathrop opened his doors to shelter runaway slaves escaping on the Underground Railroad. Join the Friends for their bi-monthly meeting, and lend a hand in the restoration process of the Lathrop House.
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9/8/10 |
Meet Me at Metroparks: Prairie Life |
2:00 PM |
Wildwood Preserve |
Register |
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This is the perfect time of year to explore the Prairie at Wildwood and see who calls this habitat home. Visitors of all ages and abilities connect to Metroparks at these monthly events. This program is cosponsored by West Park Place and accessible to anyone who loves nature, history and their local parks. |
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9/8/10 |
Wildcard Wednesdays |
7:00 PM |
Oak Openings Preserve |
Register |
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Metroparks have a surprise in store for you every Wednesday. This program is a trail adventure of the naturalist's choice, featuring seasonal highlights of our largest preserve. A new program is prepared weekly for you and your family, so come be amazed at the variety of treasures found within Oak Openings Preserve. This is an Autumn Adventure Program. |
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9/8/10 |
Friends of Pearson |
7:00 PM |
Pearson |
No Registration Required |
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What would you like to do at a park? Imagine what you wish you could do and join the Friends of Pearson at their monthly meeting to help direct the future of this unique and popular Metropark.
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9/9/10 |
Advanced Bird Study |
7:00 PM |
Secor Metropark |
Register |
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Ever hear a bird chirping in the backyard and wonder what it is? Hone your visual and auditory identification skills in this indepth, advanced bird study. |
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9/10/10 |
Geocache Adventure for Kids |
4:00 PM |
Wildwood Preserve |
Register |
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Take an adventure through Wildwood Preserve searching for hidden geocaches. Metroparks naturalists help you decipher environmental clues, but you will need to use your GPS unit for ultimate success. Program is designed for kids, ages 8 to 13, and includes a course teaching the basics of using a GPS. Participants can use their own GPS or borrow one from Metroparks. |
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9/11/10 |
Bird Hike |
8:30 AM |
Farnsworth |
No Registration Required |
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Explore the world of birds on these monthly outings. Program participants develop a keen eye for spotting the wide variety of birds that live or migrate through the region. Bring your binoculars and field guides. |
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9/11/10 |
Maintenance Work Days |
9:00 AM |
Wildwood Preserve |
Register |
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Join the Metroparks Maintenance Crew in the care and preservation of the Metroparks. Projects include: trail work, gardening, painting, stewardship, landscaping and general clean up projects. Work gloves, a reusable drinking bottle and sturdy shoes or boots are recommended. Groups and individuals are welcome. |
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9/11/10 |
Maintenance Work Days |
9:00 AM |
Farnsworth |
Register |
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Join the Metroparks Maintenance Crew in the care and preservation of the Metroparks. Projects include: trail work, gardening, painting, stewardship, landscaping and general clean up projects. Work gloves, a reusable drinking bottle and sturdy shoes or boots are recommended. Groups and individuals are welcome. |
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9/11/10 |
Wee Workshop: Butterflies |
10:00 AM |
Wildwood Preserve |
Register |
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It's time to leave your cocoon and experience the beauty of Metroparks as we focus on butterflies. Wee Worhop is a hands-on natue experience designed to cultivate our child's love for the outdoors. Register child only, 3 to 6 year olds. |
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9/11/10 |
Canal Days |
12:00 PM |
Providence |
No Registration Required |
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Celebrate our region’s past by spending a day in the 1800s. Craftspeople and games will be on hand for the whole family to enjoy. Our mules will pull you back to the 1870s, aboard an operating canal boat, and the Isaac Ludwig mill will be in full motion grinding grain and sawing logs using nothing but the power of water. Fees apply to ride the canal boat. |
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9/12/10 |
Blue Creek Open House |
1:00 PM |
Blue Creek Conservation Area |
No Registration Required |
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See one of Metroparks newest properties before it is open for general use and meet our partners, Nature's Nursery and Lucas Soil & Water Conservation District. At 2 p.m., join Metroparks staff for a free Sunday Sampler program. |
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9/12/10 |
Naturalist's Camera Club of Toledo Free Public Program: Nature Photography Program |
2:00 PM |
Secor Metropark |
No Registration Required |
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Monthly programs presented by the Naturalists Camera Club of Toledo are open to everyone and typically include a guest speaker, photography instruction and light refreshments. |
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9/12/10 |
Sunday Sampler: Fishing at the Quarry Pond |
2:00 PM |
Blue Creek Conservation Area |
Register |
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Bring your own pole and see what's biting at the Blue Creek Quarry Pond. Naturalists will help you identify your catch and discuss the important waterways in your beautiful Metroparks. Fishing is free for Conservation Area, one of Metroparks newest properties. |
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9/12/10 |
Vintage Base Ball |
2:00 PM |
Wildwood Preserve |
No Registration Required |
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No glove, no problem. Come see how baseball was meant to be played when the Black Swamp Frogs take on their neighbors to the north the Wyandotte Stars in an 1860s "base ball match." |
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9/14/10 |
Side Cut Explorer |
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Side Cut |
Register |
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All Aboard! Cruise along the banks of the Maumee River and down the canal tow-path in Metroparks open air trolley. A naturalist will highlight the scenery, as you relax in the 12 passenger, wheelchair accessible tram. Every Tuesday, June through October. Groups can schedule separate times for a nominal fee. |
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9/14/10 |
Wee Workshop: Butterflies |
10:00 AM |
Oak Openings Preserve |
Register |
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It's time to leave your cocoon and experience the beauty of Metroparks as we focus on butterflies. Wee Worhop is a hands-on natue experience designed to cultivate our child's love for the outdoors. Register child only, 3 to 6 year olds. |
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9/16/10 |
Canoe Paddle: Intro-duck-tion to Waterfowl |
8:00 AM |
Side Cut |
Register |
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Meet the birds who live in the Maumee River and then tour their home. This canoe paddle circles Missionary Island giving participants a good opportunity to view waterfowl in their natural habitat. This is an Autumn Adventure Program. |
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9/17/10 |
Volunteer Naturalist Training |
1:00 PM |
Oak Openings Preserve |
Register |
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Nature interpretation, seasonal plant and animal cycles, and northwest Ohio natural history is the focus of this monthly, outdoor field study at various Metropark locations. Recommended for walk leaders, Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalists and Volunteer Trail Patrol. For more information and location, call 419-407-9706. |
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9/18/10 |
Civil War Encampment |
9:00 AM |
Wildwood Preserve |
No Registration Required |
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Step back in time, to the period of the American Civil War. Stroll through the encampment and visit with soldiers to experience life during the war and hear from the families who awaited their return. Enjoy historical activities, listen to period music and witness an artillery demonstration followed by a battle re-enactment. Save some time for a visit to the Manor House. |
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9/18/10 |
Nature Walk through Time |
9:00 AM |
Wildwood Preserve |
Waiting List |
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With the Civil War Encampment as a backdrop, this nature walk promises to be unlike any other. As the men and women of the 19th century begin their day in camp, you will see how the natural world spends their morning. This is an Autumn Adventure Program. |
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9/18/10 |
Volunteer Naturalist Training |
1:00 PM |
Oak Openings Preserve |
Register |
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Nature interpretation, seasonal plant and animal cycles, and northwest Ohio natural history is the focus of this monthly, outdoor field study at various Metropark locations. Recommended for walk leaders, Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalists and Volunteer Trail Patrol. For more information and location, call 419-407-9706. |
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