- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Woody Species Removal Stewardship Project at the Medway Prairie Fringed Orchid Site
ORGANIZATION: OHIO NATURAL AREAS AND PRESERVES ASSOCIATION
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
This site in Clark County is a small wetland, primarily an alkaline wet sedge meadow surrounded by farm fields, and is owned by the City of Dayton’s Water Department as a wellfield. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and DNAP have been cooperating with the City of Dayton by verbal agreement since a significant population of the Eastern prairie fringed orchid was reported at this site in 1993. Regular habitat management is necessary to maintain the open sedge meadow, which has been declining for several years due to woody species encroachment. ONAPA will be cooperating with USFWS and DNAP on this project to cut and treat woody species in the area where most of the orchids are located.
Directions: From Columbus, proceed west on I-70. Take exit 26B to exit onto Spangler Road north towards Medway. After crossing the Mad River, turn right on to Union Road. The site, owned by the City of Dayton, Water Department, is on the right. Parking will be along the roadside.
What to Bring: Lunch, water, hat, muck/knee boots, insect repellent. DNAP, USFWS, and ONAPA will provide tools.
Please register in advance here: http://www.onapa.org/stewardship-project-registration.html
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About OHIO NATURAL AREAS AND PRESERVES ASSOCIATION
Location:
PO BOX 415, JOHNSTOWN, OH 43031, US
Mission Statement
We are dedicated to promoting, protecting and improving Ohio natural areas and preserves.
Description
Onapa is an Ohio based nonprofit dedicated to:
(1) help establish and support local nature preserve friends groups throughout Ohio for both state and non-state natural areas,
(2) provide a support group for the sustainable management of state nature preserves as well as other natural areas around the state,
(3) educate, promote and advance natural areas issues within the Ohio General Assembly as well as with the general public, and
(4) promote the protection of rare species of plants and animals and rare ecosystems.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Medway PrairieUnion RoadMedway, OH 45341
DATE POSTED
September 29, 2016
SKILLS
- Habitat Restoration
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- 5 hours