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MetroParks Partners with Dayton Daily News on Nature Blog
Educational interpreters at Five Rivers MetroParks have been sharing their wildlife spottings and tips on a Nature Notes blog hosted on the Dayton Daily News web site. We encourage all nature lovers to share their own spottings, comment on stories, and sign up to be alerted when new articles are posted.
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Photo Group added to Flickr
Visit our Five Rivers MetroParks group on Flickr, a social network for sharing photography. If you are a member of Flickr and are interested in joining the group to share your photos of MetroParks, please send us an email through the Flickr group. You don't need to be a member to enjoy the beautiful photos others have posted.
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Nature Opportunities for Childcare Providers
How does your childcare center spend its summer? Inside, interacting with technology or traveling far distances paying for an indoor experience? Why not do something outdoors in nature that is engaging and local? Come explore our well marked trails, discover local wildlife, and investigate diverse habitats at a MetroPark close to you.
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Carriage Hill MetroPark
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These Conservation Areas are land bases owned and/or managed by Five Rivers MetroParks, most of which are not yet open to the public (Dull Woods and Woodman Fen are open to the public).

  • Dull Woods
  • Needmore
  • Shiloh Woods
  • Medlar
  • Pigeye
  • Twin Valley
  • Woodman Fen

 

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Learn about Venture Quest

Venture Quest imageFive Rivers MetroParks has introduced a new GPS game called Venture Quest, which intends to help families experience the outdoors in a whole new way.

Similar to geocaching, Venture Quest uses GPS coordinates of various outdoor attractions that participants must locate. Your goal is to find all six geological features and the post for each site.

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