Office Park
Published May 8, 2019
Strengthen your work team while supporting your parks. Your Five Rivers MetroParks includes 18 parks, 160 miles of managed trails and 270 miles of river corridor — meaning parks and conservation staff have full plates when it comes to keeping those green spaces, waterways and habitats beautiful and thriving. It also means volunteer groups are […]
100 Years of Hills & Dales
Published May 7, 2019
Parks and conservation efforts maintain this natural gem enjoyed by generations of locals. A visit to Hills & Dales Park was an exciting experience for Daytonians when it opened a century ago. With its carefully designed meadows, water and woods, the park was meant to recreate the perfection found in nature and provide a place […]
Establishing Roots
Updated April 22nd, 2019
The roof at the Daybreak emergency shelter is about to turn green again. For the seventh year, youth experiencing homelessness will plant rows and rows of vegetables in the downtown Dayton building’s 1,200-square-foot rooftop community garden. Soil tilling will start after Easter, and seeds will drop after the last frost, says Samantha Kirby, a Daybreak […]
Garden to-dos in April
Published April 19, 2019
Despite a few last-gasp winter temperatures, March was a good month to start getting ready for gardening season. Now, you should be all set to finish prepping so that in May you can hit the ground with the rest of your planting. Inside jobs It’s too early to put summer bulbs like caladiums and tuberous […]
Field of Dreams
Published April 19, 2019
Michaela Woods just landed the best project ever. The University of Dayton doctoral student of forestry ecology and management (perfect last name for that, right?) is working with Five Rivers MetroParks to reclaim a 230-acre former farm in Trotwood’s Great Miami Mitigation Bank. Woods is focused on the 30 acres in the southwest corner, along […]
LWC Partner Appointed to MetroParks Board of Park Commissioners
Published April 9, 2019
DAYTON, OH (April 9, 2019) — Five Rivers MetroParks welcomes Bear Monita to its Board of Park Commissioners. Judge Alice O. McCollum of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Probate Division appointed Monita on March 28, 2019. He joins Board of Park Commissioners president Karen L. Davis and vice president Jessica Saunders. Monita replaces […]
Tree Houses
Published March 15, 2019
Five Rivers MetroParks sank more than 500 Christmas trees in Eastwood Lake in January. Don’t worry — people were done with them. Lakes need protected places for small fish to lay eggs, so that big fish will have more to eat and anglers will have more to fish for. Eastwood’s shoreline doesn’t have enough trees […]
Bats Motel
Updated February 28th, 2019
There are too many bats bunking in the barn at Possum Creek MetroPark. So we asked Buchanan’s Wildlife Solutions to mount several bat boxes on the outside of the barn, hoping the bats will roost there instead of on the barn’s rafters. “The guano the bats are dropping in the barn is posing health concerns,” […]
Be Prepared for Your Outdoor Adventure
Updated February 28th, 2019
Safety may not be the first thing on your mind when you head outdoors to bike, paddle, hike or picnic, but you need to be prepared for anything! Prepare yourself by taking part in a wilderness first aid courses this spring, brought to you by Five Rivers MetroParks and Wilderness Medical Associates. Wilderness Medicine Open Recertification […]
Seed Starting Basics
Updated February 28th, 2019
Are you tired of the dreary weather as much as we are? Itching for that final frost date? Beat back those winter blues by planning and preparing for your community garden or garden plot. If you haven’t determined what to plant, now is a great time to make those decisions. (In the “Mark Your Calendar” […]
