Erie MetroParks and Erie Soil and Water Conservation District are teaming up to bring awareness about the invasive species that may be growing in your backyard by encouraging landowners to remove the invasives to improve watershed health, according to a news release. Specifically, the agencies are targeting Callery Pear, Tree of Heaven, Autumn Olive and […]
Osborn MetroPark, 3910 Perkins Ave. in Huron, will host the Earth Day Extravaganza on April 20 in partnership with Shores & Islands Ohio, Erie Conservation District, Erie County Health Department, Friends of Erie MetroParks, Friends of Old Woman Creek, VacationLand Federal Credit Union, Firelands Audubon Society and First Energy, according to a news release. The […]
Erie County Community Foundation has announced the hiring of its new program officer and the placement of two new members and new leadership and emeritus members of its Board of Directors. Program officer Mollie Schaefer comes to the Community Foundation after most recently working as a naturalist and event coordinator for Erie MetroParks the previous […]
The Erie MetroParks Board of Park Commissioners has named Melissa Price the new executive director of the park system, according to a news release. Price’s background as deputy director, combined with a deep passion for community-based nature programs and nature preservation, will help to further advance the mission of the park district, the release said. […]
Longtime Erie MetroParks Executive Director Amy Bowman-Moore announced she will retire at the end of the year, ending 20 years of public service, according to a news release. In 2003, Bowman-Moore became chief administrative officer and director of O.O. McIntyre Park District of Gallia County in southern Ohio, the release said. She joined Erie MetroParks […]