Jackson Bog is a 58-acre preserve located in northern Stark County and owned by the Jackson Township Local Board of Education and the Ohio Division of Natural Areas and Preserves.

Online registration is important for our planning. If you have questions, please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. RSVP: If you would like to attend, please REGISTER.

What to bring: Bring lunch, work gloves, long-sleeved shirt and pants, hiking boots, a long-handled shovel, tick spray or repellent, and hand pruners or scissors. We will also control other invasive plants as encountered in the savanna.ĭirections: Meet at the parking lot located at 786 Marion-Melmore Road, one mile north of State Route 294, in Crawford County about 9 miles southwest of Bucyrus. We will be cutting the flower heads off any plants getting ready to flower, then using a shovel to cut down on an angle about 4-5 inches below the base of the plant to sever the tap root, and then pulling the mature plant or rosette out of the ground. Work projects here over the last several years have greatly reduced common teasel numbers, but as yet, it has not been totally eradicated from the preserve. Ever since ODNR purchased the site in 2011 and the sheep were removed, a number of invasive species have appeared, the most troublesome being common teasel. The prairie has been grazed, but never farmed. It is a state nature preserve managed by Crawford Park District. Theĭaughmer Prairie Savannah is one of the finest prairie savannas in the country. Drive for aboutġ.2 miles and the parking lot will be on the right. Drive about ¾ mile north to an intersection and turn left (west) on to Township Road 13. We will be pulling and bagging garlic mustard and scouting for other invasive species.ĭirections: From Brinkhaven (Gann) on U.S.

ONAPA has been assisting the KWLT with habitat management to restore the two oak openings. Garlic Mustard Control and Scouting for other Invasives at Brinkhaven Oak Barrensīrinkhaven Oak Barrens was designated as a state natural landmark in 2005 for being the best example in north central Ohio of what famous Ohio ecologist, Paul Sears called “oak openings.” It was just dedicated as a state nature preserve this year. The 114-acre preserve owned by the private non-profit organization, Killbuck Watershed Land Trust, protects two oak barrens containing six state-listed plants, including the threatened thyme-leaved pinweed.

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