Experience the Awe and Wonder of Totality, Witness this Rare Celestial Event Join AOA’s Eclipse Party and observe this awe-inspiring celestial event at our Trella Romine Prairie Preserve. Located in the heart of the eclipse path, participants will experience over three and one-half minutes of totality – an incredibly long time to be […]
Explore another one of AOA’s beautiful preserves in the Hocking Hills and enjoy the ongoing spring wildflower show. Bonnoront Preserve is a spectacular shallow box canyon framed by ridges and high rock bluffs, with a deep cave and high wet-season waterfall at the back. The slopes are covered with mature trees and a diversity […]
Spring is in the air and the wildflowers are busting out at AOA’s Bison Hollow State Nature Preserve. Enjoy a springtime ramble through the gorge and admire the many native wildflowers that carpet the floor of the mature hardwood forests. Wildflowers we will see are typical of the Hocking Hills region and should include a […]
Join us for a volunteer workday on one of AOA’s beautiful conservation properties. AOA is sponsoring a volunteer tree planting at our Cackley Swamp restoration site this coming Monday, April 22nd. We will be planting areas that have recently been excavated as part of our wetland expansion and restoration activities. Cackley Swamp is a large […]
Take this first opportunity to visit AOA’s impressive new Poston Preserve. Located along Alum Creek and the West Branch of Alum Creek, this spectacular property contains extensive riparian bottomland corridors and steep shale bluffs that line the creeks. AOA has purchased several parcels totaling ~225 acres of the over 400-acre farm site from […]
Explore Kleinmaier State Nature Preserve (SNP) and enjoy a hike to view the ongoing spring wildflower show. The slopes are covered in spring-time blooms including Trillium, Jack in the Pulpit, Solomon’s Seal, and many others. We will look for the pink Lady’s Slipper orchids which should be blooming. Native Flame Azaleas and Rhododendrons are also […]
Walk through mature hardwood and hemlock forests and explore the wildflower covered slopes, immersing ourselves in the magnificence of the beautiful old growth forest habitat. Orchid expert Ken Mettler will lead this tour of the Mercer Woods Old Growth Forest Preserve that will focus on identifying native wildflowers and spring orchids of the Hocking Hills […]
Join Us For a Tree Planting Event at Poston Preserve! Join us in planting 1,300 trees supplied by First Energy at AOA's Poston Preserve. This event is being jointly organized by First Energy Green Team, Izaak Walton League (Central Ohio Chapter) DNO Inc., and the Appalachia Ohio Alliance. Everyone is welcome! No prior experience is […]
Springtime is upon us again after a cold winter. Join us for an early spring hike on AOA’s beautiful Lamb Preserve. The last few years we have celebrated the arrival of spring with the massive bloom of White Trout Lilies at AOA's Lamb Preserve. We will wander along the stream tributary and riparian corridor bottomlands […]
Enjoy short hikes on two of AOA’s Scioto River Preserves. We will start out at AOA’s Scioto Bend Preserve where we will tour the recently completed phase 1 site restoration enhancements. Recently flooded for only the second time in over 100 years we will view the western levee breach, beaver dam analogs and other wetland […]
Explore AOA’s relatively new 70-acre Wylie Ridge Preserve along Dunlap Road in Gibisonville. Wylie Ridge is part of our Laurel Run Preserve Initiative that protects water quality in the upper Laurel Run watershed. This area has been a long-term priority for AOA and includes AOA’s first conservation easement. To date, AOA has preserved 13 properties […]
Spring is in the air and the wildflowers are busting out at AOA’s Bison Hollow State Nature Preserve. Enjoy a springtime ramble through the gorge and admire the many native wildflowers that carpet the floor of the mature hardwood forests. Wildflowers we will see are typical of the Hocking Hills region and should include a […]
