Winners of the Friends
of the Ravines' 2012 Art Contest Announced - click here for details!
A
message to the community:
Each February we invite you to
support Friends of the Ravines (FOR), a non-profit organization created in
1999. Your support helps us achieve our mission to protect and restore Franklin
County ravines, and to educate the public about good ravine stewardship. FOR is
a non-profit organization created in 1999, operating with no paid staff under
the leadership of an all-volunteer board. With the generosity of members,
all FOR events are free. We hope to see you at the following 2012 FOR events:
- The award ceremony for our second-annual Ravine Art
Contest to recognize the outstanding young artists and budding
naturalists who participated. The ceremony will be held at the
Northwood-High Building (2231 North High St., Columbus, OH) on Friday,
February 3rd at 7;00 PM.
- A Community Forum to be held on March 22nd to mark
the 100th anniversary of the creation of Glen Echo Park.
- Annual Spring Wildflower Walk on May 12th (2:00-4:00
PM) at the Battelle-Darby Creek Metro Park, featuring spectacular ravines
of the Darby Dan acquisition, led by park naturalists on an off-trail
hike, an opportunity not generally afforded to the public.
Twice
each year FOR publishes Ravinia, the only ravine-related publication in Central
Ohio. FOR collaborates with other watershed groups, provides technical
assistance to communities and individuals, and takes other actions to work
toward FOR's mission. FOR appreciates the trust you place in us when you
become a supporting member or renew your membership. These are tough times for
our community, and we promise that your financial support will be carefully
used to help FOR fulfill its mission. Please consider supporting our cause by
filling out the membership form, which is available here, and thank you for being a Friend of the
Ravines!
The latest issue of
Ravinia (Fall 2011) is now available online!
To view or download a copy, click here.
On
May 7th, 2011, Friends of the Ravine's Annual Plant Walk was held at the
Edward S. Thomas Nature Preserve at Sharon Woods Metro Park in
Westerville. This event was co-sponsored by the Friends of Alum
Creek and Tributaries (FACT). Participants were led through an
off trail exploration of spring ephemerals and natural history of the
Spring Creek ravine. Led by Metro Park staff Allison Shaw and
Carrie Morrow, the highlight of the walk was the patch of showy orchis
and meeting researcher Chia-Hua Lin as she discussed her study of
Squirrel Corn. FOR hosts a plant walk every year in locations
around Columbus, Ohio. Next year we will explore ravines of the
Big Darby Creek!
Photos courtesy of Sherrill Massey
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Check
out a summary of our first annual ravine art contest! (Click Here)
Check out
these photos, courtesy of Sherrill Massey, from Friends of the
Ravines/Friends of the Lower Olentangy "Annual Spring Plant
Walk" at Camp Mary Orton, led by Dr. Robert Klips
on Sunday, April 25th 2010!
Community
Care Day September 15th - A Great Success!!!
The
Friends of the Ravines (FOR) collaborated with the United Way of
Central Ohio and the City of Columbus for a Community Care Day cleanup
of Glen Echo Park. The Glen Echo ravine is one of a number of ravines
throughout Central Ohio.
Partners
who lent invaluable support include:
- Volunteers from
the Affinion Group, an information technology company with offices in
Dublin, cleared trees and brush, walked the stream and cleared trash,
painted graffiti, cleaned the rest of the park, and completed other
tasks.
- Giant Eagle at
2801 N. High Street was extremely generous, donating water, fruit and
ice.
- FOR also
received generous donations from our local Target (Graceland) and
Kroger (2801 N. High St.) stores.
- Keep Columbus
Beautiful loaned all needed tools.
- Columbus
Recreation & Parks provided the paint for graffiti removal.
- Neighborhood
volunteers organized and participated in the day.
Read more about
FOR's Community Care Day and see pictures here.
The Ohio EPA
Division of Surface Water has launched a new web page, the Surface Water
Restoration and Protection (SRP) Clearinghouse. According to Ohio
EPA, this
clearinghouse was developed as a means to connect comeone "who has" a
resource restoration, protection, or enhancement project available for
implementation with someone "who is interested" in implementing such a
project. Submitting a potential project nomination is completely
voluntary, and project nominations can be withdrawn at any time.
Also, check out
the exciting work being done by one of our sister organizations, the Adena Brook Community!
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Hayden Run -
Hayden
Run Waterfall Ravine is a beautiful example of a limestone ravine
located along the Scioto River near Dublin. The ravine has been
protected as part of the City of Columbus' "Griggs Nature Preserve."
The park is publicly accessible with a new boardwalk and includes two
spectacular overlooks at the top of the massive cliffs. Several
representative limestone outcrop plants can be observed, including Blue
Ash and the Smooth Cliffbrake Fern.
Photos from
Hayden Run Waterfall Ravine
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To become a supporting member of Friends of
the Ravines, simply fill out the attached form and mail it back to us.
Access the Membership Form
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