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MARCH Program Guide 2019

Maple Sugaring at Rocky River Reservation

2019 Tour of Wildflowers 3 | History of Maple Sugaring 3 | World Water Day Celebration 11 MARCH PROGRAMS BY LOCATION Off Site (CMZ) Metroparks (NCR) North Chagrin (WSC) Watershed Stewardship 3 • Kayak 1: Basic Strokes Zoo Reservation Center 9 • Scranton Road Peninsula Hop 1 • Tiger Tracks Overnight 2 • Emerald Necklace Art Club Monthly 2 • Climate Change: Fact vs. Fiction 17 • Kayak 1: Basic Strokes 2 • Tiger Tracks Overnight Meeting 2 • The Lorax: Craft and Story 23 • Adventure University & Gear Swap 3 • Zoo Career Day 3 • Morning Walk to the Overlooks 10 • Sunday Drop-by: Nature Tangrams 24 • Miled Walks: Towpath Trail Stage 3 8 • Tiger Tracks Overnight 26 • Amphibian Explorers 10 • River Revival: Rain Barrel Workshop 31 • Kayak 2: Rescues 9 • Tiger Tracks Overnight 30 • Sylvan Stroll 14 • March Movie: Implementing Urban 9 • Girl Scout Daytime Bugs Adventure 31 • Early Spring Hike Greening (AR) Acacia Reservation 12 • Homeschool – Animal Defenses 15 • Water and You 5 • Acacia for the Young at Heart 15 • Tiger Tracks Overnight (OECR) & Erie Canal 16 • Write Your Own Story 10 • Birds of Acacia 16 • Tiger Tracks Overnight Reservation 16 • Tales Around the Necklace: 22 • Tiger Tracks Overnight 16 • Lower Mill Creek History Hike Children’s Story Hour 23 • Boy Scout Veterinary Medicine (BeR) Bedford Reservation 17 • Sunday Morning Dog Walk 17 • St. Patrick’s Day Snake Appreciation 2 • Explore Astorhurst Overnight 23 • World Water Day Celebration 5 • Allegany State Park XC Ski Pre-Trip 25 • Spring Break Camp 26 • Discovery Day: Plant Dissection 29 • Tiger Tracks Overnight (RRNC) Rocky River Nature 29 • For Adults Only: Amphibians I 23 • Woodlands of Bedford: Forbes Center Woods 30 • Tiger Tracks Overnight 30 • Scouts BSA Merit Badge: Geology 27 • Wednesday Walk 1 • Gallery Wall: Vicki Moisio Part I 30 • Explore Astorhurst (ECR) Euclid Creek 5 • Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society 31 • Scouts BSA Merit Badge: Geology 30 • Spring Wildflower Walk Reservation 5 • Trout Unlimited Part II 7 • Backpacking Basics 24 • Waterfowl Migration Watch 31 • Pollinator Plot Presentation 11 • Cuyahoga Astronomical Association (BCR) Big Creek Reservation 27 • Wildflower Walk 11 • Southwest Camera Club 8 • New Moon Owl Hike (WCR) West Creek Reservation 13 • Greater Cleveland Beekeepers 2 • Drop-by: Spring Pond Dipping 13 • Boardwalk Birding (GPC) Garfield Park Center Association 20 • West Creek Night Hike: Solstice 17 • Scenic Sunday Stroll 1 • Curious About 13 • Northern Ohio Association of Stroll 27 • American Woodcock Watch 22 • The Lorax: For Preschoolers Herpetologists 31 • Learning from the

19 • Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing (BWR) Bradley Woods (GPR) Garfield Park 23 • Women’s History: Females in the Field Reservation Reservation 24 • Bird Banding at Rocky River Nature 1 • Skunks and Skunk Cabbage 3 • Sunday Morning Dog Walk Center 26 • Wildlife Walk (BNC) Brecksville Nature (HiR) Hinckley Reservation 29 • Secret Salamanders 30 • Women’s History: Sisters in Spirit ABBREVIATIONS: Center 12 • Hiking for the Young at Heart 31 • From Bud to Bloom 2 • Dr. Seuss Day 15 • Buzzard Day AR Acacia Reservation 5 • Life in a Vernal Pool 21 • Outdoor Adventures for BCR Big Creek Reservation 9 • Hike for Your Health Homeschoolers: Ledges (RRR) Rocky River Reservation BeR Bedford Reservation 9 • Pie Cooking: Dessert 2 • History of Maple Sugaring BNC Brecksville Nature Center 10 • Family Fun in Nature (HuR) Huntington 3 • History of Maple Sugaring BR Brookside Reservation 14 • Nurture with Nature 8 • Nature Baby: Maple Sugaring BrR Brecksville Reservation Reservation 9 • History of Maple Sugaring BWR Bradley Woods Reservation 16 • Knots for Scouts 28 • Huntington by Boot 21 • Animal Crackers 10 • History of Maple Sugaring CMZ Zoo 23 • Pie Iron Cooking: Breakfast 16 • History of Maple Sugaring CWC CanalWay Center 23 • Primitive Skills: Knot Tying (LR) Lakefront Reservation 17 • History of Maple Sugaring ECR Euclid Creek Reservation 24 • Pioneer Living: Butter-making 3 • Waterfowl Watch 31 • Secret Life of Salamanders GPC Garfield Park Center 24 • Sunday Matinee 6 • Skills & Thrills: International GPR Garfield Park Reservation 29 • Black Bears in Ohio Backpacking (SCR) South Chagrin HiR Hinckley Reservation 30 • April Fool’s Day Fun 20 • Skills & Thrills: Adventure Sailing Reservation HuR Huntington Reservation 31 • Dog Walk 23 • Miled Walks: Edgewater 2 • Cleveland Natural Science Club LR Lakefront Reservation 31 • Native Bee Tube Workshop 24 • Great Geology 6 • Riparian Ramble MSRR Mill Run Reservation 27 • Birds of the Lakefront 9 • Critters in Colored Pencil Workshop NCNC North Chagrin Nature Center 27 • Fly Tying 2: Streamers 9 • Nature Journaling NCR North Chagrin Reservation (BrR) Brecksville Reservation 31 • Hawk & Songbird Survey OECR Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation 13 • Youth Adventure Backpacker Series 10 • Second Sunday at South Chagrin 31 • Sunday Morning Dog Walk 16 • Nature Writing RRNC Rocky River Nature Center 30 • For Adults Only: Amphibians II 31 • Spring at the Lakefront RRR Rocky River Reservation 30 • Treasures of the Towpath 17 • Search for Skunk Cabbage 20 • Spring Folklore Hike SCR South Chagrin Reservation (MSRR) Mill Stream Run 21 • Nature Play and Learn WR Washington Reservation (BR) Brookside Reservation Reservation 24 • In Search of Amphibians WCR West Creek Reservation 9 • Johnny Appleseed Hike 22 • All About Albion 25 • Look About Littles WSC Watershed Stewardship Center 29 • Woodcock Watch (CWC) CanalWay Center (NCNC) North Chagrin Nature 1 - 31 • Hunt of the Month 2 • Eagle Watching Walk Center 5 • Overflowing with Fowl 2 • Birds and Coffee 7 • Preschool: Senses 2 • Live Animal Lessons 7 • Cleveland Astronomical Society 4 • North Chagrin Nature Photography 11 • Eagle Watching Walk Club 15 • Family Movie Night 7 • Ten Things You Should Know: 16 • Irishtown Bend Salamanders 17 • Leprechaun Hunt 9 • Kid’s Nature Hour 18 • Family Fun Night: Snakes 9 • Tales Around the Emerald Necklace 20 • Young Explorers 12 • Sprouts: Growing Kids and Wonder, 23 • Overflowing with Fowl Naturally 24 • Spring Wreath 16 • Up With Upcycling Fair 27 • Discovery Days: Hello Blackbird 22 • The Worth of Weeds 28 • Cuyahoga Cabbage Patch 23 • Dog Hike 30 • Family Bike Ride in the Park 30 • Hike the Mountain Bike Trail 30 • Woodcock Walk 31 • Women’s History and a Cup of Tea

Bridal Veil Falls in Bedford Reservation 2 Emerald Necklace March 2019 | Vol. 68 #3 HISTORY OF Maple Sugaring Saturdays & Sundays • March 2 – 17 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. • Rocky River Reservation Maple Grove Picnic Area See feature block on page 4 for more information

MARCH PROGRAMS BY DATE MARCH 1 - 31 1 • FRIDAY Curious About Coyotes 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. NCR Coyotes are shy and intriguing Age: adults Hunt of the Month Skunks and Skunk Cabbage creatures. In this session, you will have Annual fee: $30; Renewal: $20 We have hidden 20 lucky clovers for Spring is coming! Get outside an opportunity to examine pelts, look 440-473-3370 you to find throughout the center. for a breath of fresh air (or at track imprints and learn the basics Test your luck to see how many of maybe not so fresh…) while about their elusive behavior. Birds and Coffee them you can find. Through March we look for signs of the 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. GPC Come and enjoy a cup of hot 31. changing season. Be prepared Register by phone coffee and brush up on your bird 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Mon. – Sat. for icy conditions and wear beginning February 20 identification skills as we sit and Noon – 5 p.m. Sun CWC waterproof boots. 216-341-1707 watch for chickadees, cardinals and 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. BWR various woodpeckers through our Gallery Wall: Vicki Moisio Codrington Shelterhouse Tiger Tracks Overnight one-way glass windows. Vicki is an avid birder and Picnic Area Over the course of the evening, 10 – 11:30 a.m. NCNC photographer who is excited to Terrain: wet, muddy, possibly campers will track an Amur tiger Nature Education Building share her love of Ohio’s amazing icy, 1.6 miles through the taiga, look for clues that birds through the lens of her 440-734-6660 they have been in the habitat and Climate Change: Fact vs. Fiction camera. Through April 30 explore the many ways tigers survive Are you confused by all the things 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. RRNC in the Russian Far East. you’ve heard about climate change 7 p.m. – 10 a.m. CMZ and need help sorting it out? Reinberger Education Center Naturalist Matt Knittel will discuss Age: 6 years & over with adult the scientific data and address 2019 Tour of Wildflowers Fee: $42 myths and rumors around climate Contest runs March 1 – June 1 change. 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. WSC Between March 1 and June 1, join 2 • SATURDAY Age: adults, 14 years & over with adult nature’s ultimate scavenger hunt; the Eagle Watching Walk Tour of Wildflowers! Spend an afternoon, Hike into the Cuyahoga Valley to look a weekend, or the whole season traveling for bald eagles. We will walk to their Dr. Seuss Day through Cleveland Metroparks taking nest site to hopefully observe feeding, Saturday • March 2 photos of our beautiful flowers. Stop courting or nest tending activity. 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. by any Cleveland Metroparks nature Learn about the comeback of these Brecksville Nature Center majestic birds that were considered an Trailside Program Center center or email your picture to have it Celebrate the 115th birthday verified. NEW FOR 2019: complete your endangered species not long ago. 9:30 – 11 a.m. CWC of the beloved Dr. Seuss. The checklist and receive a packet of native day will be filled with “Seussical” wildflower seeds to enhance your own Terrain: paved, natural surface, muddy, one hill, 3 miles themed crafts while the whimsical piece of the planet! Sign up for one of stories of Dr. Seuss will be read our many naturalist-led hikes. Register at Emerald Necklace Art Club at various times. Families will clevelandmetroparks.com to receive your Draw and paint with the Emerald have photo opportunities and checklist and contest rules. Necklace Art Club. Members are we will be showing the original invited to bring their favorite medium version of The Lorax to end as we appreciate the signs of the the day. For complete details, Call 440-473-3370 or email season. Not a member? Sign up at including the event schedule, visit [email protected] clevelandmetroparks.com/ENAC clevelandmetroparks.com or call with any questions. 440-526-1012.

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clevelandmetroparks.com 3 MARCH PROGRAMS BY DATE History of Maple Sugaring 4 • MONDAY 6 • WEDNESDAY Weekends, March 2 – 17 • 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. • RRR North Chagrin Nature Riparian Ramble Maple Grove Picnic Area Photography Club: The Focus Tired of being indoors? Come explore The 2019 season brings another year of gathering sap, making syrup, Stops Here the field and forest in search of and leading hikes through the maple forest at Maple Grove Picnic Area. Bring in seven nature pictures nature’s beauty. See majestic riverside Walk through time along the Sugarbush Trail to see the sap-collecting where everything except the cliffs, hear a red-tailed hawk calling in methods and syrup-making processes used by the First People, settlers main subject is out of focus. In the distance, or perhaps see a great and modern sugar farmers. You’ll end at the sugarhouse to watch sap other words, show us how low blue heron hunting along the State boiled into delicious maple syrup. Guided hikes leave the sugarhouse your f-stop can go. Scenic . every 20 minutes (the last hike leaves at 3:40 p.m.). Groups may be 7 – 8:30 p.m. NCNC 2 – 3:30 p.m. SCR accommodated on weekdays by appointment only. This program is Jackson Field parking lot completely outdoors. Terrain: natural surfaces, up to Terrain: unpaved, possibly muddy or snowy 5 • TUESDAY 2.5 miles 440-734-6660 440-473-3370 Overflowing with Fowl Join Naturalist Jake Kudrna on a Drop-by: Spring Pond Dipping hike to the Southerly Wastewater 7 • THURSDAY Discover what is living in our 3 • SUNDAY Treatment Plant outflow in search of winter waterfowl and other wetlands as we venture outside Morning Walk to the Overlooks Preschool: Senses feathered friends along the way. with our nets to collect and inspect Join Naturalist Carly Martin for an Animals use all their senses to Bring binoculars, some available aquatic critters. Please wear easy-paced morning walk to some communicate with each other. Bring to borrow. waterproof footwear. of the best views in Cleveland your preschooler to CanalWay Center 9:30 – 11:30 am. CWC Noon – 1:30 p.m. WCR Metroparks. to explore our senses. Perhaps you Terrain: paved, hills, 2.5 miles Wetland behind WSC 9 – 10:30 a.m. NCR will rediscover your senses too. Terrain: flat, muddy, 0.25 mile Forest Picnic Area parking lot 10 – 11 a.m. CWC Acacia for the Young at Heart Terrain: natural surface, 2 miles Age: 2 - 5 years with adult Live Animal Lessons Slow down and enjoy a leisurely 440-473-3370 Terrain: paved, less than one mile This naturalist-led presentation will walk with Naturalist Natalie Register online Schroder as we explore all that highlight a live animal from North Zoo Career Day beginning March 1 Acacia Reservation holds. Chagrin Reservation. Visitors will Explore the professional fields of 10 – 11 a.m. AR get an up-close look at amazing animal care, veterinary medicine, Ten Things You Should Know: Meet at the kiosk Salamanders fauna that can usually be admired education and more. Get close Terrain: paved, some hills, may Nature surrounds us but is not only from a distance. Live animal on with small animals, meet with Zoo be icy, up to 2 miles always familiar. Join a naturalist exhibit will be a garter snake. staff, take a behind-the-scenes 440-473-3370 to make yourself familiar with ten 1 – 2 p.m. NCNC tour and get a closer look at the Ohio salamanders. This series is real work involved with these Explore Astorhurst Life in a Vernal Pool recommended for curious students exciting careers. Join a naturalist on a hike through Many animals, including some of nature. 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. CMZ Astorhurst, one of Cleveland amphibians, depend upon these 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. NCNC Reinberger Education Center Metroparks newest greenspaces. “spring” ponds. Find out why this Age: grades 9 —12 Bring binoculars, some available to unique habitat is so important. Cleveland Astronomical Society Fee: $47 member/$52 borrow. 6:30 – 8 p.m. BNC Dark Energy is simply a shorthand nonmember 1 – 3 p.m. BeR Trailside Program Center term for whatever mysterious, Register online Astorhurst parking lot strange stuff is causing the

Terrain: paved, natural surface, hills, Trout Unlimited expansion of the universe to speed Sunday Morning Dog Walk 2.5 miles Professor John Orlock from Case up. Understanding the physical Take a stroll along the Mill Creek 216-206-1000 Western Reserve University properties of dark energy is lacking. Trail with your dog. Enjoy beautiful will present excerpts from his Dr. Barbara Ryden, of OSU will discuss scenery and learn a bit of history The Lorax: Craft and Story SAGES seminar, “Fly-Fishing: the the history and experiments to along the way. Your reward will be Make your own truffula trees, Lorax Sport, the Metaphysics, and the measure its properties. viewing Mill Creek Falls, the tallest mustaches and more. Then, enjoy Literature.” 6:30 – 7 p.m. meeting CWC waterfall in Cuyahoga County. a lively reading of Dr. Seuss’ classic 7 – 9 p.m. RRNC 7 – 8:30 p.m. speaker CWC Walkers without dogs welcome The Lorax. Nothing beats story time too. by a fireplace, unless that story is Western Cuyahoga Audubon 10 – 11:30 a.m. GPR about protecting our environment. Society: Life and Times of the 8 • FRIDAY Windy Ridge Picnic Area 2 – 3 p.m. WSC American Woodcock Terrain: paved, steps, hills, The American woodcock is not Nature Baby: Maple Sugaring Cleveland Natural Science Club 3 miles your typical shorebird. Rather Nature is awaiting you so let’s get Kelly Clark from Kelly’s Working Well 216-206-1000 than running on a sand beach or baby out to explore. We will hike Farm in Chagrin Falls will show her probing a mudflat, the woodcock the trail at our working sugar bush Waterfowl Watch inspiring work with children and haunts early successional forests. and experience the story of maple March is time for waterfowl to be nature. Biologist Heather Shaw will share sugaring. on the move. Come down to the 7:30 – 9 p.m. SCR with us a year in the life of the 10 – 11 a.m. RRR Scranton Road Peninsula to spot a Look About Lodge American woodcock. Maple Grove Picnic Area wide variety of ducks, geese and 440-473-3370 7:30 – 9 p.m. RRNC Age: 3 years & under with adult gulls. Terrain: unpaved, may be muddy or Tiger Tracks Overnight 10 – 11:30 a.m. LR snowy (see 3/1 for details) Merwin’s Wharf Register online 7 p.m. – 10 a.m. CMZ Terrain: paved, 1 mile February 25 – March 7 216-206-1000 440-734-6660 4 Emerald Necklace March 2019 MARCH PROGRAMS BY DATE New Moon Owl Hike Kids’ Nature Hour Experience a walk in the dark while we Join Naturalist Foster Brown as we 10 • SUNDAY 11 • MONDAY look for our fine-feathered-friend, the study, sing, tell stories and make Birds of Acacia Eagle Watching Walk owl. Learn what makes owls unique and a craft about a featured animal Join Naturalist Natalie Schroder (see 3/2 for details) listen to owl calls as we tempt them to that is found in North Chagrin as we search for birds throughout 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. CWC fly nearby. Reservation. Featured friend: Bats Acacia Reservation’s ever-changing 6:30 – 8 p.m. BCR 1 – 2 p.m. NCNC landscape. Bring binoculars, some Southwest Camera Club Snow Road Picnic Area Age: 6 years & over with adult available to borrow. The meeting will start with Terrain: paved, natural surfaces, 3 miles a panel discussion and Q&A Nature Journaling 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. AR 440-887-1968 about photography and Experience nature through the Meet at the kiosk cameras. Followed by a member Tiger Tracks Overnight seasons. We will record our Terrain: paved trails, may be icy, competition of cell phone photos (see 3/1 for details) observations in a journal of our 1 – 2 miles with the themes: NATURE and 7 p.m. – 10 a.m. CMZ own creation. You may want to 440-473-3370 PICTORIAL. Come and learn bring a camera. Sunday Drop-by: Nature from their knowledge of impact, 1 – 3 p.m. SCR Tangrams composition and technique. 9 • SATURDAY Look About Lodge Drop by to learn about this 7:30 – 9 p.m. RRNC Age: adults Hike for Your Health centuries-old game, in which Annual fee: $20 for supplies Hiking is a great cardio workout, but it animals or other objects are created Cuyahoga Astronomical Terrain: natural surfaces, 0.5 – 1 can also improve your overall mood. from seven basic shapes. Can Association: Gravitational mile Join Naturalist Jenny McClain for a heart- you make the creatures that are Waves & Colliding Black Holes Register online pumping hike along the ridges and found around West Creek without Rob Own, Associate Professor of February 20 – March 6 valleys of Brecksville Reservation. overlapping the shapes? Physics and Astronomy at Oberlin 440-473-3370 9 – 11 a.m. BNC 12:30 – 2 p.m. WSC College, will discuss his work with supercomputer simulations of Terrain: natural surface, hills, stairs, Johnny Appleseed Hike Second Sunday at South Chagrin black hole collisions, the physics 5 miles Hear the story of local legend Hike along the State Scenic Chagrin of black holes and how such Johnny Appleseed. Enjoy a walk Critters in Colored Pencil Workshop River and to the top of a ridge for instruments at LIGO study the through the woods and discuss Try your hand at rendering our native a beautiful view on the Chagrin structure of space and time. the many benefits of our native wildlife in colored pencils. We will Overlook Loop Trail. What signs of 7:30 – 9 p.m. RRNC trees. A crisp apple snack will be explore a number techniques, and you spring will we find? provided. will take home your art and supplies. 2 – 3:30 p.m. SCR 2 – 3:30 p.m. BR 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. SCR Old Field 12 • TUESDAY Meadow Ridge Picnic Area Look About Lodge Terrain: steep, muddy trails, 3 miles Terrain: paved, natural surfaces, Hiking for the Young at Heart Age: adults 440-473-3370 stairs, 3 miles Hike around Hinckley Lake to find Fee: $20 for supplies; ENAC: $17 440-887-1968 the telltale signs of spring. Register online Family Fun in Nature The natural world around us is filled 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. HiR February 20 – March 4 Scranton Road Peninsula Hop with many amazing things awaiting Hinckley Lake Boathouse 440-473-3370 Historical Interpreter Doug our discovery. Once a month, we’ll Terrain: hills, 3.4 miles Kusak walks, talks and bops Girl Scout Daytime Bugs Adventure meet and explore the forest, fields about this oasis created under Sprouts: Growing Kids and Brownie Girl Scouts will investigate bugs and waterways. This month, we’ll Hope (Memorial Bridge). It’ll be Wonder, Naturally and their role in the environment. They search for signs of spring. a “miled” hike with a modicum Join Natalie the Naturalist to will create a bug craft and encounter 2 – 3:30 p.m. BNC of history about many things. discover turkey vultures. We will some insects up close. Badge is not Trailside Program Center Meeting location given following have discovery time and go on a provided with the program. Age: 6 years & over with adult registration. short hike. 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. CMZ Register by phone 2 – 5 p.m. Off site 10:30 – 11:45 a.m. or 1 – 2:15 p.m. Reinberger Education Center beginning March 1 Terrain: paved, flat, 3 miles NCNC Age: 6 years & over with adult 440-526-1012 Register by phone Nature Education Building Fee: $20 member/$22 nonmember beginning February 20 Age: 3 – 5 years with adult Register online River Revival: Rain Barrel 216-206-1000 Workshop Terrain: paved, natural surface, Learn to harvest rain water for may be icy or muddy, 0.75 mile Tales Around the Emerald Pie Iron Cooking: Dessert gardens and combat Register online Necklace: Women’s History February 15 – March 9 Cooking over the fire and coals really pollution. Each participant will Call it traditional storytelling, is quite simple if you have the right construct one rain barrel to take spoken word performance or Homeschool: Animal Defenses tools. Join us as we prepare and enjoy home. Be ready to transport it. narrative theater; excellent Discover how animals use pie iron desserts. We’ll prepare a few Discounted fee thanks to a River storytelling artists bring adaptation to help them in the different recipes to share. Pie are Network grant, while supplies entertaining and enlightening wild. provided for your use, along with all of last (limit one per household at stories to you. After hearing 10:30 a.m. – noon CMZ the makings. discounted rate). their tales, enjoy refreshments Reinberger Education Center Noon – 1:30 p.m. BNC 2:30 – 4 p.m. WSC and tales shared by audience Age: grades K – 8 with adult Trailside Program Center Age: 16 years & over members. Fee: $10 member/$13 Age: adults, 12 years & over with Fee: $20 (includes one 55-gallon 7 – 8:30 p.m. NCNC nonmember participating adult barrel and all materials) Register online Fee: $5 Tiger Tracks Overnight Register by phone or online Register online (see 3/1 for details) February 3 – March 3 February 25 – March 7 7 p.m. – 10 a.m. CMZ 440-887-1968 440-526-1012

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13 • WEDNESDAY 15 • FRIDAY Up With Upcycling Fair 17 • SUNDAY Saturday • March 16 Boardwalk Birding Buzzard Day 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Search for Skunk Cabbage Witness a breathtaking spectacle The buzzards are bringing spring back North Chagrin Nature Center Wildflower season has begun. as thousands of migrating to Hinckley Reservation. The watch Creating something new out of old Can we find our smelly, blackbirds return to the trees begins at 7 a.m., continuing until the is the concept behind upcycling. fascinating first flower of the around Lake Abram at dusk. first buzzard is spotted and everyone Our 3rd annual family-friendly year? Learn about the various species cheers the first sighting of the day. Join upcycling fair will offer plenty of 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. SCR of blackbirds, how to tell one the Official Buzzard Spotter for this free make-and-take craft projects. Jackson Field parking lot from another, and conservation annual tradition. Professional artisans/vendors will be Terrain: flat, muddy trails, 2 miles efforts for imperiled rusty 7 a.m. – until first buzzard appears on hand to inspire and sell. 440-473-3370 blackbirds. HiR 6:30 – 8 p.m. BCR Buzzard Roost Lower Mill Creek History Hike Scenic Sunday Stroll Lake Abram Eastland Road 440-526-1012 Join Historical Interpreter Karen With spring around the corner, Trailhead Lakus to explore the last mile of who knows what wildlife will Terrain: paved, level, 0.5 mile Water and You Mill Creek before it empties into the be waking up? A stroll around 440-887-1968 What can we do to protect our world . Learn about the Beyer’s Pond will awaken us to from wasteful water practices? How transportation routes, industry and nature as it is changing with the Northern Ohio Association of big is your water footprint? Join us community that grew up around it seasons. Herpetologists: Vernal Pools for a hands-on demonstration with as we walk. 9:30 – 11 a.m. BCR and Amphibians our stream table as we take a look at 1 – 2 p.m. OECR Beyer’s Pond parking lot Vernal pools are important how humans and water are intricately Aqueduct parking lot Terrain: natural surface, muddy, habitats for amphibians. connected. Terrain: paved, natural surface, flat, 0.7 mile Salamanders travel annually to 2 – 3 p.m. WSC 2 miles 440-887-1968 these pools for breeding. Our Age: 7 years & over with adult 216-206-1000 speaker this month will be Ray Sunday Morning Dog Walk Stewart from the Ohio Wetlands Family Movie Night Tales Around the Necklace: Let’s start at the northern border Association to talk about Bring your family and friends to watch Children’s Story Hour of our reservation and walk amphibians of vernal pools. Over the Hedge. This is a cartoon Hear stories celebrating Irish folklore south. We will look for bald 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. RRNC adventure story about suburban and tradition told by storytelling eagles and other wildlife along wildlife survival. We’ll have snacks artists. Call it traditional storytelling, the Cuyahoga River as we stroll Greater Cleveland Beekeepers available for purchase to aid in our spoken word performance or with our dogs. Walkers without Association: Four Seasons of survival. This movie is rated PG. narrative theater: excellent dogs welcome too. Feeding 7 – 8:30 p.m. CWC storytelling artists bring entertaining 10 – 11:30 a.m. OECR Seasonal nutritional needs of the Register online and enlightening stories to you. Harvard Avenue Trailhead honey bee. When do you need beginning March 1 1 – 2 p.m. WSC Terrain: paved, one hill, 2.5 miles to supply additional resources? 216-206-1000 Learn about the role of pollen Tiger Tracks Overnight Knots for Scouts and pollen substitute in hive (see 3/1 for details) Learn how to tie some basic and Leprechaun Hunt management as well as nectar, 7 p.m. – 10 a.m. CMZ useful knots that all scouts should Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by honey, sugar syrup and more. know, and then try a few simply for searching for leprechauns. Those 7 – 9 p.m. RRNC 16 • SATURDAY fun! Choose either of two sessions. sneaky little fellows are hiding 1 – 2:30 p.m. or 3 – 4:30 p.m. BNC among the trees near CanalWay Center. Hear a story about how Nature Writing Trailside Program Center 14 • THURSDAY leprechauns gave us trees. Then Join Writers Jenny Clark and Linda Age: 8 years & over; accompanying go on a short, self-guided search. Nurture with Nature Tuthill as they prompt us to express adults welcome You’ll be rewarded with gold. Bring your family for a monthly our creative side through natural Registration by phone 12 – 1 p.m. or 3 – 4 p.m. CWC program to explore nature history. Take a short, naturalist-led hike, beginning March 4 Age: 3 – 8 years with adult through books, games, hikes and explore themed writing prompts, and 440-526-1012 Register by phone other activities. This month we’ll enjoy lunch in the historic setting of Irishtown Bend beginning March 1 learn about . Look About Lodge. During this indoor presentation 216-206-1000 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. BNC 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. SCR we will learn how a hillside along Trailside Program Center Look About Lodge the Cuyahoga River provided a St. Patrick’s Day Snake Age: 3 years & over with adult Age: 16 years & over community for Irish immigrants Appreciation Register by phone Fee: $25 in the late 1800s. We’ll consider Thanks to St. Patrick, all the beginning March 1 Terrain: level, 0.5 mile conditions that led to Clevelanders snakes may have been banished 440-526-1012 Register online looking down on Irishtown Bend, from Ireland, but we have snakes February 20 – March 9 at West Creek! Stop in to meet March Movie: Implementing and peek at the greenspace 440-473-3370 our resident snakes and learn Urban Greening proposed for the area. why these legless wonders are As the first spring greens begin Write Your Own Story 3 – 4:30 p.m. CWC some of our most important to sprout, discover how more Nature can tell us many stories from Register by phone species in the Cleveland area. cities are “going to green.” From the rings of trees, the songs of birds beginning February 20 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. WSC community gardens to urban and the babbling of brooks. Be inspired 216-206-1000 forests, people need plants for by nature to write and illustrate your Tiger Tracks Overnight healthier and more sustainable own story, which we’ll give a nice (see 3/1 for details) living. This upbeat flick provides sturdy cover and binding, then share 7 p.m. – 10 a.m. CMZ Programs by Date good grist for discussion. with others. continued on page 11 7 – 9 p.m. WSC 10 a.m. – noon WSC 6 Emerald Necklace March 2019 SPECIAL 4-PAGE PULL-OUT SECTION

Hikes in nature, creek walks, crafts, kayaking and games are some of the activities your child may participate in at Cleveland Metroparks summer day camp. Ages 3 - 15 Registration opens March 19.

Nature play, crafts, activities and animal encounters are all part of the experience at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo summer day camp. Ages 5 - 14 Registration now open.

Golf lessons, golf etiquette and fun on-course experiences are all part of Cleveland Metroparks golf camp. Camps take place at Seneca and Washington Golf Courses. Ages 8 - 17 Registration now open.

Learn more at clevelandmetroparks.com/camps A variety of summer camps for kids are offered throughout Cleveland Metroparks, each packed full of adventurous activities.

LOCATION PHONE CAMP NAME AGE GROUP DATES TIME FEE Bedford Reservation 216-206-1000 Bedford Explorers 7 – 10 years June 25 – 27 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. $82.50 Brecksville Reservation 440-526-1012 Camp Brecksville Jr.* 6 – 8 years July 8 – 10 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. $72.00 Camp Brecksville Jr.* 6 – 8 years July 30 – Aug 1 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. $72.00 Pioneer Crafts Camp 8 – 11 years June 25 – 27 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. $72.00 Dig Into Archeology – Mini Camp 8 – 11 years July 29 – 31 6 – 8:30 p.m. $37.50 Camp Brecksville Sr. 9 – 11 years July 16 – 18 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. $60.00 Primitive Skills Camp – Beginner* 9 – 12 years June 25 – 27 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. $72.00 Primitive Skills Camp – Advanced 10 – 14 years July 8 – 11 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. $96.00 Hinckley Reservation 440-526-1012 Camp Hinckley 10 – 13 years June 17 – 19 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. $125.00 216-341-1704 Climb the Ledge Youth Day 10 – 15 years June 27 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. $50.00 Climb the Ledge Youth Day 10 – 15 years July 18 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. $50.00 Kayak/SUP Youth Day 10 – 15 years June 21 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. $50.00 Kayak/SUP Youth Day 10 – 15 years July 3 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. $50.00 Kayak/SUP Youth Day 10 – 15 years July 10 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. $50.00 Lakefront Reservation 216-341-1704 Youth Sailing Camp 10 – 15 years June 17 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. $75.00 Youth Sailing Camp 10 – 15 years July 1 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. $75.00 Youth Sailing Camp 10 – 15 years August 5 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. $75.00 Watersports Adventure Camp 10 – 15 years July 24 – 26 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. $175.00 Watersports Adventure Camp 10 – 15 years August 7 – 9 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. $175.00 Mill Stream Run Reservation 440-526-1012 Primitive Skills Camp – Beginner* 9 – 12 years June 18 – 20 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. $72.00 Prim. Skills Camp – Child w/Adult 8 – 12 years June 11 – 13 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. $100.00 North Chagrin Reservation 440-473-3370 Polliwog Adventure North – a.m.* 4 – 5 years July 8 – 10 9:30 a.m. – noon $37.00 Polliwog Adventure North – p.m.* 4 – 5 years July 8 – 10 1:30 – 4 p.m. $37.00 Nature Explorers 6 – 7 years June 10 – 12 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. $60.00 Critter Camp 7 – 8 years July 23 – 25 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. $60.00 Wildling Camp 8 – 10 years June 18 – 20 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. $75.00 Earth Skills Camp 8 – 10 years July 16 – 18 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. $90.00 Nature Art Camp 10 – 12 years July 16 – 18 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. $80.00 Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation 216-206-1000 CanalWay Preschool Camp* 3 – 4 years June 11 – 13 10 a.m. – noon $30.00 CanalWay Preschool Camp* 3 – 4 years August 13 – 15 10 a.m. – noon $30.00 CanalWay Little Explorers Camp* 5 – 6 years June 11 – 13 2 – 4 p.m. $30.00 CanalWay Little Explorers Camp* 5 – 6 years August 13 – 15 2 – 4 p.m. $30.00 CanalWay Camper 6 – 8 years June 11 – 13 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. $82.50 Forest, Field and Farm 6 – 8 years July 9 – 11 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. $82.50 CanalWay Nature Explorers 6 – 8 years July 16 – 18 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. $82.50 American Girl Camp Junior 7 – 9 years June 25 – 27 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. $76.00 Water Camp Junior 7 – 9 years July 16 – 18 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. $88.00 CanalWay Adventure Camp 9 – 11 years July 23 – 25 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. $90.00 CanalWay Overnight Adventure 9 – 12 years July 2 – 3 10 a.m. – noon $120.00 (overnight) Hidden Valley Survival 10 – 13 years June 18 – 20 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. $99.00 American Girl Camp 10 – 12 years July 9 – 11 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. $76.00 Water Camp 10 – 12 years July 30 – Aug 2 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. $145.00 A variety of summer camps for kids are offered throughout Cleveland Metroparks, each packed full of adventurous activities.

LOCATION PHONE CAMP NAME AGE GROUP DATES TIME FEE Rocky River Reservation 440-734-6660 Small Wonders – Big Adventure 4 – 6 years June 18 – 20 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. $30.00 Storybook Adventures 4 – 6 years July 9 – 11 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. $30.00 Stream Stomp Littles 5 – 6 years June 24 – 26 9 – 11:30 a.m. $37.50 Trail Blazers 5 – 7 years August 5 – 7 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. $60.00 Stream Stomp 7 – 9 years August 6 – 9 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. $88.00 Night Owls 8 – 10 years July 31 – Aug 2 6 – 9 p.m. $48.00 Young Birders 8 – 12 years June 11 – 13 times vary $97.00 Nature Artists 10 – 12 years July 17 – 19 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. $72.00 South Chagrin Reservation 440-473-3370 Polliwog Adventure South – a.m.* 4 – 5 years August 5 – 7 9:30 a.m. – noon $37.00 Polliwog Adventure South – p.m.* 4 – 5 years August 5 – 7 1:30 – 4 p.m. $37.00 My Adult and Me Camp 5 – 9 years w/ July 9 – 11 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. $72.00 adult Go Outdoors Camp 6 – 8 years June 25 – 27 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. $60.00 Aquatic Adventure 8 – 10 years June 4 – 6 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. $75.00 Choose your Own Adventure 10 – 12 years July 30 – Aug 1 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. $75.00 Appalachian Art Camp – Child w/adult 11 – 14 years June 18 – 20 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. $100.00 West Creek Reservation 440-887-1968 Creek Explorers* 7 – 9 years July 17 – 19 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. $75.00 Creek Explorers* 7 – 9 years July 24 – 26 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. $75.00 Critters, Creatures, Citizen Scientists* 8 – 10 years July 10 – 12 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. $75.00 Critters, Creatures, Citizen Scientists* 8 – 10 years July 31 – Aug 2 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. $75.00 Science of Survival* 9 – 12 years July 2, 3 & 5 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. $90.00 Science of Survival* 9 – 12 years August 7 – 9 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. $90.00 River to Lake Adventure JR 9 – 12 years June 12 – 14 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. $125.00 River to Lake Adventure SR 12 – 14 years June 26 – 28 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. $125.00

*This camp is offered on multiple dates or times. Campers may only register for one session of the camp.

Register online ONLY at clevelandmetroparks.com/summercamps Registration begins March 19 for Cuyahoga County and Hinckley Township residents. Registration begins March 26 at 9:30 a.m. for all other participants. 9:00 a.m. registration: 9:30 a.m. registration: 10:00 a.m. registration: 10:30 a.m. registration: • North Chagrin Reservation • Rocky River Reservation • Bedford Reservation • Brecksville Reservation • South Chagrin Reservation • West Creek Reservation • Lakefront Reservation • Hinckley Reservation • Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation • Mill Stream Run Reservation Junior Golf Camp Overview The five day camp includes learning all aspects of the game through drills, activities and on the course training, plus golf etiquette and the Join your friends at Seneca Golf Course and Washington Golf Course for any of history of the game. The week will the week-long golf camps throughout the summer. Sign up for multiple weeks conclude with a skills competition and improve your skills every week. The experienced camp directors along with where camp recognition awards will their staff will provide a fun and educational experience for all juniors. be handed out.

Location Age Group Dates Time Fee Additional Services & Information Extended day care is provided at both 8 – 17 years June 10-14 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. $225.00* locations. Please see the extended care option when registering for the week you Five-Day 8 – 17 years June 17 - 21 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. $225.00* Camps held desire. Junior golfers are encouraged to 8 – 17 years June 24 - 28 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. $225.00* bring their own paper bag lunch. Seneca at Seneca or Golf Course offers a lunch option, please Washington 8 – 17 years July 8 - 12 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. $225.00* select the lunch package at the time of Golf Course registration. 8 – 17 years July 15 - 19 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. $225.00* 8 – 17 years July 22 - 26 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. $225.00* Learn Today, Play Tomorrow and Enjoy the Game Forever 8 – 17 years July 29 - August 2 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. $225.00* Academy of Golf is a fun activity that 8 – 17 years August 5 - 9 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. $225.00* teaches juniors patience, the importance of practice and proper etiquette. Junior golfers between the ages of 8 and 17 *Add $25 for extended hours (8 a.m. – 5 p.m.) are welcome to attend, no experience is Add $7/day or $30/week for lunch option (only available at Seneca Golf Course) required. Visit any Cleveland Metroparks golf course to register for classes or register Seneca Golf Course: Washington Golf Course: online at clevelandmetroparks.com/golf. 975 Valley Parkway 3841 Washington Park Blvd Register online now at Broadview Heights, OH Newburgh Heights, OH 440-526-0043 216-641-1864 clevelandmetroparks.com/golf Camp Director: Geoff Koller, PGA Camp Director: Milt Johnson, PGA 216-635-3200

Register now at clevelandmetroparks.com/zoocamps 216-635-3391 Zoo Camp Name Age Group Dates Time Fee** Zoo Summer Day Camp Summer Day Camp – various topics 5 – 10, 13 – 14 years June 3 – 7 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. $200.00 at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo creates compelling Summer Day Camp – various topics 5 – 12 years June 10 – 14 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. $200.00 experiences that connect Summer Day Camp – Conservation 5 – 10 years June 17 – 21 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. $200.00 campers with wildlife 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. + and inspire personal Conservation Leadership Camp 10 – 14 years June 17 – 21 $275.00 responsibility for overnight stay June 20 conserving the natural Summer Day Camp – various topics 5 – 10, 13 – 14 years June 24 – 28 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. $200.00 world. Campers are grouped according to Summer Day Camp – Enrichment 5 – 12 years July 1 – 3, 5 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. $160.00 age to provide a safe Summer Day Camp – various topics 5 – 12 years July 8 – 12 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. $200.00 and nurturing learning 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. + environment. Conservation Leadership Camp 10 – 14 years July 8 – 12 $275.00 overnight stay July 11 Summer Day Camp – Conservation 5 – 10, 13 – 14 years July 15 – 19 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. $200.00 Summer Day Camp – various topics 5 – 12 years July 22 – 26 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. $200.00 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. + Conservation Leadership Camp 10 – 14 years July 22 – 26 $275.00 overnight stay July 25 Summer Day Camp – various topics 5 – 14 years July 29 – August 2 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. $200.00 Summer Day Camp – Conservation 5 – 10 years August 5 – 9 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. $200.00

** Reduced rates available for Cleveland Zoological Society members, Adventure Club members, and for half-day camps (9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.) [Conservation Leadership Camp does not have a half-day option.] Summer Camps 2019 MARCH PROGRAMS BY DATE Programs by Date 21 • THURSDAY World Water Day Celebration continued from page 6 Nature Play and Learn Saturday, March 23 • Noon – 4 p.m. • WSC Young children will enjoy combining We are “Leaving No One Behind” as we travel the blue learning and play with time indoors planet in this annual family-friendly fest. Explore why 18 • MONDAY and outdoors. This month we’ll learn our human right to clean water matters worldwide. Try a little more about spring peepers. traditional crafts, listen to folk music, and enjoy ethnic Family Fun Night: Snakes food tastings. Free wagon rides and parking shuttle Tonight we are talking about a scaly 10 – 11:15 a.m. SCR Look About Lodge provided. In partnership with Northeast Ohio Regional animal – snakes. Join us as we learn Sewer District some facts about these reptiles and Age: 3 – 5 years with adult Terrain: natural surface trails, 0.5 and West Creek get a close up look at a snake too. Conservancy. 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. CWC mile Register online 440-473-3370 beginning March 1 The Worth of Weeds Women’s History: Females in the Animal Crackers Join us as we take a close Field Join Miss Jenny as we take a closer look at the worth of Have you ever used a field guide to 19 • TUESDAY look at wiggly worms! There will common weeds. Each plant identify a plant or animal? Celebrate be hands-on opportunities for has a purpose and a story Women’s History Month and learn Project Healing Waters Fly exploration, a hike and a craft. to be told. Biological and how women’s observations of the Fishing: Tying and Using Basic 10 – 11:15 a.m. or 1 – 2:15 p.m. ethnobotanical perspectives natural world contributed to the Spay Flies BNC will be discussed. popularity of field guides during the Through fly fishing and associated Trailside Program Center Highlighted weeds: common 20th century. activities, this program is dedicated Age: 3 – 5 years only with adult plantain, heal-all, and mullein 11 a.m. – noon RRNC to the physical and emotional Register by phone 7 – 8 p.m. NCNC rehabilitation of disabled, active, beginning March 1 Dog Hike military personnel and veterans. It 440-526-1012 Tiger Tracks Overnight Bring your best furry friend to the park is open to all disabled veterans or (see 3/1 for details) for some exercise and socialization. We persons interested in volunteering. Outdoor Adventures for 7 p.m. – 10 a.m. CMZ will hike the wooded trails in search of 5 – 7 p.m. RRNC Homeschoolers: Ledges Hike interesting sights and smells. From Worden’s Ledges to Whipp’s 2 – 3:30 p.m. NCNC Ledges, travel up and down hills and 23 • SATURDAY Terrain: natural surface, up to 3.5 miles 20 • WEDNESDAY through boulders and rock ledges on this energetic and exciting hike. Pie Iron Cooking: Breakfast Young Explorers Primitive Skills: Knot Tying 2 – 4 p.m. HiR Cooking over the fire and Today is the first day of spring, A knot can mean a lot in primitive Worden’s Trailhead coals really is quite simple, if bring your preschooler to look for situations. Learn the art of knot tying Age: grades 9 – 12 you have the right tools. Join signs of its arrival. We’ll explore along with how and where each knot Terrain: hills, 4 miles us as we prepare a pie iron what changes are happening in is most useful. Register by phone breakfast. We’ll prepare a few nature in preparation for warmer 2 – 4 p.m. BNC beginning March 7 different recipes to share. months. Trailside Program Center 440-526-1012 Pie irons are provided for Age: adults 1 – 2 p.m. CWC your use, along with all the Age: 3 – 5 years with adult makings. Terrain: paved, 0.5 – 1 mile 22 • FRIDAY Miled Walks: Edgewater 9 – 10:30 a.m. BNC Historical Interpreter Doug Kusak Register online or by phone Trailside Program Center All About Albion mostly walks, but occasionally talks, beginning March 1 Age: adults, 12 years & over The area where Bonnie Park sits in this walking series. Walking upper 216-206-1000 with participating adult today was at one time the town of and lower Edgewater Park, we’ll Fee: $5 Spring Folklore Hike Albion. Enjoy some time outside, briefly discuss the history of the Register online Learn about the myths and lore of learning about the history of the park, planned trails, area topography, March 11 – 21 spring as we search for signs of the area and its mills. industry and more. 440-526-1012 season on the vernal equinox. 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. MSRR 3 – 5 p.m. LR Upper Edgewater parking lot 1 – 3 p.m. SCR Bonnie Park Picnic Area Overflowing with Fowl Look About Lodge Terrain: mostly flat, 0.5 mile Terrain: paved, inclines, 3 miles (see 3/5 for details) Register online or by phone Terrain: hills, , 1.5 miles 440-526-1012 9:30 – 11:30 am. CWC 440-473-3370 beginning February 20 216-206-1000 The Lorax: For Preschoolers Woodlands of Bedford: West Creek Night Hike: Solstice Bring your preschoolers to Garfield Forbes Woods Boy Scout Veterinary Medicine Stroll Park Center to hear the story of the Join Fred Losi on this hike As Walt Whitman wrote, “Simple Lorax and Once-ler. We will find out Overnight up a wooded ravine leading Boy Scouts will learn about veterinary and fresh and fair from winter’s what happens to a habitat when to the buckeye trail. This close emerging…The spring’s first you don’t take care of it. After the medicine, meet with a Zoo Veterinary will reveal beautiful Tinker’s Technician, get close with a variety of dandelion shows its trustful face.” story, we will make a craft and go on Creek upstream of the core Explore West Creek Reservation to a short hike. small animals and complete all of the of Bedford Reservation. activities required to earn this merit see what is waking up from winter’s 10 – 11:30 a.m. GPC 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. BeR slumber. Age: 3 years with adults badge. Forbes Woods 7 p.m. – 10 a.m. CMZ 6:30 – 8 p.m. WCR Terrain: natural surface, some hills, Terrain: natural surface, hills, Monarch Bluff Picnic Area 0.5 mile Reinberger Education Center 3 miles Age: 6 years & over with adult Terrain: paved, natural surface, Register by phone 216-206-1000 1.2 miles beginning March 1 Fee: $42 440-887-1968 216-341-1707 Register online

clevelandmetroparks.com 11 MARCH PROGRAMS BY DATE Great Lakes Geology Wildflower Walk 24 • SUNDAY Uncover the history of the Great 26 • TUESDAY A surprising number of spring Lakes from the shores of Lake flowers are hiding on the Waterfowl Migration Watch Wildlife Walk Erie. We’ll discuss ancient seas, hillsides of the Euclid Creek The end of March is the perfect time Discover the natural history of continents colliding, glaciers, valley. We’ll search for the early to get to our Great Lake and watch many familiar and unfamiliar historic swamps and more. risers. waterfowl. Join Naturalist Natalie species of the wild with Naturalist 2 – 3:30 p.m. LR 3 – 4:30 p.m. ECR Schroder scanning for ducks and other Marty Calabrese. We’ll explore Edgewater Park Highland Road parking lot water birds. We may even move east to flora and fauna along Terrain: flat, sand, 1 mile Terrain: natural surface, some another location. the nature center trails. 440-734-6660 hills, 3 miles 9:30 – 11 a.m. ECR 10 – 11 a.m. RRNC 440-473-3370 Wildwood Pedestrian Bridge Sunday Matinee Terrain: natural surface, parking lot Enjoy an afternoon viewing of The 1.5 miles Wednesday Walk Terrain: paved, up to 1 mile Princess and the . Popcorn will We’ll enjoy a leisurely walk Amphibian Explorers 440-473-3370 be provided. through the forest of Tinker’s Spend a spring break morning 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. BNC Creek flood plan. We’ll look Bird Banding at Rocky River Nature searching for salamanders and Trailside Program Center for signs of spring including Center frogs with Naturalist Selby Register by phone migrating birds and early spring Learn about bird banding, an essential Majewski. We’ll climb the hills beginning March 1 wildflowers. tool for learning about species to find vernal pools where egg 440-526-1012 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. BeR populations, and see intricate details masses may be hiding. Hemlock Picnic Shelter of birds as we capture and band them. 10 a.m. – noon NCR In Search of Amphibians Terrain: natural surface, 1 mile Program will be canceled during rain. Squire’s Castle parking lot Join Naturalist Carly Martin as we 216-206-1000 Drop in any time during listed hours. explore the forests and wetlands Age: 6 years & over with adult 9:30 a.m. – noon RRNC for spring amphibians. This Terrain: steep, muddy trails, American Woodcock Watch evening will include hiking and 2 miles Is it a Labrador twister, a Miled Walks: Towpath Trail Stage 3 caravanning. Bring a flashlight 440-473-3370 bogsucker, or a mudsnipe? Join Historical Interpreter Doug Kusak and your sense of adventure. Naturalist Patti Donnellan as mostly walks, but occasionally Discovery Day: Plant Dissection 6 – 8 p.m. SCR we search for the fascinating talks, in this walking series. Walking Discover the wonders of plant Look About Lodge bird known as the American new sections of Towpath Trail from life as we dissect and decorate in Terrain: mixed surface trails, woodcock. Witness the males Steelyard Commons to Literary/ this flora-focused program. Take caravanning, 2 miles performing their sky dancing University, we’ll briefly discuss the home a fun floral craft too! 440-473-3370 courtship displays in hopes to history of the area, planned trails, area 10:30 a.m. – noon WSC attract a mate. topography, industry and more. Age: adults, 9 years & over with 7 – 8:30 p.m. BCR Meeting location given following participating adult 25 • MONDAY Beyer’s Pond Trailhead registration. Register online or by phone Terrain: natural surface, 1 mile 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Off-site Spring Break Camp by March 20 440-887-1968 Terrain: paved, inclines, 5 miles At this five-day camp, explore the 440-887-1968 Register online or by phone Zoo to see how active our animals beginning February 20 are during spring and what we 28 • THURSDAY 216-206-1000 do to keep them comfortable 27 • WEDNESDAY year round. Camp includes small Cuyahoga Cabbage Patch Birds of the Lakefront Pioneer Living: Butter-making animal encounters, arts and crafts, Skunk cabbage are one of the The Cleveland Lakefront Nature Dairy farming was one of Ohio’s largest and conservation-themed games. earliest wildflowers to bloom Preserve is a well-known haven industries in the early to mid-1800s. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. CMZ in Cleveland Metroparks. Join for birds. Join Naturalist Jake Your child will learn what life would be (half-day option available) Naturalist Jake Kudrna on a Kudrna on a hike through this like on an 1800’s dairy farm, and then The RainForest hike through the woodlands of man-made oasis in search of we’ll make some butter for you to take Age: 5 – 10 years Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation in our feathered friends. Bring home. Fees: $175 member/$200 search of this remarkable plant. binoculars, some available to 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. BNC nonmember (half-day pricing 10 – 11:30 a.m. CWC borrow. Trailside Program Center available) Terrain: natural surface, hills, Terrain: natural surface, 2 miles Age: 8 – 12 years Register online 2 miles 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. LR Register by phone between March 1 – 22 Lakefront Administration Huntington by Boot 440-526-1012 Look About Littles Building parking lot From young maples to Young children will love exploring 216-206-1000 awakening meadows, to Spring Wreath nature during this six-week ancient hemlocks to a brisk Discovery Days: Hello Blackbird As the weather warms and the spring program. We’ll spend time inside coastline, the habitats Spring is here and so are the season starts, come join us to make and outdoors discovering the of Huntington Reservation are red-winged blackbirds. We will a beautiful spring wreath to liven up wonders of spring. This class very diverse. Hike the whole share discoveries, stories, singing your home. We’ll walk you through meets Mondays through May 6 reservation with Naturalist a song, and spending time the process and all the supplies will be (excluding April 22). Marty Calabrese in one winding outdoors. provided for you, just bring your sense 10 – 11:30 a.m. SCR route. 11 a.m. – noon CWC of creativity. Look About Lodge 10 – 11:30 a.m. HuR Age: 3 – 6 years with adult or 2 – 3 p.m. CWC Age: 3 – 5 years with adult Wolf Picnic Area in-home daycare provider Age: adults Fee: $50 Terrain: hills, may be muddy, Register online or by phone Fee: $18 Terrain: natural surface, 0.5 mile 2.5 miles 216-341-1707 Register online or by phone Register online 440-734-6660 beginning March 1 March 1 – 24 216-206-1000 440-473-3370 12 Emerald Necklace March 2019 MARCH PROGRAMS BY DATE Sylvan Stroll Sunday Morning Dog Walk 29 • FRIDAY 30 • SATURDAY Step back in time and take a We will walk on the Cleveland relaxing hike through a beech- Foundation Centennial Trail and Secret Salamanders Treasures of the Towpath maple climax forest to experience Towpath Trail in Cleveland. Learn Young children will love learning Join Naturalist Jenny McClain for a trek what Northeast Ohio looked like about the sights and sounds of more about the shy, secretive along the towpath in search of nesting hundreds of years ago. the city along the way. Walkers salamander. We will hear a story, eagles and owls, signs of 2 – 3 p.m. NCR without dogs are welcome. make a fun craft, and take a short activity, and more. Forest Picnic Area parking lot 10 a.m. – noon LR hike to our favorite salamander 9:30 – 11 a.m. BrR Terrain: natural surface, 1.5 miles Merwin’s Wharf parking lot spot to look for some of these Station Road Bridge parking lot 440-473-3370 Terrain: paved, grass, sidewalk, slippery creatures. Terrain: flat, 2 miles 3 miles 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. RRNC 440-526-1012 Hike the Mountain Bike Trail 216-206-1000 Age: 3 – 5 years with adult Join us as we hike the Mountain Explore Astorhurst Terrain: may be muddy, 0.5 mile Bike Trail in search of early spring The Secret Life of Salamanders (see 3/2 for details) Register online and some early wildflowers along Hike the Lagoon Trail to discover 10 a.m. – noon BeR March 1 – 25 the trail. the fascinating world of these 2 – 3:30 p.m. CWC sneaky amphibians during their Black Bears in Ohio Family Bike Ride in the Park Terrain: natural surface, may be breeding season. We’ll look at Black bears are not common Historical Interpreter Doug Kusak muddy, hills, 3 miles their ideal habitat in hopes of in our area but can cause leads an easy-going bike ride from catching a glimpse of a live excitement when they visit CanalWay Center to Harvard Road Tiger Tracks Overnight salamander. a neighborhood. Cleveland and back. It’s exercise, excitement and (see 3/1 for details) 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. RRR Metroparks Wildlife Ecologist Jon explanations as we wander where the 7 p.m. – 10 a.m. CMZ Lagoon Picnic Shelter Cepek will discuss bear biology, water winds in the Ohio & Erie Canal Terrain: wet, some obstacles, populations in Ohio, and why Reservation. Helmet required. Woodcock Walk 0.6 mile they occasionally roam through 10 a.m. – noon CWC Each spring the male woodcock 440-734-6660 our area. Terrain: paved, 2 hills, 6 miles begins a nightly performance of 7 – 8 p.m. BNC calls and aerial dances to attract a Women’s History: Sisters in Spirit Scouts BSA Merit Badge: Trailside Program Center mate. Join us as we listen for the Celebrate Women’s History Month Geology Part II ‘peents’ of this common but elusive with Historical Interpreter Jen Graham (see 3/30 for details) For Adults Only: Amphibians I bird and watch his “skydance.” Wear and learn how Haudenosaunee Noon – 4 p.m. WSC From metamorphosis to hiking footwear and dress for the () life and society influenced migration, amphibians are weather. Spring at the Lakefront the early U.S. women’s movement. amazing. This two-part program 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. CWC Let’s explore the Cleveland 11 a.m. – noon RRNC (part II on March 30) will dig Terrain: natural surface, less than Lakefront Nature Preserve deep into frog and salamander one mile and see what changes spring physiology and ecology, as well Spring Wildflower Walk When our winters are mild, the flowers Register online has brought. We will walk the as identification. The indoor lab beginning March 1 preserve searching for flora and session will be followed by a field tend to crop up early. Join us on a lovely stroll through the fauna. trip to vernal pools. For Adults Only: Amphibians II for a chance to see what might be 1 – 2 p.m. LR 7 – 9 p.m. WSC (see 3/29 for details) starting to bloom. Lakefront Administration Age: adults 8 – 10 p.m. BrR 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. BeR Building parking lot Fee: $10 (includes both parts and Terrain: wet, natural surface, up a field guide) Hemlock Creek Picnic Area Terrain: natural surface, flat, to 2 miles Register online or by phone 31 • SUNDAY 216-206-1000 by March 18 0.8 mile 440-887-1968 440-887-1968 Pollinator Plot Presentation Learn the benefits of planting Tiger Tracks Overnight Scouts BSA Merit Badge: Geology Part I native wildflowers in your flower (see 3/1 for details) gardens. Your local bees and 7 p.m. – 10 a.m. CMZ Join our certified merit badge counselors for an interactive program butterflies will thank you. 1 – 2:30 p.m. WSC Woodcock Watch to provide Scouts an opportunity to Fee: $10 includes wildflower Woodcocks are a secretive bird complete requirements 1-5 of this seeds and two field guides with a rather fantastic mating merit badge. Participants must attend Hawk & Songbird Survey (wildflowers and butterflies) display. Join Naturalist Natalie both parts (Part II on 3/31). Join Naturalist Jen Brumfield to Register online or by phone Schroder to learn about the Noon – 4 p.m. WSC survey migrating hawks, eagles, by March 21 special adaptations of this Fee: $10 (includes both parts) falcons, vultures and songbirds on 440-887-1968 mysterious bird and see their Register online or by phone the Lake Erie shoreling. Hundreds by March 22 to thousands of migratory birds use spectacular “sky dance.” Dog Walk 7:45 – 8:45 p.m. SCR 440-887-1968 the lakefront as a guide on their northern treks. Meet by the fishing Bring your four-legged friend Jackson Field parking lot for a hike on the Hemlock Loop Terrain: natural surface, up to April Fool’s Day Fun pier. Test your knowledge of animals 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. LR trail. Don’t forget a towel to wipe 1 mile those muddy paws. Walkers 440-473-3370 and plants on this silly and amusing Edgewater Park self-guided scavenger hunt through Terrain: Mostly flat, paved surface, without dogs welcome too. forest and prairie. Pick up your “I’m No 0.5 mile 1 – 2:30 p.m. BNC Fool!” guide at the nature center, then 440-734-6660 Terrain: hills, 2.5 miles head outside for some fun! 1 – 3 p.m. BNC Terrain: flat, 0.5 mile clevelandmetroparks.com 13 MARCH PROGRAMS BY DATE Early Spring Hike Women’s History and a Friday Fish Fries Join Naturalist Selby Majewski Cup of Tea to search for signs of spring on Enjoy a cup of hot tea and the rich Scenic Loop Trail. These wrap-up National Women’s Merwin’s Wharf deep woods are home to a wealth History Month with Historical Fridays beginning March 8 – April 19 from 4 p.m. – close. of wildflowers and amphibians Interpreter Karen Lakus. While 1785 Merwin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114 • 216-664-5696 which emerge this time of year. you sip, hear about some of the Reservations accepted when available. 1 – 2:30 p.m. NCR famous and infamous women Strawberry Pond parking lot who have called the Cleveland Fish Fry Special Menu: Terrain: steep, muddy trails, area home. Fried Haddock Dinner $15 – with French fries, coleslaw and hush stream crossings, 3 miles 3 – 4 p.m. CWC puppies, includes soft drink 440-473-3370 Age: adults, 10 years & over with Fried Goat Cheese $10 – served with tomato sauce adult Smoked Sandwich $12 – on sour dough with lettuce, tomato, From Bud to Bloom Register online or by phone cream cheese and pickled red onions Before wildflowers dot the forest beginning March 1 Crab Cake BLT Sliders $12 – vegetarian bacon, lettuce, tomato and crab floor, the flowers of trees provide 216-206-1000 cake on toasted slider bun the forest with pops of color, fresh Blackened Fish Dinner $16 – with asparagus and crystal citrus sauce scents and food for pollinators. Learning from the Coyote Full menu available in addition to these specials. Kids menu also available. Learn about the tree flowers that With April Fool’s Day are currently blooming and what approaching, learn the myths will bloom next. behind the trickster coyote. Join Scenic Valley Room at Emerald Necklace Marina 2 – 3 p.m. RRNC Naturalist Abby Costilow around Fridays beginning March 8 – April 12 from 5 – 8 p.m. Terrain: natural surfaces, mostly the outdoor hearth to hear flat, stairs native lore about our wonderful, 1500 Scenic Parkway, Lakewood, OH 44107 • 216-226-3030 x2 440-734-6660 wild coyote. Fish Fry Menu: 4:30 – 6 p.m. WCR Fried Dinner $15 Native Bee Tube Workshop Keystone Shelter Lemon Baked Cod Dinner $14 Our native bee population is a 440-887-1968 Cod & Shrimp Dinner $15 great source for pollination, and above includes French fries, coleslaw, hush puppies and soft drink you can easily help them out by Chicken Tender Dinner $8 – served with French fries and coleslaw setting up a nesting tube in your Pierogies $8 – six potato and cheese filled pierogies with caramelized yard! Learn about native bees and onions, sour cream and slaw build a bee tube to take home. First come first served. Kids menu also available. 3 – 4 p.m. BNC Trailside Program Center Age: adults Fee: $5 Register online between March 1 - 28 Cleveland Metroparks Cleveland Metroparks is committed to providing quality recreational opportunities to the people of Greater Golf Tees Off Cleveland. If you need special assistance to attend a program or visit a facility, please call ahead to the number listed for the event or see the directory provided on the back cover. You may also visit clevelandmetroparks.com.

LOOK AHEAD TO APRIL & MAY Big Met March means the return of golf! Fairview Park Party for the Planet Little Met There is a course for every golfer, Cleveland April 20 • 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. • Cleveland Metroparks Zoo whether it’s the championship layouts Manakiki Celebrate Earth Day at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. Learn how at Manakiki and Sleepy Hollow, or the Willoughby Hills you can help the planet, dance in our Earth Day Celebration sporting Par 3 at Hills. Mastick Woods Zone and create some earth-friendly crafts. Free with paid Zoo Cleveland admission. Earn rewards just for playing Seneca Cleveland Metroparks Golf Courses Broadview Heights Ottawa Overlook Beginner Backpacking Trip with Bonus Rounds. Earn $.20 for May 17 – 18 • 6 p.m. – 11 a.m. • Ottawa Point Picnic Area Shawnee Hills every $1.00 spent on greens fees. Sign Bedford Join us for an overnight focused on learning backpacking up today and receive a free round of skills at Cleveland Metroparks backcountry sites. Learn what Sleepy Hollow golf at clevelandmetroparks.com/golf. Brecksville to bring, how to pack a backpack, filter water, and cook different backcountry meals in less than 24 hours. Equipment is Washington Newburgh Heights provided.

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Cleveland Metroparks Outdoor Recreation offers a series of year-round programs from introductory Backpacking experiences and skills classes to advanced trips and certification courses. These class levels allow Learn the art of backpacking novices interested in an activity to gain the skills and knowledge to safely and confidently participate under the guidance of in these activities on their own while still challenging the avid recreationist. experienced backpackers through a series of classroom programs to multi-day trips BACKPACKING DAY DATES TIME PARK AGES FEE** where education and helping Backpacking Basics Thu. March 7 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. RRNC 14+* $13.00 you gain the skills to backpack on your own is the goal. (3 hr. sessions) Thu. April 4 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. BrR 14+* $13.00 Climbing Land Navigation 1 Sat. April 6 9 a.m. – noon NCR 14+* $15.00 Take your rock climbing skills Land Navigation 2 Sat. April 6 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. NCR 14+* $15.00 outside to natural rock through the principles of anchor building Tracy Ridge Backpacking Pre-Trip Tue. April 23 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. GPC 14+* $125.00 and add a few knots to your “tool Trip: May 3, 1 p.m. – May 5, 9 p.m. box.” Gourmet Backcountry Cooking Thu. May 2 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. NCR 14+* $15.00 Cross-Country Skiing Wrap-up the winter ski season Ottawa Overlook Backpacking Fri.–Sat. May 17 – 18 6 p.m. – 12 p.m. BrR 10+* $65.00 with a weekend trip to Western CLIMBING to enjoy the many miles of wooded trails. Ski during Rock Climbing: Anchor Building 1 Thu. April 11 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. CWC 14+* $20.00 the day and relax during the (3 hr. sessions) Thu. May 9 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. GPC 14+* $20.00 evenings in a warm, rustic cabin. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING Cycling Get prepared for your next trip Allegany State Park XC Ski Pre-Trip Tue. March 5 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. BeR 10+* $175.00 by bike. Learn the ins and outs Trip: March 8, 2 p.m. – 10, 7 p.m. –195.00 of bicycle touring or how to maintain your bike. CYCLING Fishing Bikepacking Wed. April 10 6:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. BrR 14+* $13.00 Discover the tranquility of fly Bicycle Maintenance 1 Wed. April 24 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. LR 14+* $13.00 fishing under the guidance of Jeff Liskay as you learn rigging, Bicycle Maintenance 2 Wed. May 1 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. LR 14+* $15.00 casting, and fly tying techniques. FISHING Kayaking Learn efficient strokes and rescue Fly Tying 2: Streamers Wed. March 27 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. LR 14+* $20.00 techniques that will prepare you Steelhead Fly Fishing Excursion Sun. April 28 7 a.m. – 1 p.m. RRNC 14+* $75.00 for paddling on longer trips or tours. Try-It: Fly Fishing (1 hr. sessions) Sun. May 5 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. RRR 10+* $5.00 Youth Adventure KAYAKING Backpacker Series Learn all about backpacking Kayaking 1: Basic Strokes Sun. March 3 9 a.m. – noon Off site 14+* $45.00 during this 4 session adventure (3 hr. sessions) Sun. March 17 9 a.m. – noon Off site 14+* $45.00 series that ends with an Sun. April 14 9 a.m. – noon Off site 14+* $45.00 overnight at the new Ottawa Overlook Backcountry Sites. Kayaking 2: Rescues Sun. March 31 9 a.m. – noon Off site 14+* $45.00 (3 hr. sessions) Sun. April 28 9 a.m. – noon Off site 14+* $45.00 Skills & Thrills Series Hear inspiring outdoor YOUTH adventures as well as learn new skills you can apply to your next Youth Adventure Backpacker Series Wed. Mar 13, 27 & 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. BrR 10 – 15 $95.00 adventure. Light appetizers (Must attend all 4 Sessions) April 10 provided. Overnight Dates: April 26 – 27 4 p.m. – 11 a.m. Adventure University & Gear RACES / TOURS / EVENTS Swap Listen to exhibitors, local Skills & Thrills Series Wed March 6, 20 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. LR All Ages $5.00 adventures, and certified Trail Magic Movie – Adventure Univ. Fri. March 22 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Off site All ages $10.00 professionals teach a new skill, and buy/sell gear for your next Adventure University & Gear Swap Sat. March 23 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Off site All ages Free trip during the gear swap. CERTIFICATIONS Wilderness First Aid This hands-on training course Wilderness First Aid (Two Days) Sat./Sun. April 6 – 7 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. BrR 16+* $215.00 will help you prepare for the unexpected in the backcountry. * Must have participating adult accompanying youth. **Fee includes all equipment needed to participate. Site abbreviations listed on page 2. clevelandmetroparks.com 15 4101 Fulton Parkway PRSRT STD Cleveland, Ohio 44144-1923 U.S. POSTAGE PAID DATED MATERIAL DO NOT DELAY Cleveland, Ohio Permit No. 2911

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