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Newsletters
Recent News Nearly 40 hikers joined Park District staff and local historian David Greer on our annual fall leaf color hike. The "Devil's Backbone" area, which overlooks the Mohican River, was visited, thanks to private landowner Phil Chase allowing us to access this spectaular property. Thanks also to Mike & Edwina Orban for providing the photos below.
View photos of some of our four-legged participants in the recent "Walk for Animals," which benefitted the Knox Humane Society. Approximately $1,800 was raised for the Society, and the event was held at "Wolf" Run Regional Park.... naturally. ... Good News: The Knox County Commissioners were awarded a $1.7 million grant to construct a tunnel under US26/SR3 east of Centerburg as part of the Heart of Ohio Trail. Asphalt paving will be applied to the trail surface from Bishop to Updike Road. The sixteen mile Heart of Ohio Trail is cleared, and bridges will be upgraded along the trail in early 2008. Congratulations to the Knox Board of County Commissioners for their efforts to make the trail a reality! Check out the Family Regatta youth fishing event sponsored by Kiwanis, Rotary, Division of Wildlife and Knox County Park District Check out the Rotarians' construction of the Big Run Road Canoe Access Picnic Shelter Check out the Ohio to Erie Trail Team 300 mile bike trek event in Mount Vernon. Download the Knox County Birding Trail publication (PDF), your quide to the best public birding sites in Knox County. Download our new series of fact sheets on gardening (PDF): Deer Resistant Plants; Gardening for Butterflies; Gardening for Hummingbirds; Ohio & Midwest Native Plants. OR, visit a local garden store in Knox County to obtain copies, compliments of the Park District. Interested in learning more about the organizations that keep Knox County green or provide recreational access? Download the Green Gazette, an annual publication of the Park District with contact names, web addresses and activities undertaken by the various groups. Newsletter Subscription To receive our monthly newsletter via email, please complete and submit the following form. You will receive an email confirming your subscription. |
