Current Research Projects

Frohring Meadows Bird List | Swine Creek Dragonfly Survey | Swine Creek Butterfly Survey

Brook Trout

The Story of the Brook Trout | Brook Trout Status & Threats Brochure | Conserving the Brook Trout Brochure | Brook Trout Podcast

Along with The Ohio Division of Wildlife and the Ohio EPA, Geauga Park District’s Department of Natural Resource Management is currently involved in a brook trout research effort that’s goal is to develop a regional (Ohio) Habitat Suitability Index (HSI).

HSI’s are basically an assortment of criteria related to a species and its habitat requirements that allow fisheries biologists to better predict the probability of success or failure of that species in a given habitat.

To date, we have collected both physical and chemical data on 16 brook trout streams and are now analyzing these data. Stay tuned for more research information….

Research Grants

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Past Grants

2007 Preferred Habitats of Marbled Salamander
2007 Effects of Metals and High Water Hardness at Higher pHs on Rana sylvatica and Ambystomg jeffersonianum

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Research Summaries

2008 Burton Christmas Bird Count | 2008 Great Backyard Bird Count - The West Woods Nature Center
2008 Great Backyard Bird Count Big Creek Park - Meyer Center

BioBlitz

2006 Results | 2007 Results | 2008 Results | 2009 Results

What is a BioBlitz? A BioBlitz is an attempted inventory of all living organisms in a given area during a given amount of time (usually 24 hours).

The number of different organisms discovered helps to document the amount of biodiversity within an area.

BioBlitzes also raise public awareness about the large variety of life that can exist in a small area, as well as excite volunteers in collecting the data.

Geauga Park District invites local academia and scientists to participate in the collection of biological data. Geauga Park District uses the data collected during a Bioblitz to help shape our management plans for that park, so that the integrity of sensitive areas and species are not compromised in the future.

Suffice to say, a BioBlitz is a valuable tool! Geauga Park District conducted its first BioBlitz in 2003 and has held one every year since then.

Photos from BioBlitz 2009