When you visit the Metroparks, you expect to see lots of wildlife, but a new conservation method is “steering” the natural habitats in a healthier direction.
What does it take to run the Metroparks? There are groundskeepers, park rangers, and so many more people who work behind the scenes. Metroparks Toledo is teaching students about all those jobs and paying them in the process.
Leaders with Metroparks Toledo are always looking for ways to get you outside and into nature. This summer, they’re offering a way to do that with a musical twist.
One of our Metroparks is getting bigger and better! Work has already been underway for a couple years, and we don't have much longer to wait to get out on the new trails at Howard Marsh.
Summer weather is certainly here, and that means summer activities are in full swing. But with all of that comes the concern for safety, especially on the water.
You might have seen his photos on the Metroparks Toledo Facebook page. Art Weber has spent half a century serving the Toledo area, and says he has no plans to slow down.
You may be finding every reason to stay inside right now. But some are getting out into our Metroparks to take in the sights and sounds that many people drive across the country to see and hear.
Northwest Ohio is packed with history. And that includes the first park in the Metroparks Toledo system. It offers 90 years of history, but also has some new features.
Howard Marsh Metropark's 750 acres of wetland restoration was already the largest such project in a 22-state area when it was opened to the public 3 years ago... and now, it's time for Phase 2.
The Metroparks contain nearly 200 miles of trails to explore -- over 70 miles of which wind through the forests of Oak Openings Preserve. It’s the perfect backdrop to start your personal Trail Challenge.
It’s been a Toledo tradition for two decades. Jazz in the Garden, like everything else, was virtual last year. But starting next week, it's back, and bigger than ever for 2021!
The Metroparks always offer a full slate of weekend activities -- and this holiday weekend, that includes casting lines along the mighty Maumee and stargazing at Secor.
It hasn’t exactly been fun in the sun for much of this last full week of May, but the Metroparks are gearing up for a full slate of summer programs and activities -- rain or shine -- starting this holiday weekend.
Secor Metropark's inclusive playground is full of interactive elements -- from colorful sunbeams shining on the "fall-friendly" soft ground, to nature sounds and music notes on command.
Oak Openings Preserve is one venue of several for “Blue Week” -- a full slate of virtual and in-person nature programs, so named for blue herons, bluebirds and the like emerging for spring.
The air is filled with chirps, tweets and honks at this second-largest Metropark, which is good news for reversing an alarming trend of disappearing birds and wetland.
