FLOW Events Canceled through April 9th
Dear FLOW Volunteers and Members, Due to the recommendations of the Governor and and the CDC we will be canceling or rescheduling all upcoming events through April 9th. We will re-assess at that time for later events. Please stay tuned for updates and in the meantime...
March Volunteer of the Month: Paul Miller
Paul Miller is our volunteer of the month for March! Paul has been a consistent volunteer with FLOW for over a year and is known as our “Chainsaw Guy”. Paul is chainsaw certified and has been integral in our honeysuckle and invasive species removal throughout the...
February Volunteer of the Month: Monica Backs
Monica Backs is our volunteer of the month for February! Monica got involved with FLOW during a FLOW sponsored capstone project at OSU! She is the lead for our Carmack Woods restoration. Carmack Woods is a forested wetland located between Carmack Lots 5 and 6 on Ohio...
January Volunteer of the Month: Alex Roller-Knapp
ALEX ROLLER-KNAPP Alex Roller-Knapp is our January Volunteer of the month! Alex is an avid volunteer with FLOW, spearheading our Macrofest and Earth Day River clean ups. He volunteers with FLOW because he finds it “very rewarding to see water quality improvements made...
Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed (FLOW)Education and Outreach: Heather Robinson, Environmental Crimes
Monday, November 11, 2019 at 6 PM – 7 PM Columbus Metropolitan Library - Whetstone Branch 3909 N High St, Columbus, Ohio 43214 Heather Robinson is the Director of the Environmental Crimes Unit of the Franklin County Prosecuting...
Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed presents: BluePrint-Clintonville Rain Gardens: Impacts on Storm Water and Habitat, by Dr. Jay Martin
Please join FLOW for this presentation by Ohio State University Professor of Ecological Engineering, Dr. Jay Martin, on Thursday September 26th from 6 - 7 pm. This presentation will take place in the Whetstone Library Conference Room. After Dr. Martin’s...
Tree Cover in Columbus
Powtoon - 5 Ways Urban Trees Benefit Columbus Credits: Video by Hilary Hirtle and used with permission.
On the Hunt for Conservation Easements: Past, Present, and Future
A major goal of FLOW’s Lower Olentangy Greenspace Plan project was to inventory and map existing green and open spaces within the Lower Olentangy Watershed. This not only includes the obvious suspects such as parks, but also more obscure parcels such as conservation...
How to Plant a Tree, and Why
*Article and Photos by Adrien DeLapp October 2018, FLOW planted more than 100 trees between a variety of schools, including Gables, Maize, and Salem Elementary as well as Hamilton Stem Academy. Against all odds (cold, rain, and mud) these tree plantings were a...
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