Newsletters and Studies

2022 Monthly Email Newsletters – timely info on upcoming events, and photos and news from the previous month. Most recent newsletters are at the top of the list.

January 2023 (revised)
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Bi-annual Newsletters – in depth articles

Highlights listed below links; most recent at the top of the list

• Spring 2022 (PDF)
  Native plants – for the birds, bees and butterflies!
  Spotlight on Super Stars – Cory Richmond
  2021 Annual Report celebrates FLOW’s 25th year
  There’s no “off-season” for cleanups!
  FSWCD presents Blue Heron Awards
  CONNECT WITH FLOW
• Fall 2021 (PDF)
  Pedestrian bridge over Slyh Run has been completed!
  Spotlight on Super Stars Shelly Douglas and Maggie Potter
  Olentangy Collaborative Project 2021
  Everything is Connected (new video featuring FLOW)
  FLOW by the Numbers (2020-2021 report)
  Fall Conservation Tips
• Spring 2021 (PDF)
  Village at Willow Brook Stream Habitat Restoration
  FLOW Volunteers of the Season: Zach Fisher and Samir Jain
• Fall 2020 (PDF)
  Preserving the Sawmill Wetlands Educational Area
  FLOW 2020 Recap
  Education and Outreach Working to Meet the Needs of Families During At-Home Learning
  COVID and FLOW
  FLOW Autumn 2020 Vollunteer: Lindalee Brownstein
• Spring 2020 (PDF)
  A Partnership that Works
  FLOW Native Tree Nursery
  Revised Watershed Action Plan Expected This Summer
• Fall 2019 (PDF)
  Greenspace Planning Tool Ready
  Winning the Invasives War at Perry and Snouffer Parks
  Blue Heron Award
  One Little Thing (packaging waste)
• Spring 2019 (PDF)
  From Pavement to Green Space: Hamilton STEM Academy
  Tackling Olentangy Trail Flooding
  Kempton Run’s New Habitat
  One Little Thing (leave dried plants standing)
• Fall 2018 (PDF)
  The Future of Olentangy Watershed Greenspace
  Restoring Slyh Run
  Anheuser-Busch’s Landscaping Makeover
  One Little Thing (raking leaves)
• Spring 2018 (PDF)
  Saving Carmack Woods
  Rush Run: A Gem in the Rough
  One Little Thing (plastic straws)
• Fall 2017 (PDF)
  20 Years of Progress
  Webster Park
  Greenspace Planning Grant
  Beauty and the Butterflies
• Spring 2017 (PDF)
  Pollinator Pathways
  Recycling Survey
  Why Trees Matter
  Blueprint Columbus
  Stream Quality Monitoring
• Fall 2016 (PDF)
  Anheuser Busch’s Vision for Rush Run
  Calling all Wet Basements
  Chemical Abstracts Riverbank Upgrade
  Back to School River Cleanup
  Measuring Stream Health
  Coffee Pods made Useful
  On the Slyh
• Spring 2016 (PDF)
  Love your Urban Trees
  When Plants Go Bad
  Going Batty
  Life Cycle of a Cigarette Butt
  Rain Gardens
• Fall 2015 (PDF)
  Shady Doings in Linden
  Small Beads, Big Trouble
  Healthy Ponds Ahead
  Anheuser-Busch River Cleanup
  Taking PRIDE in our River
  My Favorite River Spot
  Our Volunteers: Changing the Watershed
• Spring 2015 (PDF)
  A Fund for FLOW’s Future
  Coming Attractions
  Solving the Plastic Bags Dilemma
  The Transformation of Clinton-Como Park
  My Favorite River Spot
  Linden to Become Leafier
  Trees for Mom…or for Others
• Summer 2014 (PDF)
  Adopt your Pond for a Cleaner Olentangy River
  Big Spring Tree Planting at Ohio School for the Deaf
  5th Ave. Dam Removal – a New Beginning
  New Butterfly Gardens at Worthington Hills and Clinton Como Park
  Urban Rainscapes!
• Fall 2013 (PDF)
  Olentangy River Water Trail to Make a Splash this Fall
  Sustainable Stormwater Management Comes to Weiland Park
  Olentangy River Restoration Continues
  Worthington Canoe Access Invites Paddlers to the Olentangy
• Spring 2013 (PDF)
  Olentangy Urban Rainscapes Incorporates New Infrastructure
  Olentangy River Restoration Progress Update
• Spring 2012 (PDF)
  Liberty Park Tackles Restoration of Wildcat Run
  Local Golf Courses Join An Exciting Partnership
  FLOW Seeks Help Collecting Discarded Plastic Bottles
  
• Winter 2012 (PDF)
  FLOW and City of Columbus Launch 2011 Honeysuckle Removal Program in City Parks
  A Special Thank You!
  
• Spring 2011 (PDF)
  The MONITOR Program Monitoring, Observing and Naming Impacted Tributaries
  Tributaries of the Lower Olentangy River in Delaware County
  Table 1: 2009-2010 QHEI and HHEI results
  Thanks to Volunteers, Tree Plantings a Great Success
  MONITOR Report Forthcoming
  Stream Naming
  
• Winter 2011 (PDF)
  Supporting FLOW’s Education and Protection Efforts
  Adopt an Area Volunteer Groups
  “Soaking It In” Dedication Ceremony
  
• Fall 2010 (PDF)
  Honda Rain Garden
  Liberty Township Park Restoration
  MONITOR update
  Rich Wissler: Loss of a Valued Friend
  
• Summer – Fall 2010 (PDF)
  Riffle, Pool and Run
  Tributary Naming Project Update
  FLOW Intern Works on Stream Naming Project And Learns About Watersheds
  Rain Barrel Pilot Project Update
  
• Spring – Summer 2010 (PDF)
  “When I First Hopped into the River”– A Volunteer Profile
  
• Winter 2010 (PDF)
  Looking Back on 2009 and Ahead to 2010
  Adopt-An-Area of the Olentangy
  Backyard Conservation and Rain Barrel Classes
  Columbus Water Trail on the Olentangy
  Watershed Action Plan
• Fall 2009 (PDF)
  Volunteers Graduate from Watershed 101
  Update on Clintonville Rain Garden Project
  Water Trail Kiosks
  
• Summer 2009 (PDF)
  Adopt-an-Area Volunteers Make a Difference
  Healthy Yards, Healthy Streams
  Rain Barrel Workshops
  Contributors Needed for Watershed Wiki
• Spring 2009 (PDF)
  FLOW Wins National Grant Competition
  Healthy Streams, Healthy Yards
  Watershed Feature: Whetstone Prairie
  
• Winter 2009 (PDF)
  Vernal Pools
  New MONITOR Program
  Water Trail Updates
  FLOW: The Film
  Adopt-An-Area of the Olentangy
  
• Fall 2008 (PDF)
  Fifth Avenue Dam Update
  Stopping Sewer Overflows
  Porous Pavement for Cleaner Rivers
  
• Spring 2008 (PDF)
  Olentangy Water Trail in Columbus
  Invasive Plant Profi le: Garlic Mustard
  Rain Barrel Cost Share Program 2008
  
• Winter 2007 (PDF)
  Update on Rush Run Riparian Restoration Project at Park Blvd. Park
  Writing the Olentangy
• Fall 2007 (PDF)
  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Recommends Removal of the Fifth Avenue Dam
  Rain Barrels: Sold Out
  A “New” Newsletter and Changes to the Monthly Meeting Schedule
  Watershed Arts Project
• Spring/Summer 2007 (PDF)
  FLOW celebrates 10 years of Service
  The Ohio Breeding Birds Atlas II
  Rush Run Restoration Project
  Know your streams: Ackerman Run
  Stream Naming Conventions
  Rain Barrel Cost Share Program 2007
  Look DEEP!
  Community Radio
• Fall 2006 Three-Petal Conservation Letter