Fairfield County Park District is constantly battling to maintain desirable native plants in our parks. Both in pollinator gardens and off-trail throughout the parks we could use help maintaining native species. Native plants provide provide year-round benefits such as habitat and food for animals. Sign up to help maintain gardens, the forest landscapes, or both!
Potential activities may include, but are not limited to:
There are no qualifications necessary to become an FCPD Natural Resource Volunteer aside from possessing a great attitude, passion for the outdoors, and a willingness to get down and dirty outside. Training on plant ID will be provided to interested volunteers. Volunteers may be exposed to inclement weather, biting insects, noxious plants, and other risks associated with being in an outdoor setting.
All Fairfield County Park District volunteers are subject to a background check prior to
beginning volunteer activities. Reach out to volunteer@fairfieldcountyparks.org with questions or to find the application visit https://www.fairfieldcountyparks.org/get-involved/volunteer/!
9270 Pickerington Rd, Pickerington, OH 43147, US
The purpose of Fairfield County Park District (Fairfield County Parks) is "to protect and conserve natural and historical features of Fairfield County and inspire outdoor exploration".
Founded in 1981, Fairfield County Park District now operates more than 1,177 acres of natural areas and open spaces for education, recreation and conservation, and preserves and maintains many historical features.
Fairfield County Park District is a separate political subdivision of the State of Ohio organized under Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 1545, to "acquire lands either within or without the park district for conversion into forest reserves and for the conservation of the natural resources of the state, including streams, lakes, submerged lands, and swamplands, and to those ends may create parks, parkways, forest reservations, and other reservations and afforest, develop, improve, protect, and promote the use of the same in such manner as the board deems conducive to the general welfare." (1545.11)
5531 Cincinnati-Zanesville Rd NE (US-22)Lancaster, OH 43130
August 28, 2024
