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Alder Trail at Goodyear Heights Metro Park
A black-capped chickadee sits on a branch.

Black-capped chickadees

(Black-capped chickadee photo by volunteer Debbie DiCarlo)Janean Kazimir, Interpretive NaturalistHow do black-capped chickadees survive frigid Northeast Ohio winters? Despite . . .
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A Summit Metro Parks ranger vehicle.

Rangers achieve state certification in community policing

Summit Metro Parks rangers have achieved state certification in community policing from the Ohio Collaborative Community-Police Relations Board.The . . .
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A group of kids and young adults sit around a u-shaped table inside the pop-up nature center at Summit Lake.

Pop-up nature center at Summit Lake wins top Ohio award

Summit Metro Parks has won first place in the 2017 Ohio Parks & Recreation Association’s awards of excellence . . .
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A volunteer pulls back a large slingshot preparing to launch tree nuts into the park while a group of volunteers watches.

Thousands of nuts planted as volunteers transform area

Volunteers have fun launching nuts from a sling shot at the former Valley View Golf Club (photo by . . .
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A rendering of the new Shady Hollow Lodge.

District rebuilding Shady Hollow Lodge; Foundation announces fundraising campaign

The new Shady Hollow Lodge is taking shape in the woods of Akron’s Sand Run Metro Park, and . . .
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