Learn more about birds in Northeast Ohio and join NestWatch

Are you interested in learning more about birds in Northeast Ohio, getting outside, and maybe even benefiting bird conservation and science in the process? Consider joining NestWatch, a program of Cornell’s department of Ornithology that allows you to become a Citizen Scientist and monitor nesting birds.

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Celebrate Lobo Week with Cleveland Metroparks Zoo March 23-30!

Help Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and the Wolf Conservation Center celebrate Lobo Week March 23-30. What's Lobo Week? Read on...

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Announcing the 2013 Africa and Asia Seed Grant Recipients!

Each year Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, with support from the Cleveland Zoological Society, chooses several individuals or organizations to receive seed grants ranging from $1,000-$3,500 for conservation and research projects. These projects support wildlife and their habitats, or they help fund educational and cultural activities that involve and beneficially impact wildlife and wild places.

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Conservation update from Cameroon - Africa Ape Veterinary Outreach

Join Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's Dr. Pam Dennis on her trip to Cameroon for the Great Ape Heart Project!

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America Recycles Day - Rain Barrel Workshop

Join Cleveland Metroparks Zoo this Saturday, November 10 from 2-3:30 p.m. for a Rain Barrel Workshop. Part of Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's America Recycles Day, this workshop teaches you how to learn to harvest rainwater for all your garden needs and to combat storm water pollution in your community!

Bring your recyclables to the Zoo on Saturday, November 10 and receive one free admission with the purchase of one regular admission.

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Celebrating Loris Awareness Week, September 16-22

Celebrate Loris Awareness Week with Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and our conservation partner the Little Fireface Project . Click here for fun loris activities for kids and to find out more about what you can do!

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The Amazing Monarch Migration

Have you noticed any orange butterflies floating through the air recently? Maybe you've seen them in your backyard, walking through Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and Cleveland Metroparks reservations or catching air currents over the road?

If so, you might have seen a monarch butterfly preparing for one of the most astounding migrations on the planet - one that is longer than any other butterfly in the world and is over 1,000 miles!

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and Cleveland Metroparks are home to nine certified Monarch WayStations which provide needed habitat for butterflies. Find one in your neighborhood by searching the MonarchWatch Registry and learn how to create your own!

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Build and Float Your Plastic Boat at The 4th Annual Great Lake Erie Boat Float

Recent reports tell of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch located in the Pacific Ocean, but we don't have to go to the ocean to see the impact of plastic on our environment. Trash on the beach originates from your own front yard and travels down the storm drains when it rains eventually to end up on the beach or the waterways. You can make a difference by picking up the trash in your own front yard!

The beaches on our own Lake Erie tell a similar story.Join us this year at The 4th Annual Great Lake Erie Boat Float with your own plastic boat to help raise awareness about the impact of plastic on our environment!

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18th annual Big Creek Clean-Up

Join Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and Friends of Big Creek volunteers at the Zoo's 18th annual Big Creek Clean-up event Tuesday, August 14th from 5-8:30 p.m.

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Join the UltraWalk or the UltraBird to Support Local Birds!

Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society
6th annual 31-Mile Ultrawalk
Saturday, May 26, 2012, 6 a.m. -5:30 p.m.
Buzzard's Roost in Hinckley Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks is the starting point for the 6th annual 31-mile Ultrawalk. Stan Searles, Tom Romito and several other walkers will step off at 6 a.m. Buzzard's Roost is located at the corner of State Road and West Drive in Hinckley Reservation in Hinckley Township, Ohio. Take I-71 to Route 303. Go east on Route 303. Turn south (right) on State Rd. Watch for West Drive on the right. Turn right on West Drive and follow to Buzzard's Roost. Area map is at: http://www.wcasohio.org/UltraBird-Hinckey.htm

Registration is still open for 31-mile walkers, and for 5-mile walkers who will join in at about 3:30 p.m. by the Metroparks Ranger Headquarters and Park Operations. The Ranger Headquarters is on Valley Parkway at Wooster Road, opposite Big Met Golf Course. The walk will finish at the Emerald Necklace Marina, at around 5:30 p.m.

Registration forms for walkers are at: http://www.wcasohio.org/PDF%20files/UltraWalk_Registration_Pledge_2012.pdf

Support the walkers with a pledge:
http://www.wcasohio.org/PDF%20files/Donation_Form-2012.pdf

Or just for fun, cheer the walkers on at the start or finish of the walk!
Directions to Buzzard's Roost are above. Emerald Necklace Marina is located at the north end of Valley Parkway in Lakewood, Ohio.

Rather be birding?
The Three Day Ultrabird Field Trip is for you. Join Mary Anne Romito on one day or on all three, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 24, 25, and 26, 2012. Take pledges or just come birding. See:
http://www.wcasohio.org/Field_Trips.htm#Western_Cuyahoga_Audubon_Society

Ultrawalk and Ultrabird funds will support publication of the final report of the five-year forest breeding bird survey conducted 2006-2010 in the Rocky River Important Bird Area. Funds will also support ongoing bird surveys in the Rocky River IBA. IBA's (Important Bird Areas) are tracts of land that the National Audubon Society has determined are crucial to the existence of birds and other wildlife. Western Cuyahoga Audubon has adopted the Rocky River Important Bird Area, comprising the East Branch of the Rocky River, from Hinckley to North Olmsted, and north to Lake Erie.