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Fall Stewardship Challenge Volunteer: Riparian Planting- Sugar Creek
Oct 31, 2025 12:00PM
The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689
RegisterLet’s get spooky this Halloween—with some trees! Along the banks of Sugar Creek, we’ll plant a diverse mix of native trees and shrubs to strengthen the riparian buffer—a natural zone that protects the creek and its wildlife. These plantings will stabilize the upper bank, filter surface runoff before it reaches the water, and provide cooling…
View MoreFall Stewardship Challenge Volunteer: Old Homesite Trash Clean-Up
Oct 24, 2025 10:00AM
The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689
RegisterA collapsed barn and the remains of an abandoned home sit at the heart of this site—surrounded by decades of accumulated waste. Rusting metal, broken glass, plastics, and hazardous debris have been leaching into the soil and waterways, posing ongoing risks to both people and wildlife. This cleanup will tackle it all—removing the deteriorating structures…
View MoreFall Stewardship Challenge Volunteer: Invasive Shrub Removal
Oct 17, 2025 12:00PM
Brewster Wetland , OH
RegisterTackle the toughest invaders in one of our most diverse habitats. This project focuses on removing large invasive shrubs—primarily bush honeysuckle and autumn olive—from an upland area bordering the Brewster wetland complex. By cutting and hauling brush to designated piles, we’ll open the canopy, improve light availability, and give native understory plants the space they…
View MoreFall Stewardship Challenge Volunteer: Native Seed Collection
Oct 10, 2025 12:00PM
The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689
RegisterStep into the heart of TWC’s prairies and meadows to gather the seasons ripe native seeds ready to bring new life to restoration projects. This year’s bounty of seeds will be used to establish the future prairie at Murray Preserve, ensuring plants are adapted to our local climate and soils. By sourcing local ecotypes, we…
View MoreFall Stewardship Challenge Volunteer: Old Field Prairie Restoration
Oct 03, 2025 12:00PM
Murray Preserve, Glenmont, OH 44628
RegisterBe among the first to explore The Wilderness Center’s newest preserve while helping prepare a fallow field for its transformation into a thriving native prairie. This workday focuses on maintaining burn breaks, clearing encroaching woody vegetation, and creating snags—standing deadwood that provides vital perches for birds and habitat for insects. These efforts are the first…
View MoreExclusive Members Only Guided Hike: Explore Hall Woods
Sep 26, 2025 10:00AM—12:00PM
Hall Woods 76083 Paisley Rd Freeport, OH 43973
RegisterJoin us for a unique opportunity to explore Hall Woods, a TWC-protected natural area in southern Tuscarawas and northern Guernsey Counties. This exclusive guided hike, open only to TWC members, offers a chance to experience one of the Western Allegheny Plateau's significant ecological sites. What You'll Experience: Forest Exploration: Hike through Hall Woods' hilly, forested…
View MoreFall Stewardship Challenge Volunteer: Beaver Dam Analog Installation
Sep 26, 2025 12:00PM
The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689
RegisterHelp bring back the natural engineering power of beavers—without the beavers. In this hands-on restoration project, we’ll install a Beaver Dam Analog (BDA) downstream of the Fox Creek culvert. This simple, low-tech structure mimics a natural beaver dam, slowing water, raising stream levels, and reconnecting upstream and downstream habitats. By restoring natural flow patterns, BDAs…
View MoreFall Stewardship Challenge Volunteer: Pioneer Farm Dump Clean-Up
Sep 19, 2025 10:00AM
The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689
RegisterStep back in time and roll up your sleeves for a day of fun at one of our region’s historic farms dating back to well over 100 years ago. Decades ago, a section of creek here became a convenient—but damaging—dumpsite. Today, it’s littered with old oil drums, rusted metal, broken glass, plastic, and other debris…
View MoreFox Creek Clean-Up (Part 2): Invasive Shrub Removal
Aug 08, 2025 12:00PM—3:00PM
The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689
RegisterThis is a two-part volunteer restoration effort we're running this summer to continue improving conditions at Fox Creek. Last year, we did a clean-up as part of the Fall Stewardship Challenge, but the stream continues to collect new debris and invasive plants limit the amount of native shrubs that can grow. Part 1 (July 25) is focused…
View MoreFox Creek Clean-Up (Part 1): Trash Clean-Up
Jul 25, 2025 12:00PM—3:00PM
The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689
RegisterThis is a two-part volunteer restoration effort we're running this summer to continue improving conditions at Fox Creek. Last year, we did a clean-up as part of the Fall Stewardship Challenge, but the stream continues to collect new debris and invasive plants limit the amount of native shrubs that can grow. Part 1 (July 25) is focused…
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