Beyond the beauty of towering trees and colorful wildflowers, forests in Ohio are showcases for mushrooms of all kinds. Board member Joe Brehm recently trekked through Tucker Run Preserve, and reports that the fungi display was absolutely stunning, especially in the mature oak-beech woods. He snapped some photos of these mushrooms, from the Bolete, Amanita,…

A big part of Athens Conservancy’s nature preservation efforts is knowing what lives in the preserves. You can help explore the trees, shrubs, flowers, ferns, mushrooms, lichens, mosses, insects, spiders, salamanders, even birds and mammals that call these preserves their home! The Conservancy and the Athens Nature Center initiative have built a dedicated iNaturalist project…

Athens Conservancy keeps growing, and adding to the beautiful, natural spaces protected in and around Athens county. Our two newest preserves, the neighborhood Peach Preserve and the forested Deep Hollow – Dark Skies Preserve, add about 114 acres to our public lands. Nestled in Athens’ Northpoint neighborhood, Peach Preserve consists of a wooded 3.7 acres,…