Black Swamp Conservancy is an accredited land trust serving northwest Ohio and the Western Lake …

Black Swamp Conservancy is a land trust dedicated to protecting natural areas and family farms …

Black Swamp Conservancy is an accredited land trust serving northwest Ohio and the Western Lake …

One of the responsibilities of the Conservancy is to maintain the properties under our protection …

Mud-thick boots, cold farmers, an adze chopping holes for tiny trees in a huge field. …

Meridith Beck loved her lakeside community of Port Clinton and protected it with passion and …

Black Swamp Conservancy and Scouting make natural partners. We both value good citizenship, enjoy spending …

The story of how a couple hundred acres on the Little Auglaize River came to …

What was once a small eight-acre hayfield is a newly restored wetland tucked away in …

Students at Otsego Schools used to look out their classroom windows and see a bean …

The Black Swamp Conservancy (the “Conservancy”) is soliciting proposals for a Contractor to conduct a …

Don’t Forget the Conservancy in Your End-of-Year Giving Plans As a part of the Black …

Black Swamp Conservancy works locally. Our mission is here in northwest Ohio … day-to-day our …

The Black Swamp Conservancy (the “Conservancy”) is soliciting proposals for a Contractor to manage and …

Back by popular demand, the Black Swamp Conservancy is thrilled to announce the return of …

With the arrival of spring, our corner of the world transforms into a hub of …

One reason for the Conservancy’s success in preserving land is strong partnerships. We work closely …

Nestled at the northeastern tip of Middle Bass Island, just a stone’s throw away from …

Are you someone who enjoys exploring the outdoors and observing the beauty of nature? Are …

The Black Swamp Conservancy (the “Conservancy”) is soliciting proposals for a Contractor to conduct a …

In Paulding County, the upper Maumee River is a ribbon that unrolls in lazy loops …

The Black Swamp Conservancy is lucky to have a web of regular volunteers, supporters, and …

Students in Otsego are growing their own outdoor classroom on a former farm field adjacent …

A big planting day is a day of rebirth. When we’re ready to plant, we’ve …

“The main character is the land,” said filmmaker Christy Frank talking about the documentary she …

The Greater Toledo Community Foundation helped the Conservancy throw a spring party at our homestead …

Hopeful commercial and real estate developers used to call Jane and Tom Schetter regularly, asking …

A few things are hard to find in northwest Ohio, a good ski slope, and …

One of the first cheery bursts of color in early spring are also helpful, friendly …

The Conservancy’s Herp-Cam has been renewed for a second season! Last year Black Swamp Conservancy …

No one is more connected to or appreciative of the land than the families who …

Ghosts of the Great Black Swamp are still alive in a small hayfield in Paulding …

A big new classroom is being developed at Otsego Schools. It leaks a bit and …

Imagine that you have 650,000 needles in a haystack. In that pile are some great …

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources included an update about our H2Ohio Huddle Project in …

Inside a deep and playful curl in the Sandusky River north of Fremont are about …

Even before the restoration is complete, wildlife is finding a home in the new wetlands …

Our local wild places are a gift to all of us. Everything we do as …

Once a farm, then a campground, and now a quiet lakeside park, the Dr. Robert …

For more than 25 years, a variety of caretakers have slowly and lovingly worked to …

With new housing creeping toward what remains of the marshy shorelines and interior woods in …

Our Maumee River starts small and slow, snaking through nearly flat land, coming north and …

Wading through tall ripe grasses and fading wildflowers is a lovely way to spend a …

In Ottawa County, there is a jewel of marshland in private hands that is protected …

There’s a hidden wonderland in Paulding County, Ohio where pheasants nest, chorus frogs sing and …

This relic wetland bench within the restoration area will be enhanced and expanded through this project.

So Wild a Place was our first big public event in a few years, and …

Historical accounts of swamps are rarely kind. Their still waters were a breeding ground for …

We had a great turnout for our first nature walk of the season with more …

Frogs are great at letting you know where they are by emitting their species-specific calls …

Storytelling is an ageless joy that keeps getting better. At several Black Swamp Conservancy-protected properties, …

Thirty-five acres of mostly flood-prone farmland along the Maumee River near the North Turkeyfoot Wildlife …

Those who have joined us for wildflower walks through Bell Woods know just what an …

Nature and time do most of the work on a restoration project. The staff of …

The Black Swamp Conservancy is excited to share that our status as an accredited land …

The Toussaint Shooting Club features 1,100+ acres of coastal marshland wrapped in more than a …

Any walk through a lush prairie garden opens the imagination and creates a sense of …

A new, large restoration initiative on a major tributary of the Sandusky River will soon …

The Conservancy’s newest conservation project will protect a parcel of land that was threatened by …

As stewards for more than 150 properties totaling nearly 20,000 acres, our staff and dedicated …

Rob Krain, executive director of the Black Swamp Conservancy, has been appointed to a four-year …

A new tool that uses technology most people have in their pocket allows private citizens …

Native plants thrive and pollinators flutter on two new two-story murals in urban Toledo. Both …

This spring and summer, we’re putting final touches on four landscape-scale restoration projects and beginning …

Exploring the newest and largest Conservancy project, it’s easy to imagine Ohio’s first residents enjoying …

The Dr. Robert L. Nehls Memorial Nature Preserve on Catawba Island is well on its …

Winter is coming. I’m ready for it. I know I’m considered a little weird for …

In 2019, Ohio set forth a bold vision to improve water quality in Lake Erie …

If Misty Copeland and Michael Phelps had a bird baby, it would be a Sandhill …

Quarantine stopped a lot of things this year, including our annual fundraiser, but it didn’t …

Conservation is more effective – and more fun – when it’s a collaborative effort, and …

In 2019, The Toledo Zoo along with partners at OSU’s Ohio Biodiversity Conservation Partnership, the …

Conservation is a team sport, and Black Swamp Conservancy often works with partners (park districts, …

Wetlands are some of the most biologically productive habitats on earth. They are also incredibly …

Everyone who lives in Bowling Green, Ohio has a park within 1.5 miles of their …

In 2015, the Conservancy small farmhouse in rural Wood County and established a permanent office …

These last several months have been challenging for all of us as the threat of …

A one-mile stretch of the Maumee River has been transformed from a frequently flooded farm …

Black Swamp Conservancy recently finalized the purchase of a new 140-acre nature preserve in Williams …

With your help, Black Swamp Conservancy is making a difference in northwest Ohio. In 2019, the Conservancy completed thirteen new conservation projects, protecting another 1,840 acres of land in our community – forever.

Black Swamp Conservancy protects more than 19,000 acres on 145 properties in Northwest Ohio. The diverse habitats we protect are also home to more than 60 rare, threatened and endangered species of flora and fauna, a few of which are highlighted on the chart below.

H2Ohio, a new environmental program recently established by the state, aims to change all that. The centerpiece of this program is a fund – approximately $900 million – that will help address critical water quality needs and support innovative solutions to some of the state’s most pressing water challenges over the next 10 years.

This past spring, Michael Schiewer of Herbaceous, ltd. – the first participant in our Food …

Land trusts like Black Swamp Conservancy partner with the Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Office of Farmland Preservation and landowners to establish agricultural easements that keep farmland under private ownership and protect it against future non‐agricultural development.

Everyone who lives in Bowling Green, Ohio has a park within 1.5 miles of their …

Do not bathe or wash clothes. Do not cook with tap water. Definitely, do not …

With more than 164 species identified in Ohio alone, dragonflies and damselflies are an important …

Construction is set to begin this month to create streamside forests and wetlands on a …

Slowed by spring rains, but undeterred Our Food & Farm Initiative’s first farm is coming …

Wild Trillium Common in Great Black Swamp Habitat By Rick BarricklowCertainly, one of my favorite …

Archaeological Findings at Forrest Woods Offer Hints at Early Inhabitants Some of the earliest visitors …

It may not seem like the best time of year to begin work on a …