Join the Wright State University Retirees Association and the Beaver Creek Wetlands Association for a tour of Koogler Wetland/Prairie Reserve on Tuesday, May 23, beginning at 10 a.m.
The tour will be led by WSU emeritus professor David Goldstein, retired chair of biological sciences, who will talk about the importance of the wetlands. Learn why and how the Beaver Creek Wetlands Association has helped to preserve and protect more than 2,300 acres of land along the Beaver Creek Wetland corridor.
Koogler Preserve features the only large swamp in the Beaver Creek Wetland corridor. Plant diversity is high in the prairie and along the boardwalk. Come to bird watch—woodpeckers, woodcock, Prothonotary Warblers, many spring migrants, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, Eastern Towhee—and enjoy unique wetland plants such as Skunk Cabbage and tall prairie grasses, Big Bluestem, coneflowers, sedge meadows, and the wet woodland trees. See Beaver Creek, frogs, toads and salamanders, and sometimes North American Beaver.
The tour will be on grassy trails along the prairie and on the boardwalk. Some sections of the boardwalk have slight gradient changes. The trails and/or boardwalk may be wet depending on previous days' weather. Sturdy shoes are recommended.
The tour is limited to 20 people. Parking is available on Beaver Valley Road, just south of New Germany-Trebein Road. In the event of light rain, the tour will continue. A rain date of Thursday, May 25, at 10 a.m., is scheduled in case of a storm.
Editor's note: The tour originally scheduled for April 24 has been rescheduled.
