Welcome to Cedar Bog

Thanks to Our Volunteers

The Cedar Bog Association would like to thank all the volunteers that put in countless hours working the kiosk, manning the art affair on the square booth, creating artwork to sell at art affair, providing content for the website to keep it current, working as EMTs, and volunteering for the events that we have at the bog throughout the year. Your service is invaluable.

We would also like to thank Teradata for generously providing their associates' time to have a workday at the bog at the end of August. We are excited to have a corporation provide time at the bog and for some new faces to get to visit Cedar Bog.

And for those that want to volunteer, we have Boo in the Bog coming up October 17th and 18th. We always need folks to guide tours through the bog and folks to help with the set up. If you want to volunteer contact us.

And to see photos from Art Affair on the Square this year, click here.

To see photos from the Teradata Work Day, click here.

Goings On...At the Bog

Friends of Cedar Bog Nature Preserve

Will you help us?

Cedar Bog is a unique treasure and we are working hard to make sure that it remains protected and secure. The FRIENDS of Cedar Bog Nature Preserve is a group working hard to meet that goal by building an endowment fund for just this purpose.

To provide a secure donation through Paypal click the Donate button below. The donation is tax deductible. You will receive an invoice from Paypal to confirm the transaction and for you to use for your tax purposes.

If you would like more information contact us and we can discuss your becoming a Friend of the Bog! We will be glad to talk with you about your donation!

Thank you!

Educational Center Journal

The Educational Center is finally becoming a reality. Almost a year from the original Ground Breaking Ceremony. Visit here often to see the journal logging the creation of the building. August 6 we have a roof! Click here to see the journal.

Bog Store

Catrow Prints

An amazingly creative watercolor and ink drawing of Cedar Bog by nationally syndicated cartoonist David Catrow will be available at Cedar Bog Nature Preserve, The Ole Book Nook in Urbana, Ohio and at all Cedar Bog Association events. Catrow is also an award-winning children's book illustrator. He recently retired from his daily assignment at the Springfield News-Sun, but is still working with them on some projects - including this one. The prints and posters were printed for the Cedar Bog Association by the Springfield News-Sun.

If you would like to order the signed print or the poster by mail, you may email us or order by mail. The Cedar Bog Association, P. O. Box 510, Urbana OH 43078

A specially signed art print of this image can be yours for a donation of $50 to the Cedar Bog Association. Check or Money Order.

An unsigned poster is also available for a $20 donation.

Members

Association Members
We are looking for volunteers to staff the booth on Friday, Saturday, and Sundays after Earth Day. Please contact us if you can help out. Also if you aren't a member and would like to join the association or volunteer contact us, we are always looking for help.

Anyone interested in having a copy of the minutes of the Cedar Bog Association board meetings may request them.

Right Now at the Bog

Hours and Admission

Bog is open Wednesday-Sunday, 9am-4pm. Groups by appointment.

If no one is at the kiosk please leave your money in the blue box.
Admission rates are: $4.00 per adult; $3.00 per student.

Cedar Bog Association members and Ohio Historical Society members FREE.

Cedar Bog Address
980 Woodburn Road
Urbana, OH 43078-9417
Phone Number: 1-800-860-0147

Flower Watchers

The Small Prairie area in the parking lot is blooming with the late summer prairie plants. The prairie burn this year has really given this area a much needed boost. You will see Praire Dock, Whorled Rosinweed, and Queen of the Prairie all in bloom. I also have reports that the Wand Lily is everywhere this year and still blooming. Check out the Bloomer Checklist for the bog. For all bloomers check out the Bloomers Page.

Site Manager's Photo Album
This album contains pictures of animals and flowers that Eric has captured on film while working at the bog. Please enjoy and check back for updates. There are pictures of various snakes and a spotted turtle that he caught, evaluated and released. Site Manager Photo Album

News from Eric: June 2008: Bob Glotzhober saw an Eastern Red Damselfly and Eric pulled a large female snapping turtle from the construction site.

Rob Liptak is doing a butterfly study in the bog. You will see him with his butterfly net at sometime every week collecting pictures and taking notes. Some of his pictures and notes are avaiable on the Butterflies page.

An article by Rob will be published in the International Wood Collectors Magazine on Trees: Butterfly Food. The article will appear in the the Sept/Oct issue. Rob has been a member of the IWCA (International Wood Collectors Association) for years and members are asked to supply articles to the publication...This one will be published and include references to Cedar Bog.

Critters
Critter Sightings is gaining new pictures as they are being provided and I am also getting some of the older pictures up. Exciting photos of the first sighting of the Spotted Turtle and also the capture and tagging of two Massasaugua Rattle Snakes.
Spotted Turtle Scrapbook
Massasaugua Scrapbook

Bird Watchers
Check out the bird section of the Cedar Bog Field Guide Animal Encyclopedia. We give great thanks to Ron Austing for sharing his bird photos with us for the bird section of the Animal Encylopedia. He is a wonderful and talented wildlife photographer. If you see a photo of a bird that you like here, visit his web site at RonAusting.com to see his other photos. You can order prints from his web site.
All his photos are copyrighted and reproduced with his permission.