Welcome to Cedar Bog

Cedar Bog Nature Preserve
A Nature Preserve of the Ohio Historical Society

In 1942, the Ohio Historical Society had the foresight to set aside Cedar Bog as a nature preserve, the first of its kind in Ohio. The staff here are ready to serve you and your needs to the best of our ability either at the bog itself, or via this web site. Please use this site and tell us, if necessary, how we can improve the delivery of information. Thanks for your visit.

Mosquito-Deet-O-Meter The mosquito-deet-o-meter will give you an idea of how the mosquitos are at the bog and how you need to prepare. The scale is 1-5. Five means mosquito spray and long sleeves are advisable.

Goings On...At the Bog

Earth Day Celebrations at the Bog April 19 and 20th we will be celebrating Earth Day at the Bog. On April 19th Volunteers will be at the kiosk from 10-4 answering questions and giving tours. There will be a wildflower walk at 2:00 - meet at the kiosk.

April 20 at 9:00am there will be a bird walk through the bog led by Doug Overacker of Springfield.

Toad Tuning, was a quiet celebration this year. The cold weather crept in again so we hastily called everyone we could and had a tuning that was small. Eric Doerzbacher led the toad tuning.

Skunk Cabbage Walk, February 23 and 24
pictures are available. Click here.

New Schedule for 2008 Events is on the Bog Happenings Page.

Flower Watchers
Skunk cabbage were small this year with the late and plentiful snow. Most bloomers are about 2 weeks behind. My last visit March 29 only had buds on the Marsh marigolds and a few hepatica with buds. So bloomers should be out in full force by Earth Day.

News

Trust to Support the Educational Center
The ceremonial groundbreaking for the Educational Center is complete. OHS is still working through the bid process. We will have more information on the site as soon as we have it. The Cedar Bog Association has a trust to support this new educational facility. If you want to make a donation please contact us.

Website Updates
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

Hours and Admission

Bog is open 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. Ohio Historical Society members FREE.

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

December 2006 Newsletter

The new Cedar Bog Review is available online.

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.

Critters in the Bog

This area of the site has pictures that visitors have provided of critters they got pictures of while visiting the Bog. Critters come in all shapes and sizes and we start new every year. So if you have something that you want to share, send it to Cedar Bog. Click here to see this years critters.

Photographic Guide to the Bog Wildflowers

Dave Berry has completed a CD-Rom of the Wildflowers at Cedar Bog Nature Preserve. These CDs are wonderful catalogs of the wildflowers, ferns and other plants in the bog. With the help of Terry it even includes plants not in the public access areas that you would otherwise never see. Cost is $20 and includes shipping and handling (check or money order payable to David A. Berry).

380+ photos in Five Volumes
Table of Contents and Indexes
Common and Scientific Names
Cedar Bog Location

20% of proceeds are donated to the Cedar Bog Association

To Order: David A. Berry
6500 Quailhill Court
Dayton, OH 45424
937-236-4228
daveberryphoto@aol.com.

erratum: Joyce Nolan has pointed out that there are two Tragopogon (Yellow Goatsbeard) species at Cedar Bog: Tagopogon porrifolius, Oyster Plant, or Salsify and Tagopogon pratensis or Yellow Goat�s Beard. Users of the CD may wish to go to the Late Spring Bloomers page to see the differences. Future CDs will have the new information.

Bird Watchers

About a dozen red-winged black birds have moved in this week - March 13, 2008. The males are starting to claim their territories. The males arrive first and stake out a bit of appealing real estate. There'll be some displaying and even some mild bird fighting between the males as they compete for the best nesting sites. Later, when the females arrive, they'll chose a mate based, in part, on the nesting site he's claimed.

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.

Teachers

The Ohio Historical Society web site has a page for teachers that lists all the programs at Cedar Bog along with the state standards for each event. Click here for tour information. Click here for in-school programs (outreach).