A team of high school students focus on environmental sciences while participating in a regional competition-style academic event held at the Fernald Preserve.
The staff at the Fernald Preserve is available to address schools, scouts, senior groups, and other organized groups on a variety of topics relating to the site’s history, mission, groundwater remedy, ecological restoration, environmental sciences, wildlife, ecology, and green building features. Nature and history programs can be customized to meet your group’s specific objectives.
To schedule a program or for more information, please email us at Fernald@lm.doe.gov or call us at 513-648-3330.
To view the Meeting Space and Program Request Policy, Fernald Preserve, Ohio, Site click here.
The Fernald Preserve, Ohio, Site offers a variety of public programs, privately scheduled programs/speakers, and meeting spaces, in addition to regular visitors center hours, trails, and wildlife viewing areas. Meeting spaces and site-related nature, environmental science, and history programs are available year round.
Month-at-a-Glance June 2025
Trestle Bridge Hike
Sunday, June 8 and 22, 10-11:30 a.m.Take a walk to the Trestle Bridge, the last remaining structure that served the former Feed Materials Production Center. We will walk past the west side of the former production site as well as the former waste pits. This hike is approximately 1 mile and follows along the Hickory Trail with some off-trail walking to reach the bridge.
Cincinnati Astronomical Society: Cataclysmic Variable Stars
Friday, June 13, 8:30-10:30 p.m.With the pending brightening of T. Coronae Borealis, join us as we discus cataclysmic variable stars and the titanic process that causes their flare-ups every now and then. Afterwards, if the skies are clear, join us outside for time with CAS volunteers, their telescopes, and a guided tour of some of the objects we can find in the night sky.
Moth Night!
Friday, June 27, 9-11:30 p.m.Did you know there are ten times more moths than butterflies?! Come learn about some of the moths you might find in your backyard, because “Moth Nights” are back for the summer — come join us at the sheets as we look for these amazing nocturnal critters! Preregistration is required.
Monthly Bird Walk: Lodge Pond and Beyond
Saturday, June 28, 7:30-10 a.m.Join us on our monthly bird walk as we look for some breeding birds along Lodge Pond and the surrounding fields. Sora, meadowlarks, and kingbirds are common sights along this walk, with some chances for less common breeders poking their heads out of the cattails! This walk covers approximately 2 miles on uneven and unpaved ground, so we recommend wearing sturdy shoes.
Fireflies of Fernald!
Saturday, June 28, 7:30-10:30 p.m.Photinus or Photuris? That is the question on this lecture about these nighttime flyers. Come Join Matthew Speights as he teaches us all about fireflies, including their lifecycle and what kinds we can find around Fernald! Afterward, join us for a short 1-mile hike on the Shingle Oak Trail!
All programs begin in the visitors center. To preregister, please email fernald@lm.doe.gov or call (513) 648-3330 and leave your name, contact number and the date of your request. In the event of inclement weather, please call our weather line at: (513) 738-2101.
Fernald Preserve Visitors Center
7400 Willey Road, Hamilton, OH 45013The Community Meeting Room, Resource Room, and outdoor Program Shelter were designed to be used by the public when they are not in use by Fernald Preserve staff. These facilities are available free of charge for noncommercial use by organized groups.
Seating capacity for the Community Meeting Room is 120 for theater seating and 80 for conference seating.
Seating capacity at standard tables in the outdoor Program Shelter is 58.
The seating capacity in the Resource Room is 8 (at a conference table).
The application review process to reserve these facilities could take up to two weeks.
To make a room reservation or for more information, please email us at Fernald@lm.doe.gov or call us at 513-648-3330.
To view the Meeting Space and Program Request Policy, Fernald Preserve, Ohio, Site click here.