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.
Self-Guided Hike: I-Spy! Oct. 1-31
Can you crack the code, discover clues hidden around the trail to find an anagram, and solve this puzzle? Afterwards, stop into the visitors center to check out a temporary exhibit all about Cold War spy rings.Fall Migration Banding
Sundays, Oct. 4 and 11, 7-11 a.m.
Join us for some fall migration bird banding as we try to target some uncommon species that make their way through some of Fernald’s wetlands. Our hike will cover unpaved and sometimes uneven trails, so bring sturdy footwear.Cincinnati Astronomical Society: Globular Clusters
Friday, Oct. 9, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
Join Cincinnati Astronomical Society for a presentation about globular clusters and afterwards, if the skies are clear, enjoy some time outside with CAS members and their telescopes.Monthly Bird Walk: Former Production Area Saturday
Oct. 10, 8-11 a.m.
We’re in peak timing for our little orange-faced sparrows, such as Nelson’s Sparrow and Leconte’s Sparrow, so join us on a 2-3 mile walk through the former production area as we look for these little wetland specialists.Northern Saw-Whet Owl Banding
Fridays, Oct. 16, 23, and 30, 9 p.m.-midnight
Saturdays, Oct. 17, and 24, 9 p.m.-midnight
Come out and learn about Ohio’s smallest species of owl. The Northern Saw-whet Owl migrates through our area in October and November — join us for a presentation about their life cycle and a hike to go check nets to see if we’ve caught one.Cold War Book Club: The Moscow Rules
Friday, Oct. 30, 6-7 p.m.
The Moscow Rules details the CIA’s covert operations in Moscow during the Cold War, focusing on the innovative tactics developed to counter KGB surveillance. Come discuss the book with your fellow readers.The 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.