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Athens Conservancy announces a matching opportunity that will amplify the impact of your gift. Every donation made this fall to the Bluebell Fund or the Healthy Forest Fund will be matched dollar for dollar, thanks to a generous anonymous gift that makes this match possible. This is the third year that a purposeful match is…

Thank you! From the tops of our tall trees to the bottom of our hearts, we are grateful to all of our members, donors, friends, and community for your friendship and support. You are each an important partner in conserving the beautiful lands of southeastern Ohio, and protecting the precious forests and hills we all…

Calling all members — please join us for the 2026 Annual Meeting! This year’s event starts at 1 pm on Sunday, Oct. 18, and will take place at The Ridges and at the nearby Dairy Lane Park shelter house. The afternoon is a celebration of The Ridges — including guided hikes, tours of art exhibitions…

Your generous support of the Healthy Forest Fund has a huge impact on the wellbeing of thousands of acres of nature preserves and many miles of foot trails. That ranges from removing woody invasive plants, building and improving foot trails, and planting seedlings to removing storm-downed trees, adding trail markers, leading hikes … and much…

Athens Conservancy has acquired two significant parcels of forested land totaling 92 acres. These tracts expand a local nature preserve, increase connections with public protected land in the Strouds Run State Park area, and help protect water quality in the Dow Lake watershed. The two parcels expand Athens Conservancy’s Mary Beth Zak Lohse Preserve to…

Our May 30th celebration of the new Joy Valley Nature Preserve was indeed a joyful gathering for the community, supporters, friends, and most of all, for land donor Betty Lowe and her family! Co-hosted by Athens Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy, the picture-perfect afternoon included refreshments (and some Joy Valley cookies), remarks, a ribbon-cutting, and…

Please join us for a Joy Valley Nature Preserve celebration on Saturday, May 30, from 1 pm to 4 pm. We are rescheduling the event originally set for May 23, which was canceled due to inclement weather. Please register with EventBrite (link below). The celebration is co-hosted with The Nature Conservancy, and will feature a…

Campaign raises more than $5,000 to build 4 miles of trails! Thank you to everyone who contributed to our April Trail-Building Campaign. Thanks to your generosity, we exceeded our $4,000 goal to build 4 miles of new trails, by raising over $5,000 Your donations are already funding the construction of the new trails in three…

Help us build 4 miles of new trails!Goal: $4,000 The forests in our preserves are tranquil spaces where a soft understory of ferns and mosses is sheltered by canopies of tall oaks, beeches, and tulip poplars. High ridges and impressive rock outcroppings are contrasted with cool streambeds and carpets of colorful wildflowers. A month-long April…

It’s spring! And precious little wildflowers are already popping up along the forest trails. Please join us for the popular, annual Wildflower Walk at 1 pm, Saturday, April 18.  Led by our wildflower enthusiasts, the walk starts at the Beaumont-Salina Trailhead near The Plains. We’ll walk along the Hockhocking Adena Bikeway, where we will be…