Help with Invasive Species Control at Myersville Fen State Nature Preserve 🌱🦋

Hosted by ONAPA -Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association

**Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Invasive Species Control at Myersville Fen State Nature Preserve
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10:30 am – 3:30 pm
Myersville Road, Green
Summit County

​Myersville Fen is a small, 27-acre wetland area owned by the City of Green that contains two small fen meadows. It is one of only two fens in Ohio containing the naturally occurring, state-listed pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea).

Surrounded by a housing development and besieged by invasive plants from the residences, Myersville Fen is truly an island of unique plants under constant threat and in need of persistent stewardship

We will be removing invasive plant species such as purple loosestrife, glossy buckthorn, alders, and other invading woody species which are encroaching upon the two fen meadows. We will be cutting the stems and treating them with herbicide, as well as hauling the stems out of the meadows.

Directions: Two miles west of Interstate 77, take State Route 241 to State Route 619 west, then on to Myersville Road. Turn south on Myersville Road to Turtle Bay Circle. Park along Turtle Bay Circle where the nature preserve signs are located.

What to bring: Bring lunch, water, gloves, and muck boots. Herbicide treatment will be done by DNAP staff or trained ONAPA stewardship assistants. Tools will be provided.

[RSVP: Please REGISTER HERE: https://www.onapa.org/2025-july-august-stewardship-project-sign-up.html](https://www.onapa.org/2025-july-august-stewardship-project-sign-up.html)
Online registration is important for our planning.​ If you have questions, [please contact The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association HERE. https://www.onapa.org/contact-us.html](https://www.onapa.org/contact-us.html)

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WHAT WE DO
The Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association (ONAPA) is an all-volunteer, state-wide, non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of Ohio’s natural areas. The main roles of the Ohio Natural Areas & Preserves Association are to:
Provide a support group for the sustainable management of state nature preserves as well as other natural areas around the state.
Educate, promote and advance natural areas issues within the Ohio General Assembly as well as with the general public.
Promote the protection of rare species of plants and animals and rare ecosystems.