From WOOD COUNTY PARK DISTRICT
The Wood County Park District parks and preserves are open daily from 8:00 am until 30 minutes past sunset. Restrooms are currently open.
Playgrounds and facilities aswell as Park District Headquarters’ offices are closed. Programs and events are cancelled through May 18, 2020.
The only exception to the parks being open is the Buttonwood/Betty C. Black
recreation area in Perrysburg, along the Maumee River. This park sustained extensive ice damage in 2019 closing the park. Buttonwood has long been a popular fishing spot for the spring walleye run. However, Perrysburg Township has closed the Hull Prairie Road access to the river, making Buttonwood inaccessible at this time.
In other news, the popular Native Plant Sale scheduled annually for the Saturday before Mother’s Day has also been cancelled. The native plants will not be sold at the J.C. Reuthinger Memorial Greenhouse, or the Farmers’ Market, or the Blue Week sale. The plants grown for this year, will be propagated in the parks, helping to strengthen the seed bank at the J.C. Reuthinger Native Plant Nursery, and for use at the Carter Historic Farm. The Park District looks forward to having a great Native Plant Sale in May of 2021.
Visit the wcparks.org website and follow “What’s New,” for up-to-date park
information. There are multiple new videos and activities each week. Check out the video series presented by the Wood County Park District: Backyard Naturalist, Park Tours, Skits for Snake, and Just Nature.
All community members are advised to follow public health guidelines. Social distancing, staying at home, and proper hand-washing are being advised.
For disease and health information, please contact the Wood County Health Department, The Ohio Department of Health, and/or the Center for Disease Control.
