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Edge of the Farm Conservation Area Photo Album

-- View a MAP of the Edge of the Farm Conservation Area

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The Edge of the Farm Conservation area (Oxford, Ohio) was placed into a conservation easement with the Three Valley Conservation Trust in December, 2007. The total size is ~32 acres with ~11 acres of prairie and 5 wetlands, and 21 acres of forest. Funding for the prairie restoration were provided by US Fish and Wildlife (thanks Sergio!), Miami Valley Pheasants Forever provided essential technical advice and assistance, Cardno ecological consulting firm (thanks Joel & Danielle) provided funding and assistance, and yours truly! Special thanks to FRIENDS of the EDGE who have volunteered their time and hard labor to remove many acres of honeysuckle! Your efforts in restoring the land are much appreciated!

WOODS
--Winter Tree Identification-2009 : Table of Contents 2
American Hophornbeam Bark
Bitternut Hickory
Bitternut Hickory
Blue Ash
Blue Ash
American Hophornbeam
Dying Chinquapin Oak
American Hophornbeam Duo
Flowering Dogwood
Flowering Dogwood Bark
Another Flowering Dogwood
Flowering Dogwood
Bitternut Hickory and American Beech
American Basswood
American Basswood Saplings
Bitternut Hickory
American Hophornbeam & Blue Beech
Musclewood Strength
Flowering Dogwood
Unidentified Hickory
Unidentified Hickory Crown
White Oak pair
White Oak
Hawthorn
Hawthorn Thorn
Huge Sugar Maple
Another Sugar Maple View
Sugar Maple Bark
Sugar Maple Crown
Bitternut Hickory Bud
Bitternut Hickory Bud Close-up
Two More Bitternut Hickories
Small Blue Ash
Small Bitternut Hickory
Another Bitternut Hickory
Flowering Dogwood
Flowering Dogwood
Boxelder
McCummins Creek
McCummins Creek meander
Bee Hive
Sycamore Crown
Sycamore Trunk
Dogwood Buds
Mulberry



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Edge of the Farm Conservation Area Seasonal Frog Audio

2013 Audio and Videos

  • April 16, 2013. Male American Toads enjoying the spring season and trying their best to get lucky! Edge of the Farm Conservation Area, April 16, 2013, at Willows in the Wind wetland.
  • April 9, 2013--spring, after a very late start, is finally exploding! This AUDIO focuses upon a chorus of Spring Peepers at Vollmer's Pond. American Toads and Northern leopoard frogs were also heard calling!
  • Here is another frog audio at the nearby "Willows in the Wind" wetland, April 10, 2013. It was awesome!

    Frog AUDIO on the Edge of the Farm Conservation Area

  • Cricket Frogs and Gray Tree Frogs calling in July 2009 art Wetland B (Rush Run).
  • Spring is finally here! Spring Peepers frantically calling on March 17, 2010 at Wetland 4 (Vollmer Pond).

    Photos Copyright Dr. R. Hays Cummins and Dr. Donna McCollum, Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org