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By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 09:38 p.m. EST, Nov 14, 2009
SPRINGFIELD TWP.: The old farmhouse and barn off Portage Line Road offered no clues to the secrets behind the soybean fields and tucked in the woods.
Biologist Mike Johnson crept over the fallen log that provides on-foot access to a little-known wetland. The log takes you across the open-water moat that surrounds the shrubby kettle bog.
Step off the log in the heart of the bog and bone-chilling water slurps into your boots. You are standing partially submerged in water — at least that was the case for a reporter and photographer. Johnson insisted his waterproofed boots kept his feet dry.
At the center of the 12-acre kettle bog, you are standing atop sphagnum moss that quakes and shakes underfoot. It feels like you are walking across the top of an oversize, soaked sponge. It almost keeps you afloat.
Johnson stood in the middle of the bog and bounced. He grew more excited with each undulation under him.
Welcome to the Springfield Bog.
The new park is not yet open to the public, but the 165-acre tract now belongs to Metro Parks, Serving Summit County.
The park district purchased the bog and other nearby wetlands near Young Elementary in cooperation with the Trust for Public Land, a national conservation group, for $2.1 million.
Leatherleaf, a knee-high shrub that is related to the blueberry and is potentially threatened, and water-loving buttonbush, a short, stubby tree with white flowers, dominate the bog.
Nearby are a five-acre bog and a 91-acre wetland where carrots formerly were grown. That wetland is heavily overgrown and filled with suck-your-boots-off mud.
The biggest threat to the wetlands are buckthorn and reed canary grass, two invasive plants that crowd out desirable native species and will have to be removed, Johnson said.
A small ridge in the farm fields marks the continental divide between the Great Lakes and the Ohio River.
The purchase is the continuation of a growing move in Northeast Ohio to preserve threatened wetlands.
Metro Parks has purchased major wetlands in northern Summit County at Liberty Park and is developing a wetland park at the north end of Long Lake on the Akron-Coventry Township border.
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History has preserved 344-acre Singer Lake Bog in Green.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Division of Natural Areas and Preserves has 21 sites in Summit, Portage, Wayne, Medina and Stark counties, and nearly all include wetlands.
Some were acquired by the Nature Conservancy, the Wilderness Center, the Audubon Society and the Division of Wildlife, but all are part of the state system, said state spokeswoman Heidi Hetzel-Evans.
Imperiled habitat
Why the increased interest in saving wetlands?
Ohio has lost more than 90 percent of its wetlands to development and farming, trailing only California for losses, said Johnson, chief of natural resources for the park district.
''Wetlands are an imperiled habitat that are filled with imperiled species of plants and animals,'' he said. ''That's why park managers are so eager to save wetlands. . . .Biodiversity, that's the simple answer.
''It's not a new trend. It started eight to 10 years ago but has picked up steam in the last few years. . . .Wetlands and streams are hot. That's where the interest is and the money is.''
Federal and state funds are available for wetland and stream projects, in part because wetlands are a regulated habitat, unlike woodlands and grasslands.
If you want to fill in a wetland on your property, you need federal and state permits. If you want to cut down trees or dig up grass, you can just do so.
Northeast Ohio has a heavy concentration of relic glacial wetlands with rare and endangered plants, unlike wetlands elsewhere in Ohio, said Hetzel-Evans. ''That means you have much more to protect because of the rarities,'' she said.
Park officials know of some rare and threatened plants growing on the 165 acres in Springfield and expect to find more as the district takes a closer look at the property, Johnson said.
Group effort
The Trust for Public Land purchased the Springfield acreage, with half of the funds coming from the Clean Ohio Fund and half from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's Water Resource Restoration Sponsor program. Ownership was then transferred to the park district.
Also assisting in the purchase was the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, with offices in Cuyahoga Heights. It got a low-interest, state-backed loan from the Ohio EPA for sewer work in Cuyahoga County. A portion of the money saved with the lower interest rate will be funneled to buy the bog.
Additional land might be purchased to enlarge the Springfield Township park, said Neal Hess, project manager for the Trust for Public Land and a township resident.
Metro Parks intends to provide public access because it will be a park, not a nature preserve, said Keith Shy, secretary-director of the park district.
The park district must prepare a management plan that will include determining how to best provide public access with boardwalks or observation decks at the wetlands, he said.
He is working with consultants on preparing a plan to turn the farm fields into a tall-grass prairie that would be beneficial to grassland birds, including the at-risk Henslow's sparrow.
That plan, if approved by park commissioners Tuesday, could result in the prairie being planted late next year, he said.
Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.
SPRINGFIELD TWP.: The old farmhouse and barn off Portage Line Road offered no clues to the secrets behind the soybean fields and tucked in the woods.
Biologist Mike Johnson crept over the fallen log that provides on-foot access to a little-known wetland. The log takes you across the open-water moat that surrounds the shrubby kettle bog.
Step off the log in the heart of the bog and bone-chilling water slurps into your boots. You are standing partially submerged in water — at least that was the case for a reporter and photographer. Johnson insisted his waterproofed boots kept his feet dry.
At the center of the 12-acre kettle bog, you are standing atop sphagnum moss that quakes and shakes underfoot. It feels like you are walking across the top of an oversize, soaked sponge. It almost keeps you afloat.
Johnson stood in the middle of the bog and bounced. He grew more excited with each undulation under him.
Welcome to the Springfield Bog.
The new park is not yet open to the public, but the 165-acre tract now belongs to Metro Parks, Serving Summit County.
The park district purchased the bog and other nearby wetlands near Young Elementary in cooperation with the Trust for Public Land, a national conservation group, for $2.1 million.
Leatherleaf, a knee-high shrub that is related to the blueberry and is potentially threatened, and water-loving buttonbush, a short, stubby tree with white flowers, dominate the bog.
Nearby are a five-acre bog and a 91-acre wetland where carrots formerly were grown. That wetland is heavily overgrown and filled with suck-your-boots-off mud.
The biggest threat to the wetlands are buckthorn and reed canary grass, two invasive plants that crowd out desirable native species and will have to be removed, Johnson said.
A small ridge in the farm fields marks the continental divide between the Great Lakes and the Ohio River.
The purchase is the continuation of a growing move in Northeast Ohio to preserve threatened wetlands.
Metro Parks has purchased major wetlands in northern Summit County at Liberty Park and is developing a wetland park at the north end of Long Lake on the Akron-Coventry Township border.
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History has preserved 344-acre Singer Lake Bog in Green.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Division of Natural Areas and Preserves has 21 sites in Summit, Portage, Wayne, Medina and Stark counties, and nearly all include wetlands.
Some were acquired by the Nature Conservancy, the Wilderness Center, the Audubon Society and the Division of Wildlife, but all are part of the state system, said state spokeswoman Heidi Hetzel-Evans.
Imperiled habitat
Why the increased interest in saving wetlands?
Ohio has lost more than 90 percent of its wetlands to development and farming, trailing only California for losses, said Johnson, chief of natural resources for the park district.
''Wetlands are an imperiled habitat that are filled with imperiled species of plants and animals,'' he said. ''That's why park managers are so eager to save wetlands. . . .Biodiversity, that's the simple answer.
''It's not a new trend. It started eight to 10 years ago but has picked up steam in the last few years. . . .Wetlands and streams are hot. That's where the interest is and the money is.''
Federal and state funds are available for wetland and stream projects, in part because wetlands are a regulated habitat, unlike woodlands and grasslands.
If you want to fill in a wetland on your property, you need federal and state permits. If you want to cut down trees or dig up grass, you can just do so.
Northeast Ohio has a heavy concentration of relic glacial wetlands with rare and endangered plants, unlike wetlands elsewhere in Ohio, said Hetzel-Evans. ''That means you have much more to protect because of the rarities,'' she said.
Park officials know of some rare and threatened plants growing on the 165 acres in Springfield and expect to find more as the district takes a closer look at the property, Johnson said.
Group effort
The Trust for Public Land purchased the Springfield acreage, with half of the funds coming from the Clean Ohio Fund and half from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's Water Resource Restoration Sponsor program. Ownership was then transferred to the park district.
Also assisting in the purchase was the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, with offices in Cuyahoga Heights. It got a low-interest, state-backed loan from the Ohio EPA for sewer work in Cuyahoga County. A portion of the money saved with the lower interest rate will be funneled to buy the bog.
Additional land might be purchased to enlarge the Springfield Township park, said Neal Hess, project manager for the Trust for Public Land and a township resident.
Metro Parks intends to provide public access because it will be a park, not a nature preserve, said Keith Shy, secretary-director of the park district.
The park district must prepare a management plan that will include determining how to best provide public access with boardwalks or observation decks at the wetlands, he said.
He is working with consultants on preparing a plan to turn the farm fields into a tall-grass prairie that would be beneficial to grassland birds, including the at-risk Henslow's sparrow.
That plan, if approved by park commissioners Tuesday, could result in the prairie being planted late next year, he said.
Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.
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ProChoice, OH
Posted 02:13 AM, 11/15/2009
Always nice to read a story about our environment that's being protected for generations to come. Bravo to the Metro Parks for saving the wetlands/bog.
akron, oh
Posted 05:54 AM, 11/15/2009
The State of ohio is not your friend beware.With all this land they are buying up who will pay the taxes on it no one so it is taxes the county will lose meaning more taxes on everyone else.That land has been in private hands for years and they have paid taxes on that land for years and it looks like it has been doing just fine in private hands and should have stayed in private hands.Good news you will be paying more taxes the people have lost on this deal. All I can say is Baaa Baaa you sheep people
Akron, OH
Posted 07:18 AM, 11/15/2009
Good job. Wetlands clean the water and shelter important plants birds and animals. We have enough McMansions! If you want to build come back to the city and build new housing stock where we already have an existing infrastructure.
Posted 08:07 AM, 11/15/2009
the taxes paid on that (farm)land were next to nothing trust me. this area is pristine and now finally will be protected. i remember walking back there as a kid and just remembering how reclusive it was.
a few years back there was a push to mine it and make a lake when they were done. man will just about exploit any natural resource available to make a buck. just about any. hats off to the people who put this together, i'll happily pay my taxes for this cause.
Green, Ohio
Posted 09:05 AM, 11/15/2009
wethepeople - good thing the rest of us "we the people" don't care or believe a word you say. This small little portion of land amounts to absolutely nothing in taxes. There are many other things to focus you energy on, when it comes to wasted and or missed tax opportunities. Preserving land that will never be used for anything else anyway, sounds good to me.
akron, oh
Posted 09:41 AM, 11/15/2009
Portagelakesguy Then we can assume you will make up the lost tax dollars yourself please send a check to summit county then one to springfield schools and do not forget about the city tax The zoning can make sure nothing would be built there and the schools would be better off for the KIDS
akron, oh
Posted 09:55 AM, 11/15/2009
soon the parks are gonns need money, because of the last levy we passed for them, they went and bought all these new vehicles, and off road vehicles, where are you gonna get the money to take care of these--don't ask me for more money..
Tallmadge, OH
Posted 10:16 AM, 11/15/2009
I, for one, will always vote for a park levy because I am a sniffling, whiny liberal and that makes me happy.
Congrats to the Metro Parks for saving this treasure.
How many pot farms have they found, yet?
akron, oh
Posted 10:23 AM, 11/15/2009
Yep Lets Rip out every tree and Plant. The Lungs of our Planet. The scrubbers of our air.
Lets fill every river and lake with the pollutants from factories. We need Jobs don’t we. It’s the short sighted that don’t think we need all that nature out there at all…
My one example of Many of these. Is the wetlands down south. The didn’t understand that the Swamps and wetlands were a Giant water reservoir For times of Drought.
They only understood that. AFTER they Drained as many as they could to develop so the could make tax money off the people building houses there.
Yep when you DOnt Have water. You start to appreciate how important it is.
Yes lets develop every square foot of land.
We will find other ways to breath fresh air or drink fresh water. Hey We could bottle Both. For everyone.. Then we could tax that too.
We already sell people water cause they don’t have fresh clean good tasting water. We should start doing that with air….. Just think of the revenue we could generate.
Canton, OH
Posted 10:44 AM, 11/15/2009
. . .sweet. . .
akron, oh
Posted 10:54 AM, 11/15/2009
No one said to destory the land zoning could keep it the same way for thousands of years all the zoning dept would have to say is no building and then we keep the taxes and would not have to pay for metro parks. and the state could say tomarrow we need to build there and nothing you could do about it THINK ABOUT
Green, Ohio
Posted 10:56 AM, 11/15/2009
It is a bog and wetland. The money it would take to turn this land into any viable, worthwhile property, is beyond some peoples capacity. How about focusing on all the many properties now sitting empty, due to lack of business, lost business, closed businesses. In this economy, what developer can say it worth anything. Your reply, has no better or realistic solution. I ask, what would you suggest to be better?
Green, Ohio
Posted 11:02 AM, 11/15/2009
Oh come on, what would the State build on a bog for? when they are trying to finally preserve such areas from zoning has never even recognized it's importance. There are very few remaining areas and man clearly showed in the past without Sate and or Government, we would have little to no parks in America. It was Teddy, who recognized, had not State and Governments taking a immediate command over such National treasures, we would have wiped them away from the surface like man loves to do.
akron, oh
Posted 11:18 AM, 11/15/2009
Look at the tax map and you will see only about 10% of the property is bog land and why does the state do anything because they want to I'm not say to destory the property protect it with zoning laws and keep collecting the tax instead of us paying more tax
Green, Ohio
Posted 11:22 AM, 11/15/2009
Selling the property to the State generated much money to the seller and somewhere I assure the government will take their tax somehow from the sale of the property, money spent from the sale or whatever the government can to get their hands on a tax. Had it went to a developer, the developer would have paid next to nothing, paid next to nothing in taxes and then took the money saved, to pay for the increased cost of trying to make the land into any viable property.
akron, oh
Posted 11:23 AM, 11/15/2009
http://scids.summitoh.net/gpaws2internet/ type in portage line and look for metro parks
Green, Ohio
Posted 11:28 AM, 11/15/2009
I use the GIS all the time, very nice application. And the purpose of showing this is for what reason?
Posted 11:32 AM, 11/15/2009
wethepeople....there are two parcels I found, with taxes paid in 2008 of $1199 for one track, and $1391 for the second. About $2600 between the two tracts, of 165 acres! Thats nothing for 165 acres! Also, its Springfield Township. Townships in the state of Ohio do not collect income tax. Only villages and cities in Ohio collect income tax. I feel the $2600 dollars spread over the roughly 542,000 people living in Summit County is a great deal to set in stone, the preservation of this land.
Green, Ohio
Posted 11:35 AM, 11/15/2009
The 10% you indicate does not clearly show the full amount of the property that is a part of the full diversity of a wetland bog. If any areas of it are determined to not to be essential to the function of the bog and wetland's performance, it can be sold, but in a proper manner to do what is needed to preserve the performance of the bog. Just one improper development of surrounding land causes much destruction of the wetland bog and renders it useless as a bog. Sediment from rain runoff of improper developed lands assures a quick destruction of such land.
Green, Ohio
Posted 11:42 AM, 11/15/2009
Developers do not care or really know of how to properly development land to save a wetland. The cost to do so, would not be worth their while. Developers put up a runoff fence and say it is done. The fence does not work effectively, is rarely maintained at all or involve any engineer trained in ensuring it is done properly.
akron, oh
Posted 12:03 PM, 11/15/2009
I said keep it in private hands not a developers hands zoning laws wolud keep developers away and michael $2600 is just for one year and does not include the cost it will take to keep it up and you mark my words metro parks will build somethig on it and next they will want the land next door and soon the state will own all land and none left fo we the people
akron, oh
Posted 12:05 PM, 11/15/2009
your children and grandchildren will never have the chance to own this great land like we have
Green, Ohio
Posted 12:16 PM, 11/15/2009
wethepeople - Ha ha, so funny! Private hands and zoning are going to protect it, like it has protected all the other wetlands huh? It is a good opportune time and I am glad the State has stepped in to protect this treasure. I am sure the private has allowed us to view, admire and cherish such a treasure too. I see so much in recent years, that the State has done, to allow us all to have such wondrous places to go to and admire in many of our State Parks. I would much rather entrust them to do what they have been doing in previous other projects than trust anyone else. The private sectors did such a fine job protecting the Ohio Canal system until the State stepped in. The private sector did a wonderful job preserving the OC Barber land and it's treasure that was lost to Barberton. The State will own all the land? Ha ha!
Posted 12:35 PM, 11/15/2009
The state doesn't own this, its Metro Parks.
Posted 12:52 PM, 11/15/2009
Also, why would I continue to own a piece of property that I could never do anything with? Placing stringent zoning laws on the parcel would probably result in drawn out litigation. Private ownership of sensitive wildlife areas hasn't worked well in the past.
The concern of what are grandchildren will have is actually the total opposite of wethepeople's statement. Its not whether they will enjoy private ownership, its whether they will be able to enjoy natural areas, with healthy and diverse populations of animals and plants. That is where the threat is.
Posted 12:54 PM, 11/15/2009
our grandchildren...not "are grandchildren"...sorry.
akron, oh
Posted 01:02 PM, 11/15/2009
ha ha you do not trust local govenment but you trust state govenment. I have bridge I would like to sell you The golden state bridge
akron, oh
Posted 01:10 PM, 11/15/2009
Well pardon me OUR GRANDCHILDREN and lets turn the whole state into a park and we can all move out
akron, oh
Posted 01:12 PM, 11/15/2009
and I'm happy the metro parks has that land it means my private property just went up in value supply and demand
new york, ny
Posted 02:35 PM, 11/15/2009
@wethepeople; You've got me confused. Your first post say your upset about the deal aaaaaannndd now your last says your happy. Do you really have a clue????
akron, oh
Posted 02:44 PM, 11/15/2009
Well I do not not like it but what can i do about it. But at least my land value will go up in price because there is less land a private person can own
new york, ny
Posted 02:51 PM, 11/15/2009
WOW!! 165 acres less!!
akron, oh
Posted 03:06 PM, 11/15/2009
this is not the only property they own they own thousands of acres
akron, oh
Posted 03:08 PM, 11/15/2009
And they will keep getting more you watch and the tax payer will pay for it at both ends
akron, oh
Posted 03:11 PM, 11/15/2009
this is not the only land they own they own thousands of acres and will keep getting more and the tax payer will pay for it on both ends
Posted 03:12 PM, 11/15/2009
The value of your land has gone up, but not because there is less private land open for purchase. Your property went up in value, because people see parks as an advantage. Parks are something people want, and see a value in. That is why your, and everyone elses property values go up.
akron, oh
Posted 03:15 PM, 11/15/2009
It is good thing for the parks because the homeless people will need some where to live
Posted 03:19 PM, 11/15/2009
wethepeople is right....he has shown me the way. All public land should be sold off. Lets get rid of those nasty drinking water treatment plants tying up land, and sewage plants, and those nasty roads and interstates. And especially the parks. I cant see why anyone would a clean open space with fresh air. We need more wal-marts and corporate America!! Big business will always do the right thing!
akron, oh
Posted 03:34 PM, 11/15/2009
Water treatment plant sewage plants roads all good for the people but how many parks do you want? that farm has had lots of families live on it the last 250 years gave some one a home and paid taxes for the better of the people now it will suck tax dollars out of the people and that bog is doing just fine. metro parks sound like they saved it
Tallmadge, OH
Posted 03:39 PM, 11/15/2009
wee wee of the people:
Metro Parks did save that bog. A developer had his eyes on that for years and I've seen that area and it is very peaceful and educational.
Nap time for you!
akron, oh
Posted 03:49 PM, 11/15/2009
bubblehead your name say's it all lol lol nap time for
akron, oh
Posted 03:49 PM, 11/15/2009
YOU
new york, ny
Posted 04:03 PM, 11/15/2009
@we the peepull: Bubblehead is right. Nap time. You started at 6 a.m. this morning and have spent the entire day flip flopping and making absolutely no sense at all . Really, go sleep and dream about how much money you can make selling cool-aid to your new homeless neighbors living in the park!!Cha-ching Cha-ching!
akron, oh
Posted 04:14 PM, 11/15/2009
Little apples dude who are you another bubblehead read the blogs again I made my stand and stick by it You must work for the metro park
Orrville, Oh
Posted 04:16 PM, 11/15/2009
Reality demands: Using Bogs to expose human waste to sunlight and Mother Natures wrath!
akron, oh
Posted 04:17 PM, 11/15/2009
I'm on here just lol at people who can see the tree for the forest. LOL LOL LOL LOL
akron, oh
Posted 04:53 PM, 11/15/2009
Can not see the forest for the tree
Posted 05:34 PM, 11/15/2009
No trees to see, let alone forest when everything is in private hands and developed. I guess a developer owning this would have been great, wringing every last penny out of it.
Akron, Oh
Posted 10:13 PM, 11/15/2009
It's a typo knucleheads! They found my B-O-N-G! I lost it after that Steve Miller Blossom show, summer of '76.
Akron, Oh
Posted 10:27 PM, 11/15/2009
where'd I go?
Uniontown, Oh
Posted 11:54 PM, 11/15/2009
"wethepeople" Oh, get off it !!! the bog owners didn't pay all your taxes, allowing you to go off and have a lot of fun. BUT, they are gone now, and what little taxes were generated from bogs, are now gone. Luckily, we can all visit these interesting areas, because it is now clear, they will never be developed by some allotment developer.
We get nothing for free , in this world. But, we may buy something that is worth buying.
This was one example of a worthy purchase.
klm
akron, oh
Posted 12:22 AM, 11/16/2009
AND you my friend are a FOOL
akron, oh
Posted 01:14 AM, 11/16/2009
It is not all about the taxes.It is one more farm gone in america that some child will grow up and never be able to farm or live on the government will own all the land someday we live and die but they last forever getting bigger and bigger taking all the good stuff for them and we the people do not have a chance we will be slaves for ever in the name of russia oh i mean the good ol usa
Posted 01:41 AM, 11/16/2009
Better than it being a gravel pit that the little people wanted it to be.
mayberry, oh
Posted 06:33 AM, 11/16/2009
what good is a bog? you cant go swimming,or fishing it seems y'all are arguing over a cesspool
Akron, OH
Posted 10:40 AM, 11/16/2009
wethepeople, wahhh wahh wahhhh..
I hope the state buys and protects more land. Is nothing sacred to you? I want my grandchildren to be able to enjoy the many fruits of this earth. I want them to be able to enjoy the amazing things about nature and all the things the earth has to offer. Leaving this land in the hands of zoning laws and private owners would be a sure way to have this bulldozed and built upon by two years from now.
You said, "It is one more farm gone in america that some child will grow up and never be able to farm or live on" Now your sentence kept running on and made no sense and proved no point. But really? A farm? It would be developed into housing or a business park. Get real and take a xanax.
Rittman, Oh
Posted 11:39 AM, 11/16/2009
Remember when wetlands were called "swamps" and raindforests were "jungles"?
Posted 02:17 PM, 11/16/2009
High School Ecology-wetlands are important. They help filter out some of the pollutants we are dumping into our environment. Wetlands are created on small scale for "packet" sewer systems, and for storm water run off. They don't have the same biodiversity as a larger wetland/bog/swamp as Springfield Bog Metro Park, but still help clean our environment.
Posted 04:02 PM, 11/16/2009
Hey Michael, what pollutants? When was the last time you saw any pollutants in this area worth even talking about?
Posted 07:12 PM, 11/16/2009
Road oils and salt. People who dump engine oil after "do it yourself" oil changes. Fertilizers from yards and farms. Just because the EPA isn't out with a HazMat response doesn't mean there are not pollutants being leached, dumped, or leaked into our environment.
After typing all that, I truely hope your comment was sarcasim.
