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Summit Metro Parks

Summit Metro Parks

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Alder Trail at Goodyear Heights Metro Park

Befriend nature: Choose native plants

Want to support rapidly declining wildlife populations (including pollinators), conserve vanishing biodiversity and promote garden resilience? Use native . . .
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A stand-up paddleboarder in the middle of Nimisila Reservoir at sunset.

Summertime fun in SMP

Stephanie Walton, Chief of Marketing & CommunicationsNow that summer is officially underway, Summit Metro Parks invites you to . . .
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A guide to fishing in Summit Metro Parks

Bass are released into Little Turtle Pond at Firestone Metro Park.Each spring, ponds and lakes across Summit Metro Parks . . .
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Building trails for the future

Kevin Fink & Paul Neal, Park ManagersHikers venture down the current staircase at O’Neil Woods Metro Park.This spring, Summit . . .
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Two bloodroot flowers blooming, showing off white petals and yellow centers.

Spring wildflowers of Summit Metro Parks

Dave Daly, Interpretive NaturalistSpring wildflowers are harbingers of warmer times to come. As temperatures rise and light percolates . . .
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