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The Wilderness Center 2013 1

Vol.6 No 1A monthly publication for our Members January 2013

The Wilderness Center Newsletter

Inside:Nature Article...................................p.2New Members...................................p.2Land Conservation.........................p.3Volunteer News........................................p.4Club News..............................p.5,6Program Guide/Reg. Form......InsertEndowment Gifts..............................p.7Tree of Life....................................p.8,9Greenline........................................p.10 Wilderness Center

Think Spring!!! Native Plant Saleand Gardening SeminarSaturday, April 27 9-4 &

Sunday, April 28, 1-4

The garden seed catalogs have begun to arrive in the mail. It is time to Think Spring and Think Native! Mark your calendars for this spring’s Native Plant Sale and Gardening Seminars. The seminars and plant sale will be on Saturday, April 27th. Any plants left over will be sold on Sunday, April 28th. We will have detailed plant descriptions with pictures on our website so you can plan your garden design and plant purchases. Watch upcoming newsletters and e-mail announce-ments for more information.

Join TWC for a visit to discover nature in Trinidad and Tobago! We still have a few openings for this fabulous trip to discover the Asa Wright Nature Centre and Lodge, the rainforest, the Tamana Hill Bat Cave, Leatherback Turtle nesting sites, Pitch Lake area of La Brea, Siewdass Sawdoo Temple in the Sea, Nariva Swamp, swimming and snorkeling opportunities in the Atlantic, a visit to Bush Bush for Howler Monkeys and more. Join us for a trip of a lifetime to Trinidad and To-bago! Contact Gordon Maupin at [email protected] or call toll free at 1-877-359-5235 for informa-tion.

Trinidad & Tobago Natural History and Cultural Tour

March 30-April 8, 2013

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Here it is, December already. Like most Decembers, I get to thinking about time and how we measure it. Day/night, seasons, and years are all astronomical, caused by the motions of the Sun and Earth. But the Earth journeys around the Sun continuously. How did we happen to designate January 1 as the start of the year? Many cultures throughout history mark the beginning of Earth’s journey at different times of the year. The builders of ancient Stonehenge started the year on Midsummer Day. The Roman year began in March. Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) is celebrated near the end of September. The beginning of the Moslem year retrogresses through the solar year. Our calendar came from the Romans. In early Rome, the time of Romulus, Roman year started in March, on the Vernal Equinox, as it had in many cultures. That makes perfect sense to me. The equinox is the day the center of the Sun crosses the celestial equator. It’s an actual, measurable moment. The days and nights are about the same length. The Earth begins to warm and it will soon be time to plant. Young animals, both wild and domestic, are being born The early Romans used a lunar calendar. But, since there are an uneven number of moons in a year, it kept getting “off” of the solar year. They would slip in an extra month here and there whenever the difference got too great. Rome had 10 months. Plutarch said, “During the reign of Romulus, they had let their months run on without any certain or equal term; some of them contained twenty days, others thirty-five, others more.” Sounds like a mess to me! You can see the problem! The second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius, is credited with making the change. He saw the problem, too! He calculated the difference between the solar and lunar years. The Moon completes 12 revolutions in 354 days; the Earth completes one revolution in about 365 days. To make up the difference, Numa inserted an “intercalary period of 22 days, which he named after the god Mercury (March). Numa also stabilized the number of days in each of the 10 months and added two more new months, January and February, to the beginning of the year. We don’t know why Numa added the months to the begin-ning of the year instead of the end. Plutarch thought it was because he was a devotee of Janus, the god of peace and the arts. He thought Numa wanted to always give Janus prece-dence over Mars (March), the god of war. Numa changed the start of the year. That’s still evident today, as we observe September (meaning 7th month), October (8th month), November (9th month), and December (10th month). All were from the old Roman calendar. They also renamed what is now July, in honor of-you guessed it-Julius Caesar.

December The calendar went through many more revisions, most famously under Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory. The Gre-gorian calendar, which we use today, is based on the Julian calendar. But we celebrate the start of our year because of good King Numua, who honored peace and the arts. It sounds like a good way to start a year! By: Joann Ballbach, Education Director

Marianne CameronElsie DursiLester & Sandra FagerJudith FulmerPenny & Edward GasbarreJason HooverSara King & Marlin YoderJeanette MeiserJoe & Marie OakWilliam RohrDr. & Mrs. Ben Weeman


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Land Conservation

Land conservation and stewardship play vital roles at The Wilderness Center. The Center owns 1,599 acres of land and holds conservation easements on an additional 1,332 acres of privately owned land. Biologist and Land Stewardship Director, Gary Popotnik, oversees the conservation plan-ning and activities. We are protecting all the biological and non-biological factors that make up a particular habitat-type which includes the sub-watershed location, soils, geology, hydrography, flora and fauna. This information becomes a preserves conservation plan. We use a form of The Nature Conservancy’s Conservation Action Plan. We prioritize con-servation and stewardship activities such as wetland restora-tion and invasive plant control. They play significant roles in determining how the Center fits on an ecoregional scale. TWC accepts both land donations and conservation easements. The Center also has a revolving land fund which has helped local conservation organizations purchase lands.

I go to Nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. - John Burroughs


Thank You, Volunteers!

Volunteers of the month

The Erb Family

For Erik, Patty, Alyssa, and Aidan Erb, volunteering is a fam-ily affair. Patty is an Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist who has been bringing her family to help with all sorts of programs. They have helped dip-net at Shreve Migration and pond days at TWC. They have led snake walks during the summer–and both kids are great snake wranglers. The family has been instrumental in lots of other program as well. Their enthusiasm and friendliness engage visitors and make them feel welcome. Thanks, Erbs, for all you do (and who knows, maybe in a decade or so you may find one of the kids working here!).

Thank you to our Volunteers!

In the past we have named every volunteer each month in our newsletter. At least we have tried! Some months we missed people and other months we left people in who did not volunteer for the month. We have decided to change our volunteer page after many years. Instead of listing names each and every month, we will be thanking groups of volunteers and highlighting events in which volunteers participate. We hope you enjoy this new format in the newsletter. Please send us pictures, news or any information you may have on our very valued and special volunteers!

Thank you Nature FestVolnteers!

Thank you to all the volunteers who helped with Nature Fest. We had great attendance, wonderful crafters and many sales. We made over $1,750 for displays at TWC!!!!

2013 has been designated the Year of the Snake. Conservation organizations will work to highlight the incredible diversity and unique lifestyles of these reptiles. The Wil-derness Center will be participating by offer-ing programs throughout the year. Please join us to learn about the importance of snakes in our ecosystem, the truth about pervasive snake myths, and the distribution and biology of Ohio’s snakes. If you have a snake ques-tion you’ve always wanted answered, now is your chance. Just send your questions to [email protected] - we’ll answer some of them in this column each month. We’ll kick this month off with a look at our resident program snake. His name is Boris (the Second). He is a Black Rat Snake that came to us from Arrowhead Reptile Rescue - a reptile rescue organization in the Cincinnatti area. Apparently he had been captured from the wild and was being sold at a flea market. (This is not legal). Someone persuaded the seller to turn him over to Arrowhead. The great folks there gave him a physical and implanted an identifying PIT tag. Thanks to the help from some fantastic ladies at the ODNR, he made the journey to us. He is now getting used to meeting people and being on his best behavior. Stop by to visit with Boris or meet him at a snake program this year! For more information on the offi-cial Year of the Snake celebration, visit PARC’s website at www.parcplace.org


Club News

Botanizers ClubGeocaching Club

Makin’ Tracks Family Nature Club

Needle Crafters

Geology Club

Nature Book Discussion Club

Join other families who love nature for an afternoon of adventure at The Wilderness Center. Fun for kids of all ages. Each meeting the Club explores a different part of TWC’s property. Monthly Club meetings will continue in the spring.

The Needle Crafters are meeting on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 10 AM. Come to the next meeting, bring your project and join us!

The next Geology Club meeting will be a program on the Rock Cycle by Lynda Price on Saturday, Jan. 12, from 1-2:30. This program will be open to the public, so come to learn or to help out, or both! See the program guide for more information.

We held our bi-monthly chat on November 15 at El Fogon Mexican Grille. Good food and good friends! There were 19 in attendance. Thanks to Marlin and Sandy Gessaman for hosting! Our winter event, SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER?!?!?, is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, here at the Center. Watch geocaching.com for details. For any questions, comments or suggestions about the club or geocaching in general, please e-mail Rita at [email protected]

On November 4, Sandy Smith and her husband, Marvin Smith, shared their program titled “Sensational Seeds.” After the program members met for their annual planning meeting. 2013 will be a good year with many walks for Club Members as well as walks and programs open to the public. Listed below are upcoming public programs on Sunday afternoons at 2 PM in the Buckeye room at TWC: Jan 13, "Sub-Alpine Wildflowers of Colorado Rockies” by Paula Lavey; February 10, “Alpine wildflowers of Colorado Rockies" by Fritz Schmitthenner; March 3, “Lake Erie Coastal Plants" by Marvin Smith. We are looking forward to the New Year as we share with our friends and members of the club for years, as well as those who will join us as new members in the coming year. Sandy Smith. Club President

Bird Club News

As always, Ohio has come through again on exciting fall species – Red-throated Loon, Evening Grosbeak, Red Crossbills, White-winged Crossbills and lots and lots of Red-breasted Nuthatches, to name a few. Several TWC bird-ers had the opportunity to get up-close-and-personal looks at the cutest of owls , Northern Saw-whet Owl, at Secrest Arboretum in mid-November, found by Aaron Miller and friends. But, most exciting, at least for this birder, was the Lark Bunting, ,in Tuscarawas County since November 3, found by Leroy Erb. Many birders got to see this bird, thanks to the hospitality of farmer Henry Hershberger. TWC Bird Club has lots of day and weekend trips, along with some fun and interesting programs, planned for 2013. Check out our web site, twcbirdclub.org, to see the schedule. Feel free to give us a call and join one or more of our fun treks to watch our favorites of nature’s creatures. Our 2013 calendar starts off the year with our annual Breakfast With The Birds on Saturday, January 12, 9 AM, in the observation room at The Center. This is a great op-portunity to watch the birds in the comfort and warmth of The Center. This event is open to everyone and it's FREE. Bring your binoculars and the family and join us to watch winter species at TWC feeders while we enjoy some good breakfast ‘eats’ and warm drinks. We have had some very good species show up over the years, including a real rarity in 2012 – Spotted Towhee - and it’s a good time to interact with fellow birders and to make new birding friends. Hope to see some of you there! Until next month –May you always hear the whisper of wings…

The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean sounds like a novel, but it’s not. An investigative reporter tracks a poacher of endangered orchids from the Florida swamps into the courts. Along the way, the book describes botanic details of orchids and introduces us to a strange sub-culture of flower-selling. This should be a great post-holiday, cold-weather read. It will be our book for discussion on January 5. Our selection for February 2 will be A Passion for Nature by Donald Worster. This biography of John Muir presents the complexities of the iconic environmentalist. The Nature Book Club is not so much a club as an informal group. You are welcome to attend, on a drop-in basis, any of our meetings that interest you. We meet the first Saturday of the month, 2-3:30.


Club News

Nature Photo Club

Let’s Build a Nature Playspace at The Wilderness Center!

What’s a nature playspace? A natural playground! Remember when your parents said, “Go outside and play?” You had a great time poking around, exploring, and playing. It helped you grow up to love nature. Now, kids don’t get much chance for real nature play. TWC wants to help give it back to them! We envision the nature playspace with a shallow stream, a Mud Kitchen, a small house or hut, climbing trees and logs, a “dig to China” hole, hammocks or other quiet space... and, of course, benches for adults to sit on and watch comfortably. We’d like your help planning and building it. We’re looking for people with construction and landscaping expertise, to be in a work group, to draw the vision so we can start looking for funding, and to help organize all this! If you’re interested, contact Joann at 877-359-5235 or [email protected].

Do you enjoy taking nature photographs? Would you like to learn how to improve the photos you have taken while walking the paths at The Wilderness Center? Come and join us at the Nature Photo Club. Meetings are usually held on the fourth Saturday of the month from 9:30-11:30 AM. The business meeting lasts about a half hour. After refreshments, the program may last another hour. Programs include guest speakers, members sharing photos, and once a year announc-ing the winners of our annual Foto Fest. Our guest speakers show us how to improve our picture taking techniques, use new technologies, or share information about interesting places to take photographs. We go on field trips which provide interesting or unusual photo opportuni-ties. Once a month we have a shooting topic. Club members may each bring in one photo related to the topic. A popular vote results in a “winner” for each month. Meetings are also places where people can ask questions about cameras, shooting methods or photo problems and get advice from our more experienced members. Annual dues are five dollars for Wilderness Center members. Our first meeting of the year will be on January 26th at 9:30 AM. We’d love to see you then.

Backpackers/Dayhikers

The Day Hikers and Backpackers 2013 schedule so far: Jan 13 (Sun) - Winter picnic, Shady Hollow Pavilion, Sand Run Metro Park, Akron; Jan 18 (Fri) - 7:30pm - Club Meeting to plan 2013 day hikes and backpacking trips;. Jan 19 (Sat) 48th Hocking Hills Winter Hike;. Feb 02 (Sat) 33rd Findlay S.P. Winter Hike; Feb 15 (Fri) - 7:30pm - Club Meeting; Mar 15 (Fri) - 7:30pm - Club Meeting. More info at www.twchikers.com

Astronomy Club Happy New Year everyone! The bright giant planet Jupiter is high in the evening sky this month. Join us on the first Friday of each month at 8 PM for a planetarium show and Public Star Watch. We will explore Jupiter and other celestial wonders in the winter sky. Astronomy Club meetings are held on the last Friday of each month. We have eliminated membership dues for the club. We wish to invite all Wilderness Center members to our club meeting. Join the club and share our love of the night sky. Check our web site at www.twcac.org for current news and like us on our new Facebook page.

A couple examples of Nature Playgrounds


Endowment Gifts

Thank You Annual Campaign Donors

It’s hard to believe that more than 48 years have passed since the founding of The Wilderness Center in 1964. Although hardly a “start-up” anymore, TWC still faces new challenges and embarks in new directions with each year of operation. In some ways, our founders would not have envisioned what TWC is today-but equally important, what TWC is today would be no surprise to our founders. Traditionally, the focus of the Center has been upon nature education, conservation, natural history research and com-munity service. Teaching within local schools has long been a part of our educational programming but by no means the only part. In a day and age where information is only a mouse click away, our programming has grown to include more experiential learning and in particular, experiential learning geared toward adults and families. The fact is that TWC reached its capacity for providing local school programs some time back. Its remote location can create prohibitively long bus ride times for students or drive times for outreach staff. TWC is also faced with even greater challenges stemming from general societal change.Competition for people’s time, even today from other nature centers, has impacted the levels of participation in TWC’s programs. Change happens so fast nowadays that thinking ahead 50 years may seem crazy, but if we don't have a deep vision, what guide post will we have? Another reason for thinking through a deep vision is to inform the board on the qualities to seek in the next executive director and in the replacements for other key staff members who will be retiring over the next few years. The board should have a vision to guide them in hiring the individuals who possess the right attributes for the job as opposed to “finding a good person and hoping they do good stuff.” A committee of TWC board and staff members has been exploring these questions and seeking to create a deep vision for The Wilderness Center. As we move forward with this effort, TWC invites you to share your memories of the past and your vision for the future with us. What has The Wil-derness Center meant to you, and what would you like the Center to become? The Wilderness Center is YOUR nature center, and those of us entrusted with its operation welcome your input. I personally would enjoy hearing your thoughts. Please feel free to contact me by phone at (330) 359-5235, by email at [email protected] or by mail. Thank you so much for your support, and best wishes for a wonderful New Year! Barb Vitcosky, Development Director

Your Nature Center Welcomes a New Year

James HardyMiss Marlene J. HightKevin HodgesMr. & Mrs. James A. IndorfMr. James E. LongNathan MoyerMolly Pickard-LovseyDave & Ginny Pool

In memory of Ernest Bailey Herb & Shell Rusher & Tim & Peg SummersIn memory of Mr. & Mrs. Dale R. Jefferson Joan PoolIn memory of William K. Pool Joan PoolIn honor of Dr. Sam Root Home Builders Assoc of Wayne & Holmes CoIn memory of Ann Slee, Australia - mother of Tony Slee, Canton Marie GardnerIn memory of loyal golden retriever Andy Rea Gardner

Michael & Phyllis CroneJoanne FoxJudy GerberRichard & Janice GrayEmory M. HallSue and Ken KellerKen & Nancy McPeekJames H. McVayRon and Jane SibilaBrian SpringKen & Donna SymensmaSteve & Joan Trent


Tree of LifeNovember Tree of Life

In memory of Shirley Long Alessi Wayne & Daphne TrentIn memory of Rich Altimari Bob & Marilyn KellmanIn memory of Aaron L. Arney Carolyn Hamilton & Betsy ZastudilIn memory of Gwen A. Baile Robert & Mary Helen WachtelIn memory of Ernie & Libby Bailey Gary & Carol Sliffe & FamilyIn memory of Ernest Bailey Karla & Bob, Colleen & Dave, Mark and Janet In memory of Byron K. Bertram II Kim CessnaIn memory of Karen Brown Mike & Deb BissIn memory of Danny Bruwier Aunt Kim & Uncle Niles In memory of Kuola Eliopoulos Christoforos The Breakfast ClubIn memory of Robert W. Clark Jane SchiavoneIn memory of Marty Cline Wayne & Daphne TrentIn memory of Rick Cookson Terry & Kathy IckesIn memory of James Corbett II Joanne & Chuck MailatIn memory of Leah Cory Buster & Birdie MetcalfIn memory of Eleanor “Jane” Crum Dan & Lou Anne CaudillIn memory of Paul DeTrano, 1/14/76 - 9/2/12 Jim & Susan ChiniIn memory of Lynn Doerschuk Dave & Sue Harman & Kaye Paar

In memory of John Dombeck Rich & Dee PendleburyIn memory of Robert Eichelberger Steve & Pat TennantIn memory of Dan Evans Buster & Birdie MetcalfIn memory of Carl F. Ferguson Richard & Deborah Davis & FamilyIn loving memory of Christopher Gelfo Patricia ShaheenIn memory of Peter Hessman Mr. & Mrs. Harry Ankrom Barbara Mathues Donna WachnickIn celebration of the 95th birthday of Virginia Holsing Mrs. Evelyn Kuenstler Lucie C. RushIn memory of Anne Hornish Bob & Marilyn KellmanIn memory of Audrey P. Hunter Pat & Jerry LimbachIn memory of John Joliat The Porter FamilyIn memory of Dorothy Keller Ruth CapperIn memory of Ruth Elizabeth Kellogg Steven & Barbara HostetlerIn memory of Susanna “Sue” Keszeg Steven Hostetler FamilyIn memory of Caroline Klingensmith Mike LongIn memory of Gerri Klink Pat ReigerIn memory of Marci Kuvlesky Richard & Nancy BiggerstaffIn memory of Warren Lautzenheiser Bill & Liz Sundheimer

In memory of Mary Ann Marr Leggett Buster & Birdie MetcalfIn memory of Johnny LoPiccolo Ken & Shirley KnishIn memory of Mr. Ted Luntz Mr. Carl & Dr. Audrey LavinIn memory of Glenn L. Mackey Bob & Marilyn KellmanIn memory of Frank Marchione Nancy Dunn & Doug BabbIn memory of Marcia Menuez Wilderness Chapter of Ohio Certified Volunteer NaturalistsIn memory of Marcia Close Menuez John HeinzIn memory of Alice Mitchell Your Family @ FedExIn memory of Warren Montgomery The Nichols FamilyIn memory of Lillian Moore Bob DawsonIn memory of Olympia Muzi, legendary TWC proofreaderThe Wilderness CenterIn memory of Aurelia Neagoe Kaye PaarIn memory of Dean Norris Jean WheelerIn memory of Daniel D. Petcavage Mark, Beth and Brenden TullyIn loving memory of John Phillipchuck The American CousinsIn memory of Tom Pollack Don, Kathy, Andrew & Morgan LineweaverIn memory of Stephen Kirk Pritt The Davis FamilyIn memory of John & Bernardine Ratesic Nancy Erwin


Explore watersheds at TWC! Listen as you walk the Sugarcreek Trail or the long loop of the Wilderness Walk. Download the Water-shed Trailcast for the trail of your choice at http://www.wildernesscenter.org/trails.html.

Watershed Walk Trailcasts

Foxfield MeetingSat., Jan, 19,

2 PM

The staff will discuss natural burial at Foxfield, nature preserve cemetery management, restoration of the site and more. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions in a relaxed, small-group setting. Everyone is welcome to tour the preserve with Sara Starr, the Fox-field Preserve Steward. If you plan to walk Foxfield Preserve’s trails, be sure to wear suitable shoes and clothing. Contact Sara Starr at [email protected] for more infor-mation or call 1-877-359-5235.

Tree of Life

Don’t forget “Hiking Extravaganza” i s a l l y e a r ! F o r registration, please see the Program Guide Insert, and you and your family can earn your hand-carved hiking staff

and pin together!!!

In memory of Susan L. Sears Roush Gary & Carol Sliffe & FamilyIn memory of Howard M. Rowlands Thelma SlaterIn memory of Lloyal Santmyer Michael & Deb BissIn memory of Vicky Seal Char & Jeff GreenfelderIn memory of Dottie Shepard Robert WachtelIn memory of Marty Shipley Irvin & Celia WilsonIn memory of Chris Smith Plain Local Teachers Association In memory of J. Christopher “Chris” Smith Roger & Margaret RiffleIn celebration of the 65th Wedding Anniversary of Dick & Lois Smyser Ross & Marilyn MartinIn memory of Robert Streely Kevin DieterIn memory of Mary Thiltgen Joyce Cirignano,

Annette & Tom Mangan Sharon Rospo, Dottie Stutsman Cherys & Larry Zimmerman

In memory of Nancy A. Tormasi Dana VargoIn memory of Anna B. Troyer Betty MohnIn memory of Ken Uffman Hedy & Ken SchaedelIn memory of Ralph Walter Bob Dawson Dana VargoIn memory of Dolores Weaver Sam & Jean WeaverIn memory of Joseph D. Yannone Gladys DeVore

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