The Ripple Effect: Let’s create a ripple throughout the 1800+ acres of the Beaver Creek Wetlands! The BCWA is in the business of creating an ever-expanding ripple of exciting conservation work in the Beaver Creek Wetlands. Your support is much more than a drop in the bucket! Any contributions that you make expand way beyond the first impact. Joined with the funds of other like-minded lovers of open areas and clean water, your funds ripple over almost 2000 acres of unique wetlands. Click here for more information

Audubon Christmas Bird Count - December 17th Be a part of this national research and conservation project. Help locate and identify bird species seen in many of our local parks. You do not have to be an expert---just willing to help. Our information---along with that gathered at Glen Helen and other local parks---will be part of the National Audubon Winter Bird Research. Bincolulars are needed; some available for loan. Groups will meet at the following locations. Free. Click here for more information Saturday, December 17 9 am Narrows Reserve Nature Center, 2575 Indian Ripple Rd., Beavercreek Saturday, December 17 1 pm Indian Mound Reserve, Williamson Mound parking lot 2750 St Rt 42 N., Cedarville Saturday, December 17 1 pm Creekside Reserve, meet at the Girl Scout Memorial Park, 800 Factory Rd., Beavercreek

Dear Friends of the Wetlands

Has it occurred to you that you are a friend of the wetlands? We all are. It is a simple as this: we all depend on the wetlands to keep our water clean.

Over the years, 90 percent of Ohio's wetlands have been lost. Here in Greene County, citizens have defended the area of the Beaver Creek against this trend. But the pressures are mounting from rapid growth and development in the area.

The Beaver Creek Wetlands Association (BCWA) is a group of folks who, just like you, believe that safe water and the environment needed to protect it are essential to a healthy and satisfying life in our communities. Even more, we believe we have a rare opportunity to maintain a close and friendly relationship with our wetlands by protecting this unique wetland ecosystem and its aquifer below. The late John Sawhill, former president of the Nature Conservancy, asserted that a community defines itself "not only by what it creates, but by what it refuses to destroy."

BCWA invites you visit this website and discover how and why our friendship with the wetlands is so important to our communities. Find out about the parnerships, community networks, and the efforts of volunteers - also people just like you - who continue the work to preserve our wetlands.

Here you will find information on upcoming events, maps to guide you through the wetlands corridor, copies of our newsletter, details on current projects, recent articles and beautiful photos of the wetlands.

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