by friends | Jan 13, 2021 | Park History, Restoration and Maintenance
Warner Walls If you’ve hiked or driven around Warner Parks at all, you have noticed the stone walls. Some are covered with moss, others are etched with dates, and even some are stacked. Each of these structures tells a story, and we’d like to share some of those with... 
by friends | Jan 11, 2021 | Friends of Warner Parks, Restoration and Maintenance
New Signs & Maps + Historic Stonework Restoration Park users will notice quite a few updates to trails, maps, and stonework throughout Warner Parks. And there are still more to come! Already in the Works Metro Parks is in the process of creating and... 
by friends | Dec 17, 2020 | Exploring
Tree Trails in WP Did you know? Warner Parks have two separate Tree Trails, one in Percy Warner and one in Edwin Warner. The Tree Trails were originally established in 1996 by Naturalists Margo Farnsworth and Judy Dulin, who wrote a comprehensive interpretive booklet... 
by friends | Dec 15, 2020 | Exploring
Expansion of Warner Parks Friends of Warner Parks acquired a total of 500 acres as a part of our land acquisition campaign in 2009; 324 of which from the H.G. Hill Realty Company. Approximately half of the acquired land would come to be known as the Burch Reserve... 
by friends | Dec 2, 2020 | Birds, Wildlife
The 2020 Eastern Bluebirds field season by Diana McLusky Did you know that Warner Parks has one of the oldest Eastern Bluebird nest box monitoring programs in the country? It started in 1936 when ornithologist Amelia Laskey, with the help of the Works Project...