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2012

NEW! Triple Play at the OSU Wetlands this week (May 2, 2012)

NEW! Earth Day Event at ORW in April 21, 2012

NEW! Letting nature run its course (Columbus Dispatch, March 25, 2012)

NEW! 2 Manmade Marshes: One Planted, One Left to Nature (The New York Times -Green, Mar 8, 2012)

NEW! 15- year study: when it comes to creating wetlands, mother nature in charge (OSU New Reease, Mar 7, 2012)

India editorial tells story of the ORWRP pipeline victory (Jalaplavit, Feb 2012)

ORWRP honors Cajun rocker Tab Benoit for support of Louisiana Wetlands (News Release, Feb 20, 2012)

Temperate freshwater wetlands are forgotten carbon sinks (OSU News Release, Jan 26, 2012)

Hola Bill! (Jan 24, 2012)

Columbia Gas won’t lay pipeline under OSU wetlands (Columbus Dispatch, Jan 18, 2012)

Columbia Gas urged to avoid OSU wetlands in gas pipeline route (Columbus Dispatch, Jan 11, 2012)

2011

New gas pipeline could pass under OSU wetlands (Columbus Dispatch, Oct 22, 2011)

HELP SAVE THE OSU WETLANDS!

New Energy Project at ORW (September 23, 2011)

National wetland short course completed at ORWRP (August 8, 2011)

ORWRP grad student Jorge Villa receives Ramsar Wetland Award (July 17, 2011)

More floodways, wider wetlands, stronger levees — options floated for easing future flooding (St. Louis Beacon, June 17, 2011)

Just let floods have their way? (Columbus Dispatch (May 19, 2011)

Wetland expert suggests flooding solution for Ohio and Mississippi River (OSU Press, May 13, 2011)

ORW Director honored by Chinese forestry university

Wettland Month Lecture by distinguished Chicago wetlander Donald L. Hey on May 11, 2011

An Earth Day present: Rare bird visits wetland April 22, 2011

Earth Week Events at the ORWRP (PDF) - April 17-22, 2011

Wetlands Park marks anniversaries with Feb. 2 Open House

International Wetland Day open house at Buckeye Swamp—Flyer (PDF )

World Wetland Day open house at OSU wetlands—Release (PDF 2)

 

2 people at Open House

2010

The University's 2010 Year in Review (50 web page splashes) features Olentangy River Wetlands (December 27, 2010)

EcoSummit 2012 Press Event - December 15, 2010

ORWRP Professor Receives Honorary Doctorate in Europe (December 1, 2010)

Bill Mitsch presented "Wetlands as the lost carbon sink?" as the First Annual Daniel C. Wilhoft Lecture in Ecology and Evolution at Rutgers University (November 16, 2010)

World Wetland Network Wetland Globe Awards update (October 26, 2010)

Wild wetland by hand of man (Columbus Dispatch, October 23, 2010)

Moonlight on the Marsh Lecture - Wetland Changes in Drylands of China Since the Late Quaternary (October 21, 2010)

OSU research project to receive World Wetland Network award (October 13, OSUToday)

Moonlight on the Marsh Lecture - Landscapes on the Edge: The Mississippi River Delta Restoration as Science and Policy Issues of Earth Surface by Louisiana scientist Twilley (October 6, 2010)

ORWRP Pontoon Boat Dedication Day- September 1, 2010

"PLANTED AND UNPLANTED MAN-MADE WETLANDS ARE SIMILAR AT YEAR 15, AND FUNCTION AS EFFECTIVE CARBON SINKS" OSU press release has been posted on the following webs (August 6, 2010):

PLANTED AND UNPLANTED MAN-MADE WETLANDS ARE SIMILAR AT YEAR 15, AND FUNCTION AS EFFECTIVE CARBON SINKS (OSU press release, August 6, 2010)

Wetlands expert receives Eintein Professorship Award during China tour (OSU Today, July 7, 2010)

ORW makes splash at new OSU Gateway in China (June 29, 2010)

Wetlands Director Eyes New Water (June 3, 2010)

Mitsch interview with OSU publication on Gulf Oil Spill (May 19, 2010)

Ohio State to host global 'EcoSummit' (Columbus Dispatch, May 12, 2010)

MORPC Partners to Bring International EcoSummit to Central Ohio (MORPC press Release, May 11 2010)

Ohio State to host major international ecology meeting in 2012 EcoSummit will have a ‘fix the planet’ theme (OSU Press Release, May 11, 2010)

Working with water - Nature Reports Climate Change article on adapting to sea-level rise (April 23, 2010)

Earth Day Celebration at the ORW: "Out to save the world" (April 20, 2010)

Celebrate 40th Anniversary of Earth Day on Saturday April 17 at OSU Wetlands (April 10, 2010)

Moonlight on the Marsh Lecture by Christopher Craft scheduled for May 12 (April 4, 2010)

Mitsch Receives 2010 Einstein Professorship (February 23, 2010)

Wetlands Professor Receives 2010 Einstein Professorship in China (February 12, 2010)

2009

Ohio Wetland Foundation gives $30,000 award to OSU's Wetland Research Park for graduate research (ORW Press Release, December 18, 2009)

Wetlands are crucial to help clean up water (YouTube) (December 14, 2009)

An unseen carbon sink- Nature Reports Climate Change (PDF) (November 27, 2009)

Pros, cons debated for levee in southeast Louisiana (November 19, 2009)

Wetland's Bike Path Shelter part of the 2009 Ohio Solar Tour (September 30, 2009)

Solar Powered Bikepath Shelter Event - Press Release (September 12, 2009)

Columbus State students featured on Big Ten Channel (September 17, 2009)

AEP Bike Path Shelter Dedication (September 11, 2009)

2009 Sipp Award Winners Announced (6/17/09)

Moonlight on the Marsh Lecture: Peak Oil, Energy Return on Investment and Your Financial Future by Charles Hall (March 30, 2009)

World Wetland Day Annoucement: Wetlands of the World Open House (February 2, 2009)

 

2008

Olentangy River Wetland Research Park on the Big Ten Network (November 20, 2008)

Ramsar Secretary General Anada Tiéga receives a copy of textbook "Wetlands" from Bill Mitsch (November 1, 2008)

ORW featured in Korean TV wetland documentary ( October 30, 2008)

Three Gorges Dam Area Farmers Should Avoid Fertilizer (Update1) (Bloomberg News story, October 28, 2008)

Flooding may offset Three Gorges Dam impact on environment, expert says (National Geographic, October 24, 2008)

Wetlands expert: China should think outside the flooding box with Three Gorges Dam (OSU Research News, October. 24, 2008)

10 web sites carry "OSU Wetland Expert in Three Gorges Trip" (October 24, 2008)

Optimizing Ecosystem Services in China (Science 322: 528, October 24, 2008)

32 web sites carry "gas emission from wetlands"story (Google Search, October 24, 2008)

39 web sites carry "Tropical wetlands hold more carbon than temperate marshes" (October 8-14, 2008)

Tropical wetlands hold more carbon than temperate marshes (EnvironmentalResearchWeb, October 8, 2008)

Study: Tropical wetlands hold more carbon than temperate marshes (OSU Research News, October 8, 2008)

Swampfest in Ohio celebrates USA’s 24th Ramsar wetland (ORW Press Release, October 1, 2008)

Some Marshes Pass Too Much Gas (Yahoo News, September 24, 2008)

Some Marshes Pass Too Much Gas (LiveSciences, September 24, 2008)

Flooding might help lower gas emssion from wetlands (OSU Research News, September 23, 2008)

New Orleans dodged Hurricane Gustav bullet, but OSU expert continues to urge: "Let the water decide." (OSU News and Information, September 3, 2008)

Editorial: Short takes (Columbus Dispatch, July 12, 2008)

Olentangy Wetland First in Ohio to be 'Wetland of International Importance’ (OSU CFAES Press Release, July 7, 2008)

ORW Scientists and Board Members Visit Ecological Restoration Area in Kaixian, Upstream of Three Gorges Dam (KaiZhou Newspaper in Chinese, June 26, 2008)

Ramsar Convention officially recognizes ORW as USA's 24th Ramsar Site (Ramsar News, June 20, 2008)

Halting Hypoxia - Civil Engineering Magazine discusses ORW research (June, 2008)

Olentangy River Wetlands has major presence at national meeting in Washington DC (May 30, 2008)

Undergraduate researchers at The Ohio State University predict the impact of the 5th Avenue Dam
removal at 2008 Denman Forum on campus
(May 13, 2008)

Olentangy River Wetland Research Park wins local environmental award (May 12, 2008)

Moonlight on the Marsh Lecture 2008: "Assessing the Condition of the Wetland Research" by Mary E. Kentula, USEPA, Corvallis, OR) (May 2, 2008)

Pryce Congratulations OSU, Wetland Research Park for International Designation (April 22, 2008)

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service gives international recognition to Ohio State’s wetland (April 21, 2008)

ORW 2007 Annual Report Released (April 1, 2008)

ORW supports OSU students for wetland conference (February 26, 2008)

Olentangy River Dam Removal Updates

Celebrate World Wetlands Day at OSU Wetlands, February 2, 2008

LSU and Ohio State Team Up in Quest to Save Wetlands

8th Intecol International Wetlands Conference

 

2007

ORW Advisory Committee Member Honored, Columbus Dispatch ( December 15, 2007)

Ramsar Proposal (October 2007)

2007 Wetlands, 4th Edition, Published (August 2007)

Wetlands 4e

Moonlight on the Marsh Lecture "Restoration of Wetlands in China" by Jianjian Lu (October 4, 2007)

ReadAloud 2007 Schedule at ORW (September 27, 2007)

September 2007 - 2006 Annual Report, Published

August 30, 2007 - Moonlight on the Marsh Lecture by University of Florida Wetland Scientist

May 2007 - International Conference of Wetland Restoration and Ecological Engineering in Nanjing,
China (May 28 -June 2 2007)

Wetland Research Park Joins (GWC) International Consortium

2006

December 2006 Rhonda and Paul Sipp 2007 Wetland Research Award Announced

December 2006 Press Release for two published papers on restoring New Orleans: Ecological Engineering "Creating a sustainable and desirable New Orleans" and Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment "A new vision for New Orleans and the Mississippi delta: Applying ecological economics and ecological engineering"

September 2006 Bald Eagle at the Olentangy River Wetlands

May 2006 Moonlight on the Marsh Distinguished Lecture: The Marshes of Iraq: Past, Present, and Future

April 2006 ORW Featured on Society for Ecological Restoration International Web Site

January 2006 A Special Seminar - The Mississippi River Delta and New Orleans: Post-Katrina humanity and ecology in a time of scarcity

January 2006 Two Ph.D. students received Rhonda and Paul Sipp 2006 Wetland Research Award

2005

September 2005 ORW calls for wetland restoration in post-Katrina Louisiana

September 2005 Mitsch received award for restoration efforts at 2005 World Conference on Ecological Restoration

wetlands photo August 29, 2005 ORWRP study finds that wetlands would help Big Darby Creek (Columbus Dispatch)
marshland in Iraq May 3, 2005 Bringing Eden Back: ORWRP Helps in Effort to Restore Iraq's Mesopotamian Marshlands

August 17, 2005 Successsful Moonlight Marsh Lecture held August 17, 2005 at the ORWRP

June 2005 Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) nesting in the Olentangy River Wetlands

 


2004

December 10, 2004 Heffner Wetland Building wins award!

October 13, 2004 Donation in honor of Wilma H. Schiermeier Provides asting mark at campus wetlands


2004 STOCKHOLM WATER PRIZE 

August 19, 2004 King of Sweden Presents Danish, American Wetlands Experts with 2004 Stockholm Water Prize

March 22, 2004 Two Ecologists Receive 2004 Stockholm Water Prize for Outstanding Contributions for the
World's Lakes and Wetlands

 

HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY ORWRP

March 3, 2004 OSU Wetland Research Park Going Strong After 10 Years

March 3, 2004 HAPPY 10th Birthday, ORW Wetlands

 

 

2003

September 2003 Ecological Engineering and Ecosystem Restoration Book Released

 

IMPORTANT VISITOR TO THE ORWRP

August 4, 2003 OSU President Karen Holbrook Tours Olentangy River Wetland Research Park

OSU President Karen Holbrook tours the wetland

left to right, Gary Mullins, Director, SNR, Elley Perrone, Vice President for Government Relations, Bill Wolfe, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Karen Holbrook, OSU President, Bill Mitsch, Professor and Director, Olentangy River Wetland Research Park, Bill Heffner, Olentangy River Wetland Advisory Committee member, Bill Resch, Olentangy River Wetland Advisory Committee member.

May 13-15, 2003 Wetland "Stars" Come to the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park for Ohio State University Wetlands Invitational

Photo of wetland "stars" touring wetland

left to right, Curt Richardson, Duke University; Rob Brooks, Penn State University; Mark Brown, University of Florida; Bill Mitsch, Ohio State University; John Day, Louisiana State University; Dennis Whigham, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Ed Garbisch, Environmental Concern, Inc.; Siobhan Fennessy, Kenyon

WORLD-CLASS WETLAND RESEARCH BUILDING COMPLETED AT THE ORWRP

March 6, 2003 Heffner Wetland Building Completed at ORWRP

Heffner Wetland Research and Education building

Heffner Wetland Research and Education Building--July 2003

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Olentangy River Wetland Research Park, The Ohio State University