* Map of the ORWRP

 

* Directions from Outerbelt (I 270)

 

* Local directions

 

* State map

 

* National map

 

 

To schedule a tour of the ORWRP, please contact:

Assistant to the Director , phone number: 614-247-7984
or

Dr. Li Zhang, at zhang.326@osu.edu, phone number 614-292-1098

 

 

 

Tours and Classes

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January 2009

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

January 22, Thursday 11:30 am "Ecological Engineering: Saving the Planet with a Sustainable Engineering" Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department Seminar, 207 Koffolt Building Bill
January 27, Tuesday 8:00 am JFNew (Mark O'Brien - Vice President, Director of Native Plant Nursery) Bill, Li
January 28, Wednesday 2 pm SENR Director candidate visit (Dr. Ronald Hendrick -Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia) Bill
January 29, Wednesday 9:00 am Beijing Capital Normal Unversity (Hong, Jianming, Chen, Wei)"Wild Duck" Yeyahu Wetland Park, Beijing (Liu, Yujin, Zou, Jianchen, Ma, Jianhua) Bill, Li
January 29, Thursday 3:30 pm Moonlight on the Marsh Distinguished Lecture (Dr. Ulo Mander - University of Tartu, Estonia)  
January 30, Friday 9:30 am Beijing Capital Normal Unversity (Hong, Jianming, Chen, Wei)"Wild Duck" Yeyahu Wetland Park, Beijing (Liu, Yujin, Zou, Jianchen, Ma, Jianhua) Bill, Li
   

February 2009

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

February 2, Monday 8:00-17:00 World Wetlands Day (International breakfasts, movie, and Olentangy Olga) (OSU President E. Gordon Gee, 100 visitors)  
February 2, Monday 2:00 - 3:00 pm SENR Director candidate visit Dr. Mary Collins, Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida with ORW committee members (Jerry Pausch, Ruthmarie, Sue Kelly, Paul Sipp) Bill
February 25, Wednesday 9:30 am Dr. Syed Iqbal Hasnain, Professor of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi and Chairman, Glacier and Climate Change Commission, Govt. of Sikkim, India. and Dr. Lonnie Thompson, Byrd Polar Research Center Bill
February 25, Wednesday 2:00-2:30 pm SENR Driector candidate visit Dr. Lee Burras, Agronomy and Environmental Science Department, Iowa State University with committee members Paul Sipp, Bill Heffner, Peggy Foster) Bill
February 26, Thursday 8:15 - 9:30 am FABE/ENR 618 Ecological Engineering Sciences Class (Jay Martin), 35 students Bill
February 27, Friday 8:40 - 9:10 am Melinda Swan, Assistant Vice President of Communications, Ohio State University and Bobby Moser, Dean, FAES (6 participants) Bill
   

March 2009

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

March 4, Wednesday 6:30 - 7:30 pm "Protecting New Orleans from Hurricanes: Restoring the Ecosystem Services of Wetlands" (Gateway Movie Theater, South Campus Gateway) Bill
March 9, Monday 2:00 - 3:00 pm SENR Director candidate Dr. John Lyon, U.S. EPA (with Bernard Master, Paul Sipp, Peggy Foster, Ruthmarie Mitsch and Ed Bischoff from ORW Committee) Bill
March 12, Thursday 10:15 am Columbus State Community College (22 students + instructor) Julie Cronk
March 13, Friday 4:30 -5:30 pm Dr. Bob Spear, Professor, University of California, Berkeley and Song Liang, Public Health, OSU Bill, Li
March 13, Friday 4:30-5:00 pm SENR prospective students ( 5 participants, Mark Giese) Sara
March 19, Thursday 11:00 -12:10 am Thomas Adames, David Goss, (American Coal Ash Ass. Aurora, Colorado) Bill Wolfe/Li
March 22, Sunday 4:00pm Michael Cheney (Emiquon Field Stateion, 3 vistors) Even
March 30, Monday 4:00 pm Moonlight on the Marsh Lecture, Dr. Charlie Hall, Professor, SUNY Syracuse (70 participants) Bill
   

April 2009

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

April 1, Wednesday 1:00 pm Art + Environment tour (Shelly Casto) Wexner Center (30 participants) Bill
April 3, Fri.-April 4, Sat.   Dr. Changwoo Ahn (ORW alum) and his class (9 students) from George Mason University, Arlington, VA Bill
April 4, Saturday 10:30 - 11:00 am SENR prospective students (Renee Johnston, 50) participants) Li
April 9, Thrusday 9:00 - Lantern report (Jim Coyne) Bill
April 10, Friday   Doug Kane and students (Defiance College, Ohio) Kurt
April 16, Thursday 1:00 pm Ecology/Environmental Class (Joni Criswell, Columbus State, 26 participants) Li
April 17, Friday 9:30 am Arnold G. van der Valk, Iowa State University Bill
April 18, Saturday 1:00 - 2:00 pm EAS 391 Changing the Water Paradigm, Purdue University (10 students, Dr. Barbara Cooper) Bill
April 18, Saturday 3:30 pm ChBE 772: Principles of Sustainable Engineering ( 17 participants, Bhavik R. Bakshi) Bill
April 22, Wednesday 9:00am and 6:00pm EARTH DAY (50 participants)  
April 22, Wednesday 4:30 pm ENR 413 Class on Earth Day Li
April 25, Saturday 9:00-noon EARTH DAY  
April 28, Tuesday 11:30 am SENR prospective students (Renee Johnston) Li
April 30, Thursday 2:30 pm Scarlet & Gray ( 7 participants) Li
April 30, Thursday 5-7 pm Natural History of Ohio (ENR 510) (10 students, Dr. Dave Johnson) Bill
   

May 2009

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

May 1, Friday 10:00 am Scioto River watershed group and COSI (Sharon Tinianow, Director of Sustainability Initiatives, COSI. 10 participants) Bill
May 2, Saturday 8:30 - 4:30 pm Ohio Plant Biotechnology Consortium (OARDC - Lori Kaser, Conference Room)  
May 4, Monday 7:30-9:00 am EEOB 322 Introduction to Ornithology (12 students)  
May 4, Monday 3:00 pm EEOB210 Local Flora (12 students)  
May 5, Tuesday 1:00 pm 20 Fairbanks students and 2 adults Kurt
May 5, Tuesday 1:00 pm 20 Fairbanks students and 2 adults Li
May 7, Thursday 10:00 am Kurt Keljo Defense - Conference Room  
May 9, Saturday 11:00am-5:30 pm Ohio Environment Council Board Meeting (20 participants, Liz 614-487-7506) for Conference Room  
May 14, Thursday 1:30pm Otterbein College (Erik Paul Rothacker) Kay
May 15, Friday 3:00 pm Leslie - Undergraduates from Steeb Hall Evan
May 19, Tuesday 7:00 pm Environmental Hydrology class (Columbus State, Jeff Bates) Evan
May 22, Friday 8:40 am Geography 210 class (20 participants) Evan
May 22, Friday 2:40 pm Geography 210 class (20 participants) Chen
May 28, Thursday 10:15 am Indianola Elementary 4th graders - Sue's class of 20 Matt
May 28, Thursday 11:15 am Indianola Elementary 4th graders - Shannon's class of 20 Kurt
May 29, Friday 10:30 am Patti Zinc and Ed Zinc, OSU Alumni, Durango, CO Bill
May 30, Saturday 10:00 am Chris Anderson and students Kurt
   

June 2009

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

June 1, Monday 9:30-12:30 EEOB 210 Flora (OSU Prof. Dassler, ph.2-3296)  
June 1, Monday 10:00-11:00am Daniel Sey, OSU Geography Department - Director for the Center of Urban and Regional Analysis Bill
June 2, Tuesday 10:00-12:30 Biology 175 (Columbus State, Julie Cronk)  
June 2, Tuesday 10:30-1:30 EEOB 210 Flora (OSU Prof. Dassler, ph.2-3296)  
June 3, Wednesday 1:45 am Biology 175, Instructor: Mort Jaradi Li
June 4, Thursday 10:15 am Indianola Elementary 4th graders - Sylvia's class of 20 Matt
June 4, Thursday 11:15 am Indianola Elementary 4th graders - Melissa's class of 20 Blanca
June 4, Thursday 6:30 pm Biology 101 - (50 students, John Cogan (2-4470))  
June 5, Friday 3:00 pm Tour for Barbara Knight Bill
June 7, Sunday 9:30 am Biology 127H, Instructor: Mort Jaradi Li
June 25, Thursday 12:45-1:45 pm Life Sports Camp "Career Day" - Ally Baster/Cindy Overly (50 young students)  
   

July 2009

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

July 14-16   Creation and Restoration of Wetlands (shortcourse) Bill and Robin
July 23, Thursday TBA Mustingum County Master Gardeners, Mark Mechling, 40-45 participants  
       
   

August 2009

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

August 6, Thursday   OSU/College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (20 Teachers, Micki Zartman, 431-3479)  
August 10-14   Wetland Delineation (shortcourse) Ralph W. Tiner, Mark D. DeBrock, Frank E. Gibbs, and William J. Mitsch
       
       
   

September 2009

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

September 1/2, Tues/Wed 8:00-11:00am Ken Scaife - OARDC and Research Center Society, 40-50 participants  
       
       
   

October 2009

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

       
       
   

November 2009

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

       
       
   

December 2009