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Adams County OSU Extension, Adams County

Jenny Stoneking

 937-892-3016

https://adams.osu.edu/

stoneking.24@osu.edu

 TBD
Central Ohio/ Franklin/Delaware Counties Preservation Parks of Delaware County Saundra McBreaty, CVA 740-524-8600 xtn 6

saundras@preservationparks.com

 Spring 2026
Cincinnati Nature Center Cincinnati Nature Center, Milford, OH 45150 Connie O'Connor  513-965-4891

coconnor@cincynature.org

https://www.cincynature.org/education/ohio-certified-volunteer-naturalist

Winter 2026
Cincinnati Parks Multiple Nature Centers in Cincinnati Christyl Johnson 513-240-5735

christyl.johnson@cincinnati-oh.gov

https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/cincyparks/news/cincinnati-parks-is-an-official-host-site-for-the-ohio-certified-volunteer-naturalist-program/

 Fall 2025
Cuyahoga County OSU Extension Cuyahoga County Morning Robinson, OSU Extension 216-429-8203

Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist Program | Cuyahoga

robinson.2024@osu.edu

 Fall 2026
Columbus and Franklin County OSU Campus, Columbus Anne Baird 614-292-8603

baird.41@osu.edu

 TBD
Erie County Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve, ODNR-Wildlife, Huron, OH 44839 Jennifer Bucheit 419-433-4601 x120 jennifer.bucheit@dnr.state.oh.us

TBD
Glen Helen Vernet Center & Nature Preserve 

Glen Helen Vernet Center & Nature Preserve, 405 Corry St. Yellow Springs, OH

 Kat Christen 937-769-1904

kchristen@glenhelenassociation.org

https://glenhelen.org/ocvn-training/

 Spring 2026
Harrison & Jefferson Counties

OSU Extension Harrison and Jefferson County

 Erika Lyon 740-461-6136

lyon.194@osu.edu

Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist | Jefferson (osu.edu)

 2026
Lucas County   Amy Stone   stone.91@osu.edu Fall 2025
Mahoning and Columbiana Counties OSU Extension Mahoning County Kristen Eisenhauer 330-533-5538

eisenhauer.30@osu.edu

https://mahoning.osu.edu/program-areas/ohio-certified-volunteer-naturalist-program/join-ohio-certified-volunteer-naturalist

 2026
Medina County OSU Extension Medina County, Medina, OH 44256 Ashley Kulhanek, MS 330-725-4911 xtn 106

kulhanek.5@osu.edu

 

TBD
Portage County + Field Trip to Secrest Arboretum, Wooster OSU Extension Portage County

     Seth Kannberg

Kannberg.1@osu.edu 

    

 330-296-6432  

TBD
Seneca County OSU Extension Seneca County Pressley Buurma 419-447-9722

buurma.20@osu.edu

seneca.osu.edu

 Fall 2025
Stark County OSU Extension, Stark County

Heather Neikirk

 234-348-6145 Neikirk.2@osu.edu Fall 2026
Summit County    Maggie Rivera  (330) 928-4769

rivera.482@osu.edu

2026
Wood County Wood County Park District Jim Witter, Craig Everett 419-661-1697 xtn 1; 419-354-9050 jwitter@wcparks.org TBD