Audubon Ohio : Columbus Audubon Center

birder's delight

Audubon Ohio is developing the state’s first urban Audubon Nature Center at the Whittier Peninsula site, which has been designated an Important Bird Area of critical habitat. The most exciting element in the Audubon Center project is the opportunity to build within the downtown community. We will empower urban youth to enjoy and protect the nature in their own backyard instead of busing children to nature somewhere in the suburbs or country. Rather than reinforcing the destructive message that everything worthwhile is located outside their own community, we will instead ensure an experience that will return a long-lasting positive impact for the urban community. We will exploit the power of nature to engage area residents in revitalizing their community.

Audubon Ohio, the City of Columbus Recreation and Parks Department, and the Columbus and Franklin County Metropolitan Park District are collaborating on this major “green” project to develop the Whittier Peninsula of the Scioto River into an urban greenspace anchored by an Audubon Center.

Audubon Ohio : Columbus Audubon Center