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Tuesday, February 19, 2013  A project to restore the prairie at Wildwood Preserve Metropark is underway.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 

Thursday, December 06, 2012  Grab a red stocking hat and a green Christmas sweater for a thirty year holiday tradition the the Wildwood Manor House.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  Metroparks workers and local volunteers helped decorate for the 37th year of Holidays in the Manor House at Wildwood Preserve.

Monday, October 22, 2012  Issue 21 calls for an increase in Metroparks' Levy.

Thursday, July 26, 2012  There will be another levy on the November ballot.

Friday, June 08, 2012  Rude behavior and rule breakers are forcing rangers at Metroparks of Toledo to step up their enforcement on 148 miles of trails.

Monday, January 30, 2012  Stephen Madewell has been named executive director of Metroparks of the Toledo Area, the agency that oversees more than 11,000 acres of natural area parks in Lucas County.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012  A Cleveland Clinic women's health specialist has made a house call at the zoo to demonstrate how to implant a contraceptive in an orangutan.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011  Residents looking to beat the heat, and have some fun, were able to enjoy ice cream at Pearson Metropark during this year's ice cream social.

Friday, May 27, 2011  The flooding has closed some Toledo area Metroparks.

Tuesday, March 01, 2011  Flooding 4 feet deep has destroyed a building at Cleveland's zoo and has killed a peregrine falcon.

Thursday, December 02, 2010  The Holidays at the Manor is about to open at the Wildwood Preserve Metropark.

Friday, October 08, 2010  State Auditor Mary Taylor has declared the Metropolitan Park District of Toledo finances to be unauditable for fiscal year 2009 because records and documents necessary to conduct a routine financial audit are missing, incomplete, or inaccurate.

Monday, September 27, 2010  Metroparks of Toledo looking for your ideas for a new park in South Toledo.