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Parks reports volunteer surge, invasive-species fight and biochar facility plans; asks for more staff and a work-order system
Summary
Parks Director Jason Baron highlighted 3,700 volunteer participants, plans to remove invasive species across multiple parks, a biochar facility project moving into construction-document phase, and the need for additional natural-resource staff and a work-order system.
Jason Baron, director of Cincinnati Parks, told the committee the department manages roughly 5,000 acres — about 10% of the city — and reported volunteer activity worth an estimated $1.6 million in volunteer hours last year. Baron described priorities including forest conservation, invasive-species removal, improvements to park infrastructure and a planned biochar facility.
Parks said its volunteer program tallied about 3,700 volunteers last year. The department uses a volunteer “train-the-trainer” conservation-stewards program to expand capacity; Parks noted the program won…
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