Come celebrate Raccoon Creek’s improved water quality! There will be music, food, fish, and other fun activities. This event is June 10th from 4-7pm at Raccoon Creek County Park.
Join us for our annual summer camp from July 11th-15th! Suggested for students entering 2nd – 6th grade. Registration begins March 18th for Members, and March 20th for non-members. Spots fill up fast. Visit our “Camps” tab under “Education” for more information and to register!
Join us February 24th from 5:30-8 at Lake Hope Lodge for some owl fun! This event is free and open to the public and will feature owl crafts, an owl pellet dissection, and a live owl presentation. Please stop in early to have dinner at the lodge restaurant on your own account.
Join us for Raccoon Creek Partnership’s Annual Meeting! This year the meeting will be held virtually on Zoom from 7:30pm-9pm on October 27th. We will be giving an update on our projects, having board member elections, hosting Dr. Viorel Popescu as our guest speaker to talk about his Hellbender research, and raffling off a kayak. …
Are interested in helping Raccoon Creek Partnership make more free environmental education activity kits? You can help us by simply going to Chipotle at 41 S Court St, Athens, OH on Saturday March 13th anytime between 5:00pm to 9:00pm. Either mention Raccoon Creek Partnership when you are paying or show them this flyer! You can …
Raccoon Creek Partnership is very excited to announce our brand new environmental education program called Raccoon Creek Explorers! You might be wondering what Raccoon Creek Explorers is. The first Monday of every month 1-3 new and exciting activities will be posted on our website! The best part is, you can do these at your own …
Raccoon Creek Partnership’s Virtual Annual Meeting will be on November 20th, 7:00 – 8:30 pm. Zoom link will be posted soon so stay tuned! There will be updates and a scavenger hunt!
What an amazing turn out we had for the cleaning the Carbondale Doser channel! We had great Americorps and undergraduate volunteers from Ohio University. We couldn’t have asked for better weather! We will be doing another large channel cleaning event in the Spring of 2021. We will continue doing our weekly maintenance to make sure …
Hello Raccoon Creek Partnership members, supporters, and friends! I hope you have all had a wonderful summer, it’s hard to believe that it’s already September and fall is just around the corner. As you may remember, our spring apple grafting workshop with Derek Mills of Hocking Hills Orchard was cancelled. Since we already had …
The Ilesboro Road Reclamation Project in the West Branch of Raccoon Creek (Hocking County) was completed in the fall of 2019. The standard reclamation project will reduce the acid and metal load entering West Branch from this historic, pre-law surface mine site, thus improving water quality in the headwaters of Raccoon Creek. A post-construction …
Posted: May 5, 2022 by Amy Mackey
Rockin’ with Raccoon Creek: A Celebration of Recovery
Come celebrate Raccoon Creek’s improved water quality! There will be music, food, fish, and other fun activities. This event is June 10th from 4-7pm at Raccoon Creek County Park.
Posted: February 18, 2022 by Amy Mackey
RCP Summer Camp 2022
Join us for our annual summer camp from July 11th-15th! Suggested for students entering 2nd – 6th grade. Registration begins March 18th for Members, and March 20th for non-members. Spots fill up fast. Visit our “Camps” tab under “Education” for more information and to register!
Posted: February 3, 2022 by Amy Mackey
Owl Prowl 2022
Join us February 24th from 5:30-8 at Lake Hope Lodge for some owl fun! This event is free and open to the public and will feature owl crafts, an owl pellet dissection, and a live owl presentation. Please stop in early to have dinner at the lodge restaurant on your own account.
Posted: October 20, 2021 by Amy Mackey
2021 Annual Meeting
Join us for Raccoon Creek Partnership’s Annual Meeting! This year the meeting will be held virtually on Zoom from 7:30pm-9pm on October 27th. We will be giving an update on our projects, having board member elections, hosting Dr. Viorel Popescu as our guest speaker to talk about his Hellbender research, and raffling off a kayak. …
Posted: February 8, 2021 by Amy Mackey
Chipotle Fundraiser For Raccoon Creek Partnership
Are interested in helping Raccoon Creek Partnership make more free environmental education activity kits? You can help us by simply going to Chipotle at 41 S Court St, Athens, OH on Saturday March 13th anytime between 5:00pm to 9:00pm. Either mention Raccoon Creek Partnership when you are paying or show them this flyer! You can …
Posted: December 11, 2020 by Amy Mackey
Raccoon Creek Explorers
Raccoon Creek Partnership is very excited to announce our brand new environmental education program called Raccoon Creek Explorers! You might be wondering what Raccoon Creek Explorers is. The first Monday of every month 1-3 new and exciting activities will be posted on our website! The best part is, you can do these at your own …
Posted: November 19, 2020 by Amy Mackey
Annual Dinner 2020
Raccoon Creek Partnership’s Virtual Annual Meeting will be on November 20th, 7:00 – 8:30 pm. Zoom link will be posted soon so stay tuned! There will be updates and a scavenger hunt!
Posted: September 28, 2020 by Amy Mackey
What an amazing turn out we had for the cleaning the Carbondale Doser channel! We had great Americorps and undergraduate volunteers from Ohio University. We couldn’t have asked for better weather! We will be doing another large channel cleaning event in the Spring of 2021. We will continue doing our weekly maintenance to make sure …
Posted: September 4, 2020 by Amy Mackey
RCP Grafted Apple Trees
Hello Raccoon Creek Partnership members, supporters, and friends! I hope you have all had a wonderful summer, it’s hard to believe that it’s already September and fall is just around the corner. As you may remember, our spring apple grafting workshop with Derek Mills of Hocking Hills Orchard was cancelled. Since we already had …
Posted: July 29, 2020 by Amy Mackey
Ilesboro Road Reclamation Project VIRTUAL Post-Construction Tour!
The Ilesboro Road Reclamation Project in the West Branch of Raccoon Creek (Hocking County) was completed in the fall of 2019. The standard reclamation project will reduce the acid and metal load entering West Branch from this historic, pre-law surface mine site, thus improving water quality in the headwaters of Raccoon Creek. A post-construction …