Wahkeena Nature Preserve — Attraction in Berne Township

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We first visited this preserve yesterday. We simply saw it on a map, read some intriguing descriptions, and decided to go. We're glad we did, because it's a very unusual, surprising place. Several things make it very special: beavers, a pine forest, wildflowers, an excellent free guide map, and an especially interesting nature center. There are two big beaver lodges at one edge of the pond. There are all sorts of little surprises. There is a floating boardwalk across one end of the pond, which takes you by one of three beaver dams. There are some stunningly tall pine trees you'll walk by on the very nice 1.5 mile circuit—a fragrant bit of landscape, reminds me California and other western forests. Wildflowers are abundant, identified handily on the excellent guide map. A family of geese with brand new goslings, hatched earlier the same day (April 24), was swimming about. Frogs galore of course. Near the top of the hill are sandstone cliffs of the typical Hocking Hills variety. The guide map has numbers and letters which match numbers and letters posted along the well-maintained trail, with naturalist notes we enjoyed reading—I wish more parks would do this. A barred owl and a red-shouldered hawk are in a quiet area not far from the nature center, both injured, non-releasable, and cared for by personnel. Unlike many nature centers, this one is hands-on and reading-light, but full of small stuffed Ohio mammals and birds of every description, many dozens of them, live turtles and snakes in aquariums, a fascinating indoor beehive and knowledgeable talkative staff members on hand. Absolutely perfect learning place...

Absolutely beautiful and fantastic nature filled preserve. Unfortunately it was overshadowed by rude treatment from the naturalist. We had several well behaved young children with us and were confronted by the naturalist for being too loud (children expressing excitement over seeing baby toads and orange mushrooms). Ironically while he was rude about our noise level disturbing others/nature he was running a chainsaw the entire time we were hiking. After expressing his disdain for the kids’ voice levels, he went on to chastise us for not being on the trails. We had followed the clearly marked boardwalk sign and arrows and did not stray from the path, so I’m still stumped on what he was referring to in his condescending rant. After our hike, we looked at the map as well and the trail we took was on it. I am very saddened that such a beautiful place was overshadowed by poor social skills and in looking at other reviews this is not unusual. I have also spoken to some locals and it seems this naturalist has a reputation for being rude, especially to groups with children. I love nature and teaching my kids about it and how to correctly enjoy it and appreciate it. This is not a place with the freedom to do that with young children. If you are adults only I recommend checking this out, but if you have kids I would avoid it until the current...