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        Nature Center Staff and Volunteers

    Director: Steve McKee -  Steve is our long-time director of the Richland County Park District,
    and he is just getting warmed up with 30 years experience.  He considers all of the Mohican area
    his own backyard, and would like to share it with you.  Steve's specialties are botany and birds.

    Merrill Tawse- Merrill is now semi-retired from the park district, but continues to teach the
    youngest of Gorman Nature Center's visitors.  His incredibly popular "Moms and Kids" programs  
    are on Wednesday mornings.  Merrill specializes in insects, animals and is a real expert on bats.

    Jan Ferrell-  Jan pulls double duty by working at the Nature Center and the Ohio Bird Sanctuary.  
    She is our resident specialist on birds and spiders.  She also coordinates our many volunteers.

      Skip Malaska-  Skip likes giving educational programs to youth in schools and at the nature         
      center and with a background in education he is well equipped for teaching about nature.

    Chad Byrnes- Chad's interests include caring for the "critters' and the ecosystems  in
    which they reside.  He is particularly fond of the snakes and other reptiles.

         Cheryl Harner - Cheryl is a volunteer who enjoys programing our website and promoting our      
      programs with clubs and organizations. She enjoys all manner of botany, birds and butterflies.






    Volunteer Staff -
    The special people who make it all possible

    Nature Center Volunteers:

    Mary Lou Bricker

    Bob Castor

    Bud Consolo

    Elaine Consolo

    Rob Fischer

    Dick Gardner

    Kim German

    Cheryl Harner

    Dean Homerick

    Ralph Hunt

    Ron Jaques

    Ted Kmet

    Nancy Kennedy

    Dave Kracker

    Chris McQuillen

    Peg Parsons

    Phil Pendleton

    Rinda Sansom

    Linda Tucker

    Linda Wilson

    Dot Yontz
Gorman Nature Center
Bike Trail Volunters:

Dave Boals

Mike Fischer

Skip Malaska

John Merschdorf

Mary Jane Merschdorf

Dave Moody

Dick Osgood

Lester Polenz

Chris Reining

Terry White



Butterfly Gardens:

Melanie Seaman

Fate Christian
Richland County Park District
Helpful links:

Ohio Bird Sanctuary