NCOLC permanently protects nature preserves for YOUR health and enjoyment. We hold legal title or conservation easements on over 1,600 acres in North Central Ohio. Consider our preserves like a “Living History Museum,” so you, your children and grandchildren can experience more of what Ohio was like over 200 years ago.
Our crowning achievement, the Clear Fork Valley Scenic Trail (CFVST), is a natural corridor of hiking trails located in southern Richland County, between Malabar Farm and the Richland B&O Trail. The trail wanders through 600 acres of nature preserves, offering public access to old growth woods, tall grass prairies, sandstone cliffs, and Hemlock Falls (pictured).
You can view - and report - species observed along the CFVST on iNaturalist.