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Darke
County Parks Receives Schaurer Grant
The Darke County Park District would like to extend a huge thank you to
the Lydia E. Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund for their recent grant
contribution. The funding from this grant was used to make the Nature
Center’s new fish tank fully functional.
Recently local park supporters donated a beautiful 170 gallon aquarium
to the park district. The new display features an enclosed wooden
cabinet stand and a wood top with crown molding. The new tank is larger
and more elaborate than any the park district currently owns, and
therefore was not ideally suited to function with their regular
equipment inventory. With the help of the Lydia E. Schaurer Memorial
Trust Fund the park district was able to purchase a pump/filter
combination and a year’s worth of filtration media suitable for the
expansive tank.
The tank is now home to “pond life” creatures like bluegill,
redear sunfish, and a small catfish. The pond fish’s former tank became
the new home for DCP’s rapidly growing snapping turtle. Both of these
tanks now allow the young and young at heart to explore the wonders of
pond life up close, and the new pump and filter will keep their aquatic
wildlife healthy and educating to their full capacity. In the near
future, the display will feature informational signage about fish
species and pond life, but for now Darke County Parks invites everyone
to check out their gorgeous donation and all the other live animal
displays.
Naturalist Kathi McQueen, who manages the animal ambassadors, said
she’s so pleased that the “community is helping to keep our displays
fresh and updated, so the park district can continue to grow and
prosper, teaching future generations about the importance of nature and
conservation.”
The tank is a beautiful addition to the Nature Education Center and,
thanks to the generous support from the Lydia E. Schaurer Memorial
Trust Fund, is now fully functional. The park district is grateful to
the trustees of the fund for making this possible.
To see the beautiful new “Pond Life” display, visit the Nature Center
on St. Rt. 502 just west of Greenville Monday through Saturday from 9am
to 5pm. The Nature Center can be reached at (937) 548-0165 or
info@darkecountyparks.org.
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