Spring is approaching! While preparing for upcoming spring projects, I’ve been thinking about the impact of our volunteers. We have amazing volunteers! People who generously give of their time and talents in so many different ways. People who are dedicated to...
March 26, 9 am-12 pm | Fillmore Complex Are you looking for a part time or seasonal job, but don’t want to spend your whole summer stuck indoors? Love our county parks? Join our team! Apply Online You can now apply online for the following positions: Grounds...
April 16, 5 pm | Hemlock Crossing Join us for Art for the Parks 2022! We'll fill the Nature Education Center at Hemlock Crossings County Park with art by regional artists in this pop-up event to benefit the Ottawa County Parks Foundation. Find works by painters,...
Join us for a BioBlitz at Ottawa Sands on May 13, 2022! This event will bring local scientists and conservation organizations together to work with community members to build an awareness of the biodiversity at Ottawa Sands while collecting monitoring data. Last year...
Coarse Woody What? The benefits of dead trees in our forests. Ottawa County Parks and Recreation (OCPR) prides itself in having high quality park properties. Through the financial support of voters, OCPR can hire maintenance staff (or recruit volunteers!) to maintain...
A Transformed Landscape Introduction The land that is now Upper Macatawa Natural Area has seen tremendous change in the last 200 years. Virgin forest was felled to provide lumber for construction of homes and businesses for the growing immigrant population. Then, for...
Article written by: Nealy Molhoek, Stewardship Supervisor From the inception of the Ottawa County Parks and Recreation Commission (OCPR) in 1987, Parks properties have been managed with natural resources in mind. We are fortunate to live in a region that contains...
View the Winter 2022 Outdoors Ottawa County Parks Newsletter
Featured Volunteer Workday: Grand Haven High School at Ottawa Sands Last month, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, parks staff hosted a volunteer workday for a group of students from Grand Haven High School at Ottawa Sands. This workday was part of GHHS's 'Day On...
Ottawa Sands Master Plan Updates Lake Michigan Greenway + Grand River Greenway Landmark Gift “The Bill and Bea Idema Foundation has been a great supporter of connecting people with the natural world throughout West Michigan, including major support for the Idema...