Buckeye Lake's Cranberry Bog was open to visitors for one day on June 21, a Saturday. The bog, which is about 11 miles from Newark, is open only once each year, and draws hundreds of visitors from across the region.
‘Cranberry Bog Day’ was so popular this year that the organization responsible for tending the endangered bog may hold another tour day this fall.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources was responsible for managing the bog until three years ago, when the Greater Buckeye Lake Historical Society and Museum took over. The revenue from the annual tours is used to help save the bog, which is getting smaller. Cranberry Bog is protected and home to many species not usually found in Ohio.
The bog covers eleven acres and is a sort of floating island that lies near the north shore of Buckeye Lake. When it first formed in 1830, it covered nearly 50 acres. The bog is formed of a layer of sphagnum moss that supports orchids, cranberries, and two types of carnivorous plants. Visitors were able to walk on the spongy surface of the bog to explore the plants and animals there, some of which are not usually found in Ohio.
Bog management could work with brochure printers to devise a mailer for the area, describing the bog and mentioning the fall tour day.
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