The Broughton Foundation

02/19/2026

Mark your calendars for August 6th through August 9th, 2026! We can't wait to see you at the 16th annual RTA Fest 🤘

02/03/2026

Enjoy our FIRST event at the Broughton Nature Park! 🥾

📆Experience the magic of a peaceful winter hike on Saturday, February 14, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm.

👉Participants can enjoy a self-guided walk along the Devola Multi-Purpose Trail with luminaries lighting the way through the forest. Luminaries will be set up along the 1.5-mile trail, allowing hikers to choose a personalized distance for their adventure.

☕Following the hike, participants can warm up around a cozy fire with complimentary hot cocoa and seasonal crafts at the Elizabeth Sugden Broughton Community Building.

🧤Everyone is reminded to wear layers and dress for the weather. Bright colors are recommended for visibility. Trail is asphalt surface with several inclines.

🎟This event is FREE for all!

01/23/2026

01/08/2026

MWCD Completes Purchase of Broughton Nature Park, Securing Permanent Public Stewardship — Read all about it! Visit our website and click on MWCD Announcements & Photo.

12/05/2025

Dear Friends of the Broughton Nature Preserve,

Two chances to do restoration this weekend. Believe it or not, this is the best time of the year to do restoration. All the critters and native plants are dormant, and the invasive shrubs are easy to spot!.

Saturday: 9-Noon. Our friends at Mountwood have their monthly Sat, 9-Noon restoration workday at Mountwood Park. We will tackle invasive shrubs and maybe burn some brush we cut earlier in the year. Meet at the main parking lot (near the Museum) at 9AM.

Sunday 1-4PM. Broughtons, Complex #3. (See directions below.) We will continue working on the Red Trail and hopefully burn some brush piles we created earlier in the fall.

Dress for the weather (cold!). But I promise the work and hot chocolate will help keep you warm🙂.

Embrace the winter!

Mark

Here are the directions to GWB Complex #3:
Directions to GWB Complex #3 (restoration workdays):

Enter the GWB Complex #3 off State Route 821. It is the complex nearest the entrance/exit off Interstate 77.
Go up the hill to the first set of buildings. Turn left.
Proceed all the way to the end of these buildings. Before you head down to the pond, turn right, and go all the way up the hill. The road will take you past all of the buildings. The road up the hill is a gravel road.
Parking is on top of this hill.

Mark Krivchenia
Broughton Nature Preserve, Steward
Friends of the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge, President
Society of Ecological Restoration, Midwest Great Lakes Chapter, Chapter President

"That the situation appears hopeless should not prevent us from doing our
best." Aldo Leopold

11/21/2025

Vist our Welcome page for Tim's Final Follage of Fall gallery, Light, color and depth of field of these very real images show us why this is such a beautiful time to take a walk in the woods. Use the link above his gallery to see more of his work.

thebroughtonfoundation.org

11/17/2025

Our Ecological Restoration team invites you to check out this upcoming Autumn webinar: Beavers, the original ecological engineer: What can North America’s largest rodent teach us about restoration? Get busy!
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../WN_ekc6mZjNSYiNMn9-3QHafA...

11/17/2025

Our Ecological Restoration team invites you to check out this upcoming Autumn webinar: Beavers, the original ecological engineer: What can North America’s largest rodent teach us about restoration? Get busy!

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ekc6mZjNSYiNMn9-3QHafA #/registration

11/05/2025

Click below to see Fall photos from Tim's most recent walk in the woods. Scroll to the last pages of the album for the most recent ones. Fall colors will not be around for long!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/thoeflich/albums/72177720329020229

11/04/2025

Trail maps, Tim's Fall photos, and a link to ALL of his photos on our website!

10/29/2025

Wild Ones meet & greet. Route 60 Coffee. (See attached flier.) If you are interested in native plants, please come and learn about this new organization forming--The Appalachian Hills Chapter of Wild Ones.