Site List

Click on the title of each of the 17 properties owned by Kent State and managed by CENRS to learn more.  Please check back as we continue to add more information and resources.  Feel free to visit the ongoing projects page as well to see what is happening on the Kent campus.

• Battaglia: This property is approximately 104 acres and is located above Summit Road in Franklin Township in Portage County, Ohio.  This site consists mainly of mixed hardwood forest and planted pine forest as well as two ponds and a small creek.
• Dix Stadium: This property is approximately 116 acres and is located north of Summit Road in Franklin Township in Portage County, Ohio.  This site consists of a vast majority of cattail marsh and wetland as well as open fields of goldenrod and numerous streams.
• Ensinger: This property is approximately 40 acres and is located east of the KSU Allerton Sports Complex in Franklin Township in Portage County, Ohio.  This site consists of a mix of mowed grass and field habitat, a mid-successional mixed hardwood forest with some mature tree growth throughout, and a creek.
• Herrick Fen: This property is approximately 70 acres and is located in Franklin Township in Portage County, Ohio.  This site is dominated by wetland habitat, with fen covering roughly half the property, and it is mostly surrounded by woodland and marsh habitat owned by the Nature Conservancy.
• Hudkins-Porthouse: This property is approximately 85 acres and is located in Summit County, Ohio.  This site is owned privately and thus has limited access.  Permission must be given to visit the property.
• Jennings Woods: This property is approximately 74 acres and is located in Portage County, Ohio.  This site is often used and has been heavily researched including course labs, species inventories, and theses/dissertations.
• Kimball Woods: This property is approximately 100 acres of early/mid successional mixed hardwood forest located off I-90 in Lake County, Ohio.
• Lane Easton Conneaut, Buttonbush Swamp: This property is approximately 23 acres and is located south of I-90 East in Ashtabula County, Ohio.
• Morgan: This property is approximately 34.5 acres and is located between Summit Road and State Route 261 in Franklin Township in Portage County, Ohio.  This site is within the Cuyahoga watershed and consists of mixed hardwood forest, open fields, a pond, and a creek.
• Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT): This property is approximately 63 acres and is located south of State Route 261 in Brimfield and Franklin Townships in Portage County, Ohio.  This site is within the Cuyahoga watershed and consists of early/mid successional mixed dominant species hardwood forest as well as numerous wetlands.
• Ravenna Housing: This property is approximately 108 acres and is located south of Summit Road in Franklin Township in Portage County, Ohio.  This site is within the Cuyahoga watershed and consists of numerous physical features and Kent State buildings.
• Slates North: This property is approximately 15 acres and is located northeast of the Slates South property in Franklin Township in Portage County, Ohio.  This site is bordered on the north by an active railroad, and is east of what once was the Kent State University golf course.
• Slates South: This property is approximately 25 acres and is located east of Powder Mill Road and southwest of the Slates North property in Franklin Township in Portage County, Ohio.
• Still Fork Swamp: This property is approximately 23 acres and is located in Carroll County, Ohio.  This site is one of the most extensive inland marshes in the unglaciated Western Allegheny Plateau Ecoregion of eastern Ohio, and the wetland is co-managed by The Nature Conservancy.
• Trumbull Memorial: This property is approximately 14 acres and is located in Summit County, Ohio.  This site is dominated by mixed hardwood forest habitat with open understory and also consists of several pooling areas.
• Urban: This property is approximately 18 acres and is located north of State Route 261 in Franklin Township in Portage County, Ohio.  This site is within the Cuyahoga watershed and consists of a majority of mixed hardwood forest and a creek.
• White Hall Terrace: This property is approximately 15 acres and is located north of Summit Road and east of Rhodes Road in Franklin Township in Portage County, Ohio.  This site borders the Battaglia property along the eastern property line, is adjacent to the Kent State radio station to the west, and is within the Cuyahoga watershed.