Earth Day Sunday April 19, 2009, at World Peace Wetland Prairie

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Bees and butterflies among the pollinators working World Peace Wetland Prairie on March 29, 2009

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Protecting pollinators among the many values of protecting wetland

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Stormy morning at World Peace Wetland Prairie

Please click on images to ENLARGE. Plants are beginning to bloom with the park's Earth Day celebration only 27 days away on Sunday afternoon, April 19. For a short video of some of the flowers that bloom at WPWP in summer, please turn on Channel 18 on Cox Cable at 11 a.m. during the short takes.

The photo above is a view west on Tuesday, March 24, 2009.
The photo below shows a redbud that welcomes birds to nest and people who appreciate nature's sculpture.

Focus group to discuss plan for Beaver Lake

On Wednesday, March 25th, you are invited to a focus group meeting with Tetratech to discuss the status of the Beaver Lake Watershed Management Plan that they have been helping facilitate. This follow-up focus group meeting with conservation and environmental representatives will take place on Wednesday, March 25th at 3pm in the Chicago Room (room #220) at the Jones Center for Families in Springdale. They want to gather your feedback on some of the management options that they have been developing for the watershed.
I believe each of you participated in the first focus group meeting Tetratech convened a few months back. If you have suggestions for other folks who should be included in this focus group, please let me know or pass this invitation along to them.
Tetratech has put together a series of newsletters to update you and other focus group members on the status of the project. I will distribute some of the newsletters attached to this message and others attached to another message early next week.
Please let me know if you have any questions and whether you will be able to attend the meeting on Wednesday, March 25th at 3pm.
Thank you!
Mike Malone
387-5590 (cell)

Butterflies showing up on World Peace Wetland Prairie on March 6, 2009, but finding no wildflowers available for nectaring in late winter

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Privit-berry bandits remain at World Peace Wetland Prairie

Please click on images to Enlarge view of cedar waxwing enjoying privit berries on March 5, 2009, at World Peace Wetland Prairie in Fayetteville, Arkansas.