If the Bobcats were removing silt and concrete blocks and similar debris they would be improving streambeds more. The roots of trees and shrubs in the streambanks need protection not destruction

Silt moved downstream by Bobcat loader in Town Branch 11/29/09

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Did anyone see stream work on Tuesday? Was it gentler than what we have shown from the Town Branch?

Instructions that Natural Resources Conservation Service contractors are supposed to be following

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Bobcat loader comes upstream in the Town Branch of the West Fork of the White River: Removing vegetation from the riparian corridor of the stream from 15th Street to 11th Street in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on November 23, 2009

Bobcat comes upstream

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Workers in the Town Branch take a break near 11th Street between Hill Avenue and Duncan Avenue

Federal destruction of Town Branch riparian timber and soil

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Video visiting with Bobcat driver in the Town Branch of the West Fork of the White River on November 22, 2009

Bobcat driver talks about working in Town Branch

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Bobcat loader, other large pieces of equipment and chain saws not examples of manual labor in the destruction of the riparian zone of the Town Branch of the West Fork of the White River: Removing sediment from the stream, however, would actually help protect area homes from flooding and protect the quality of Beaver Lake water

Please click on image to go to Flickr site and ENLARGE view of Bobcat loader driving down the Town Branch of the West Fork of the White River and muddying the stream flow with every run.

Who lied to me about using only manual labor to clear ice-storm debris from the Town Branch?

Just opened email from a neighbor on S. Van Buren Avenue that
BACKHOES were working in the Town Branch near 15th Street on Saturday:

Subject: Creek

"thought you might be interested to know that they have backhoes and junk in the creek behind our house. noisy and tearing stuff up. not happy."

Did someone LIE to me a week or so ago and previously when I was told that the work authorized to clear debris from the Town Branch would be done ONLY with manual labor?

Theo Witsell of the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission after presenting a slide show on newly found wildflower species and rare habitat in Arkansas

Please click on image to go to Flickr site and ENLARGE view of Theo Witsell of the Arkansas Department of Heritage after presenting a program on rare plants and rare habitat to the Flower, Garden and Nature Society on November 21, 2009, in Springdale, Arkansas.

Theo Witsell of the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission to speak at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in Springdale on rare habitat and newly found wildflower species

Please click on image to go to Flickr site and enlarge to large size for better view of smartweed in flower on November 20, 2009, in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Smartweed, unlike the subjects of Witsell's lecture Saturday morning, is among the most common wildflowers in Northwest Arkansas.

Please click on image to ENLARGE view of invitation to FGNS meeting on November 21, 2009.