Loose tan topsoil from someplace spread over red dirt that buried the silt fences protecting World Peace Wetland Prairie. Rain was forecast on July 28

Please click on images to ENLARGE view of the north edge of World Peace Wetland Prairie where a parking lot has been built on several feet of fill dirt. Landscapers spread loose non-local topsoil on top of red dirt with nothing to stabilize it on July 28, 2009.

The Spanish-speaking men going the landscaping work are very nice people, but they clearly have not been trained to prevent erosion and do not understand that protecting the rich, black soil in the World Peace Wetland Prairie city-owned nature park should be their priority. I was promised a week or so ago by someone on site that the red dirt off the edge of the parking lot wall would be dug out and removed. Instead, it has been covered with loose dirt that will spread across the flow area of World Peace Wetland Prairie when rain comes. That could be tonight and a high chance of rain is predicted for several days this week. Protecting the rich, black dirt is, of course, the main priority of those who care about WPWP and wet prairies in general.

Please click on image below to ENLARGE and see silt fence buried under red dirt and hauled-in loose dirt ready to wash onto World Peace Wetland Prairie.