Nao Ueda sent a message to the members of Friends of Audubon Arkansas.
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Audubon invites public to participate in Enough is Enough gumbo fund-raiser for the Gulf Coast and other important causes
I was under a street light but the doe was crossing from the Creel/Richardson home's driveway to the driveway into World Peace Wetland Prairie where no street light stands and only the lights from another block down S. Duncan Avenue silhouetted her big ears, curious face and sleek body
She and I both stood still, she maybe wondering something I can't imagine and I moving my hand to my belt and considering whether to savor the moment or pull out the little digital camera and try to record it.
I was out front putting the garbage can in position for the automated city garbage truck and making sure the lids were secure on the recycling bins. A few nights back, maybe the previous Tuesday when the garbage was all in place, I spotted her or a sibling of hers about the same distance in the other direction. That time I didn't get to watch her grazing in the Hoodenpyles' yard or getting to see her face looking at mine. That night, the probably watched me until I made noise and ran west across the street toward the northeast corner of World Peace Wetland Prairie.
My experiences with our neighborhood deer are matched all over Fayetteville by those of many other people. Not everyone wants the deer around. But most who describe their encounters with deer seem to be as awestruck by their beauty as I am.
The deer so plentiful today are the progeny of a restocking program around the middle of the 20th century after decades when Arkansas and Louisiana youngsters never got to see wild deer.
I was out front putting the garbage can in position for the automated city garbage truck and making sure the lids were secure on the recycling bins. A few nights back, maybe the previous Tuesday when the garbage was all in place, I spotted her or a sibling of hers about the same distance in the other direction. That time I didn't get to watch her grazing in the Hoodenpyles' yard or getting to see her face looking at mine. That night, the probably watched me until I made noise and ran west across the street toward the northeast corner of World Peace Wetland Prairie.
My experiences with our neighborhood deer are matched all over Fayetteville by those of many other people. Not everyone wants the deer around. But most who describe their encounters with deer seem to be as awestruck by their beauty as I am.
The deer so plentiful today are the progeny of a restocking program around the middle of the 20th century after decades when Arkansas and Louisiana youngsters never got to see wild deer.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Flooding of the Town Branch of the West Fork of the White River something that must be considered by contractors planning to build new high-school facilities: A sample of photos I tried to show at the June 28, 2010, planning commission meeting but couldn't get the ancient computer under the staff desk to show them
Monday, June 28, 2010
Arkansas Wildlife Federation has been protecting Arkansas' environment for many decades
PLEASE Save the link for a couple of weeks and try it again. The programmer for the AWF says that the Web site is being rebuilt and won't be completed for two weeks or so. OK. Sorry, folks!
Please click on image or link to go to the AWF official Web site:
Please click on image or link to go to the AWF official Web site:
Your Hunting, Fishing, and Conservation Organization Since 1936
Home - National Wildlife Federation
Please use link to learn more about programs of the National Wildlife Federation.
Home - National Wildlife Federation
Home - National Wildlife Federation
World Peace Wetland Prairie and adjacent private land deserves title of certified wildlife habitat
Please click on image to ENLARGE view of Fayetteville's voluntter coordinator and a few volunteers.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Fill dirt and runoff from pile of limestone gravel make growing native wildflowers close to the Pinnacle Prairie Trail difficult but a few seeds got trapped on the upstream side of the paved trail. Unfortunately, the mowers could come any day and destroy this little beauty before it can produce seed for next year
Please click on individual images to ENLARGE view of small wildflowers and pollinators on the upstream edge of Pinnacle Foods Inc. wet-prairie trail on June 26, 2010.
Hackberry emperor butterfly takes a break after long, hot day June 25, 2010
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Friday, June 25, 2010
Several types of bees and a buckeye butterfly on high: Fifteen or more feet above the ground on decades-old purple-flowered bush
Please click on images to enlarge view of pollinators on June 24, 2010, about 40 feet from World Peace Wetland Prairie.
Purple coneflowers, Flox and butterfly milkweed attract variety of pollinators on World Peace Wetland Prairie on June 24, 2010
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
Wild bergamot and many other native species on World Peace Wetland Prairie are keeping their blooms a much shorter time than usual this June as south Fayetteville is experiencing an early summer drought while storms pass nearby on June 24, 2010
Please double-click the image to ENLARGE view of temporaily fading peace-circle garden on June 23, 2010.
Disappointing after waiting all these months for the wild things to bloom. I dragged out more than 100 feet of hose from the north side of my house and started watering the peace-circle garden on the weekend, but there are not enough shady hours in the longest days of summer to allow for much serious watering. Part of the attraction of native plants is that even when their always brief flowering periods is foreshortened by drought, they will return if the soil they grow from is protected.
Disappointing after waiting all these months for the wild things to bloom. I dragged out more than 100 feet of hose from the north side of my house and started watering the peace-circle garden on the weekend, but there are not enough shady hours in the longest days of summer to allow for much serious watering. Part of the attraction of native plants is that even when their always brief flowering periods is foreshortened by drought, they will return if the soil they grow from is protected.
Double-layered daylilies a much-awaited bloom in the Town Branch neighborhood
Please click on image to enlarge view of double-layered daylily 50 feet from World Peace Wetland Prairie on June 24, 2010.
SWEPCO pulls a "swapco switcheroo" to circumvent shutdown after court order upheld
Another day of good news and bad news.
When will SWEPCO diversify its power-production facilities to start selling "clean" energy? If anyone didn't know why they kept building this plant despite knowing it was not environmentally sound, the "merchant" option was always their alternative plan.
When will SWEPCO diversify its power-production facilities to start selling "clean" energy? If anyone didn't know why they kept building this plant despite knowing it was not environmentally sound, the "merchant" option was always their alternative plan.
SWEPCO shifts coal-fired plant to 'merchant' status
Photo by Benjamin Krain
The coal-fired plant under construction in Hempstead County has been the target of a number of appeals.
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LITTLE ROCK — Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO), said today in a news release that construction of the John W. Turk, Jr. Power Plant in Hempstead County will continue under an option to sell in other markets the power originally planned to serve the company's Arkansas retail customers.
The shift to the “merchant plant” comes on the heels of the Arkansas Supreme Court’s confirmation Thursday morning of its ruling that overturned the Arkansas Public Service Commission's 2007 approval of the plant.
Under the court's ruling, SWEPCO no longer has a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need for the Turk plant to serve the company's Arkansas retail customers, the release said.
Read tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Small-business roundtable on clean energy from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday: Free and everyone invited to attend
Hi Folks,
Great news! Our Fayetteville Forward Green Economy group, in partnership with the national non-profit Repower America, is co-sponsoring a Small Business Clean Energy Roundtable tomorrow, June 24th from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce. You can RSVP by clicking the link, although RSVP is not required.
A panel of local business and community leaders will discuss pending federal Clean Energy legislation, with a focus on the legislation’s benefits for small business and job creation. Panel discussion will be followed by questions from the audience.
We are expecting a packed house so please arrive early if possible. We hope you are able to participate in this opportunity to share your thoughts, discuss the issues, and show your support for comprehensive Clean Energy legislation.
Thank you for all that you do.
Keaton Smith
Senior Relationship Banker
2710 Mission Blvd
Fayetteville, AR 72703
479.695.2271 Office
479.718.7030 Fax
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Audubon invites public to participate in Hands across the Sand, an event to help protect the coast from oil
To read the full message, please click on Hands Across The Sand to go to the Audubon Web page that explains the plan.
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 Hands Across the Sand A Nationwide Event to Protect Our Coast from Oil Join us on June 26th to deliver a clear message that America wants Clean Energy Now! The disaster in the Gulf reminds us every day of the true price we pay for oil. On June 26th join a national day of action calling on President Obama to lead us to a clean energy future. In over 500 communities across the globe we'll join hands at 11am to create a line in the sand against offshore drilling. We'll bear witness to the ongoing tragegy in the Gulf and the communities, habitat and wildlife that have been devastated by this spill. Most importantly, we will call on our leaders to move our country beyond oil. If not now, when? For more information or to find an event in your community, go to HandsAcrosstheSand.org Help us to spread the word!  Tell-a-friend! | ||
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
John Rule and friends before and after Rule reads from his own poetry at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Nightbird Books on Dickson Street in Fayetteville, Arkansas
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