Why mow before grass is green or when the dominant flower is the dandelion (native and nonnative varieties) and some butterflies, bees and other beneficial insects are nectaring on them?

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Please put this on your calendar: Free fun for all

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Video running this week (11 a.m., 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. Monday through Friday on Fayetteville public-access television

www.youtube.com/watch?v=THdY4GvGO0A

Midwest Native Plant Society's annual conference set for July in Dayton, Ohio

Great News! The Midwest Native Plant Society conference committee is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 3rd Annual Midwest Native Plant Conference, to be held July 8, 9 & 10, 2011, at Bergamo Center in Dayton, OH. There is a great line-up of speakers, programs and field trips that are designed to "connect you with nature". All the conference vendors will be open to the public on Saturday, July 9, from 9:00 to 4:00 pm.

Registration and lodging forms, speaker, program and field trip information, as well as a conference agenda are all available at: http://www.midwestnativeplants.org.

Visit the website to sign-up to receive information about upcoming events and conference updates. Scholarships are available for young naturalists between the ages of 9 and 18. See website for details or reply to this message for more information.

We hope to see you there! Midwest Native Plant Society, Conference committee

Green Bay, Wisconsin, home of Ecological Internet non-profit conservation organization

Ecological Internet

Kevin on roof October 2003

How long they kill and how fast they kill sums up difference between coal-powered plants and nuclear plants

Contaminated bodies in Japan untouchable

Sweet Wednesday duo playing at Hjem at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2, 2011

ONline sample of Sweet Wednesday songs for download at a bargain price.

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Fayetteville's huge urban deer population can stay out of sight and out of people's gardens if the riparian zone of our urban streams is protected

Big doin's in Fayettenam on Saturday, April 2, 2011

 Julie McQuade's email from April 1:

Events tomorrow, April 2nd - details listed below:

·       Let’s Move! Fayetteville kicks off with Trail Tour April 2nd

·       Great American Clean Up for Lake Fayetteville to be held on saturday, April 2nd

·       Ward 3 Bulky Waste Clean Up scheduled for Saturday, April 2nd

·       COX COMMUNICATIONS DONATING AND INSTALLING FREE WI-FI FOR THE PUBLIC IN THE FAYETTEVILLE DOWNTOWN SQUARE CITY PARK

·       FROM THE FAYETTEVILLE FARMERS MARKET - OPENS APRIL 2