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News & events from the South Fork Nature Center
Saturday, September 9, 2017 We love our beautiful nature park on the lake. Keeping it tidy is always a labor of love. Trail maintenance goes on year-round, but our mega-cleaning skills really get their chance to shine on the big Lake & River Day each September! How about a hand? You wouldn’t believe how muchContinue Reading The Big Cleanup
There has been a flurry of activity on the outdoor classroom/pavilion build. We have made a lot of progress this month in completing the pavilion’s foundation in addition to starting the framing of the trusses. The Pavilion’s architect, Victor A. Mirontschuk, FAIA, with EDI International, visited the build site during the first week of July.Continue Reading Pavilion Update (August 2017)
Piles & more piles of logs From glade clearing, forest thinning, from road and site clearing…piles of logs ten feet to thirty feet long, mostly cedar. Logs, logs, and more logs in stacks here and there, everywhere! They must be moved out of the way, making room for parking, making room for construction of theContinue Reading Tim-ber!!
SFNC’s First Annual Pollinator Event was held on Saturday, June 17th. 50+ participants from all age groups were present on that overcast morning to explore the pollinators in our life. Activities of the day included Puddle Stone Painting, Seed ball creations, face painting and monarch wing dress-up! Participants of all ages were invited to participate.Continue Reading Pollinator Day (Gallery)
8:30-12:30, Tuesday July 11, 2017 at the Nature Center Hosted by Marc and Suzanne Hirrel, this workshop is designed to help classroom teachers and non-formal science educators meet the new Arkansas Science Standards for middle and high school students. The workshop and curricula focuses on water resource conservation. Hands-on training using digital microscopy, eTrex GPSContinue Reading July 11: “Conservation Through Technology” Workshop
June 17, 2017 (Saturday) 10:00 – 12:00 “Pollinator Event” Help South Fork Nature Center kick-off National Pollinator Week with a family friendly morning spent investigating “Pollinators in our World”. We promise you a fun, educational experience geared for all ages with our experts. A “Pollinator Walk”, hosted by one of our highly-trained docents, is sureContinue Reading Mark Your Calendars: June 17 “Pollinator Event”
One hundred 4th graders rounded up from Clinton by their leader, Kristy Eastridge, arrived by bus for their appointed experience with the out-of-doors. Five docents led them in groups of 10 in their discoveries. One group discussed plant structure from flower to fruit to seed and on to seedling, herb and tree while another learnedContinue Reading Biggest Day Yet for Students at South Fork
Don Culwell, Janet Miron, Bob Hartmann and Don Richardson of the SFNC Board met with Clint Johnson from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Mike Cagle from the Arkansas Forestry Commission, Joe Krystofik from the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service and Joy DeClerk of The Nature Conservancy to talk about a plan for the managementContinue Reading Forest Management Meeting
Mark your calendars! 10am Saturday, May 13: “A Walk in the Woods” photography event, hosted by docent Dr. Don Culwell Bring any camera or cell phone and join Don to photograph life along South Fork’s Trails. Submit your best pictures of nature as you see it for our photo contest. Winning photos will be postedContinue Reading May 13: Photography Walk
ROSEBUD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS VISIT SOUTH FORK NATURE CENTER Joyce Hartmann The weather was perfect the morning of May 9th, when the Rosebud High School Pre-Advanced Placement Biology Sophomores with instructor Margaret Moon arrived. Dr. Don Culwell met the school bus and led the group on a nature walk through the woods to the cabin,Continue Reading Rose Bud High School Visit