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Last updated:05/06/2008
Falls of the Ohio Chapter
Meetings We have nature related field trips the Saturday following the general meeting. Our next general meeting will be May 15 with our field trip being held on May 16. More information about the field trip will be given at the meeting. The photo category for this month will be Patterns/Shapes in Nature. Please submit your photos by May 8th to photos@ksnh.org .
Our Past
General Meeting April 17 Floyds Fork is the largest and least-polluted watershed in Louisville. This formerly rural 122-square-mile watershed is undergoing rapid residential and commercial development. To ensure that people living or working in this area will have access to first-class parks, David A. Jones Sr. and Dan Jones founded 21st Century Parks, a non-profit organization working to acquire and develop a system of interconnected parks and trails along a 27-mile stretch of Floyds Fork, from Shelbyville Road to Bardstown Road. In addition to trails for hikers,
mountain bikers, and horseback riders, a "water trail" will allow park
users in canoes or kayaks to explore Floyds Fork.
Nature Outing: Trip to Putney
Ponds near Prospect, KY April Digital Photography Category is Nature in Your Own Backyard. Email your photos to Susan Wilson, photos@ksnh.org, no later than April 10.
Here are the February and March Photo Winners:
Shadows in Nature: HR-Chris Bidwell, Pat Meyer
and Susan Wilson-1st-Susan Wilson, 2nd-David Becker and 3rd-Chris
Bidwell.
The outing will be a trip to Saunders Springs in Hardin co
for an easy hike on the fern trail with ferns already labeled by the
staff at the Springs. I will lead the walk. Chis
Kentucky Conservation Committee
Annual Meeting The mission of the Kentucky Conservation Committee is to work for sustainable use of renewable natural resources, prudent use of non-renewable resources, conservation and preservation of critical and unique areas, and a healthful environment for all Kentuckians. We accomplish our mission by working with a coalition of environmental organizations and individuals to influence public environmental policy and legislation. Blackacre State Nature Preserve will be the site of the KCC’s annual meeting. The theme of the meeting will be “Conserve Kentucky The Conserve Kentucky initiative began two years ago with a LRC sponsored task force, charged with studying: “The Commonwealth's strategy for the protection of natural areas, farmlands, habitats and forests and produce recommendations for a comprehensive land stewardship and conservation program." www.lrc.ky.gov/Committee/Special/Conserv%20TF/home.htm The annual meeting will provide participants with an update of the Task Force’s progress, and involve them in discussions of where to go from here, regarding proposed legislation for the 2009 session. Five panels, comprised of legislators, state agency, environmental organizations, educators and research scientists, will participate. The meeting will close with a discussion of KCC’s environmental legislative priorities for the upcoming session. Blackacre State Nature Preserve is an ideal location to hold such discussions, as it is our Commonwealth’s first nature preserve in the Kentucky State Nature Preserve system. Since 1982, The Blackacre Conservancy, (www.blackacreconservancy.org.), our host, has been actively protecting and interpreting the 180 acre Nature Preserve. Recently, the Conservancy has purchased 100 acres of land adjacent to the preserve which will be the site of a new nature and administrative center. Since the establishment of the preserve, Jefferson County Public Schools, (www.jcpsky.net/ee), has led ecological investigations at Blackacre; these investigations focus on understanding the value of conserving Kentucky. The annual meeting will conclude with a tour of the Floyds Fork Corridor project, the largest new park project in the United States. The tour, led by Dr. Dan Jones, CEO and president of the 21st Century Parks, http://www.21cparks.org/, will be an up-close and personal view of the ecology, planning, challenges and opportunities of land conservation in an urban/suburban center. The tour will also provide the participant with an overview of the 105 Louisville Loop, http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/cityofparks, clarifying Floyds Fork in its context as a cornerstone of the Loop project. Dr. David Wicks, (dwicks@bellsouth.net), is Local Arrangements Chair, and Russ Barnett, r.barnett@louisville.edu, is Program Chair for the meeting. Contact them if you want to volunteer to help organize the annual meeting. Registration information, update meeting agendas/schedules and local housing options will be available soon at KCC new website, www.kyconservation.org. We hope all the readers will join KCC and help shape future environmental policy in Kentucky and ensure that we Conserve Kentucky! Newsletter Postcard Format With postage, paper and ink prices on the rise, we have decided to try sending out (to those Falls members that do not have an email address), a postcard with information about our general meeting, our nature outing and photography information. As always, the Falls of the Ohio webpage will have more detailed information pertaining to our monthly events plus other assorted goodies. The postcard format will be easier to post on your refrigerator or a similar place that will conserve space.
Membership Information: Your membership/update to the
Kentucky Society of Natural History will expire with the March/April
newsletter unless you act now to renew for 2008. Our Society is led by
volunteers and financially supported by members like you. We appreciate
your support for the Society’s work to enhance the appreciation and
conservation of Kentucky’s Natural Heritage. To continue this support
and retain all the benefits of membership including our quarterly
publication of Kentucky Naturalist News, please take a moment to renew
your membership now. Here’s a link to our Web
membership form and please remember that all contributions to THE
KENTUCKY SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY are tax-deductible to the full
extent of IRS laws.
Reelfoot Lake, Fall 2009 TBA
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