Green infrastructure still being destroyed: Boozeman, Lincoln and Pryor all promised in 2009 to cooperate to get federal money appropriated to buy sale-barn property; instead, their failure to act has resulted in wet-prairie land north and west of the National Cemetery being dredged and filled for burial sites

Fayetteville National Cemetery photo set. Scroll to bottom of set for more of today's photos This didn't have to happen. Could it be related to the fact that none of the three is a U.S. military veteran? Or did they have more important people's votes in mind? The percentage of veterans who vote is pretty high. The right to vote has always been a reason for many to agree to fight to protect our Democratic form of government. Please click on image to ENLARGE view of land dredging at Fayetteville National Cemetery on April 23, 2010.

Earth Day Festival began Friday night with Caring for Creation at Mount Sequoyah; Earth Day at World Peace Wetland Prairie from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 18, 2010, offers eduction and fun for all ages

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MANY REASONS TO PROTECT LAND SUCH AS WORLD PEACE WETLAND AND PINNACLE PRAIRIE FOREVER:

World Peace Wetland Prairie is the riparian zone of a small stream that historically was fed by seep springs and rainwater from three directions when the first westward immigrants settled Fayetteville, Arkansas. World Peace Wetland Prairie has the deepest layer of dark, rich soil in its subwatershed because leaves and other vegetative matter accumulated as the flowing water slowed and soaked into the absorbent soil and enriched that soil. Pinnacle Foods Inc.'s mounded wet prairie to the west is the main source of clean water flowing to World Peace Wetland Prairie at this time. Before the railroad was built, water flowed off Rochier Hill to the northwest and from the prairie and savannah to the north of WPWP that has been replaced by fill dirt and paving for apartments. Water from the east and north slopes of the high land where Pinnacle Foods Inc. now sits flowed to WPWP along with all the water from the high ground near 15th Street, which moved north to WPWP before flowing east to the Town Branch of the West Fork of the White River. Such remnants of prairie help keep the water where it falls and recharge the groundwater. Like the many similar remnants of such prairie in our diverse geographical area, WPWP and Pinnacle Prairie are the surface manifestation of a significant bedrock fault. Such sunken wetland is a characteristic feature that appears above geological faults worldwide. The Karst map of Washington County Arkansas shows the WPWP watershed in red, meaning that it is a critical groundwater recharge area. Preserving such depressional wetland in our city is the least expensive way to reduce downstream flooding and siltation of our water supply. Hundreds of native plants grow. Many birds and other wildlife prosper on healthy wetland vegetation. And prairie vegetation sequesters carbon dioxide and cleans the ground water.

KEEP the WATER where it FALLS!

Environmental Education Week activities sponsored by Illinois River Watershed Partnership and Walmart Foundation

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Beaver Lake and Lake Fayetteville residents volunteer at Lake Wedington AEP-SWEPCO Environmentalist and retired JBU engineering professor plant willows AR Forestry Commission and Gentry Mayor, City Council and School Supt plant for Riparian Project and Arbor Day  Our Thanks to the Walmart Foundation and Sam's Club for sponsoring National Environmental Education Week USA April 11-17    Join us for these education and outreach projects... April 13 Scull Creek cleanup 4 pm to 7 pm to sign up email jpennington@uaex.edu ordphilipp@uark.edu April 15 Video Contest Entries postmarked  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL7bcarowXA&sns=em Info on cash prizes: www.irwp.org April 16 Rain Garden at Horsebarn Trail 1 pm to 5 pm Horsebarn Trail and 52nd St Bridge, Rogers April 20 Cargill Inc. Clean Water Raingers Watershed Show 12 noon, Springdale Plant     April 21 Fayetteville Watershed Luncheon 12 to 1 pm Biobased Solutions April 22 Bentonville On the Square 10:30 am to 1:30 pm    April 23 Rain Garden at Horsebarn Trail 1 pm to 5 pm Horsebarn Trail and 52nd St Bridge, Rogers April 24 Eagle Watch Nature Trail, GentryJet Stinger demo 9 to 11 am  April 25 First United Methodist Church ecoTeam Creation Celebration 4:00 pm FUMC Springdale   April 30 Rain Garden at Horsebarn Trail 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm    May 1 Creek Cleanups Osage, Spring, Mud Rogers, Springdale, Fayetteville 10 am to Noon May 1     Green Expo Clean Water Raingers Show with Marshall Mitchell 12 noon Hammons Center, Rogers    For more information  call 479-238-4671 or emailcontact@irwp.org EPA, Elk River Partnership, Fayetteville Natural Heritage Assoc volunteers  Cargill Associates with local TV meteorologist at Lake Springdale cleanup  The Nature Conservancy's Tim Snell demonstrates tree planting to Prairie Grove students along Clabber Creek in Fayetteville

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