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Alex Stewart (Spectrum Trail Design) will be in town this week on Thursday, Friday and Saturday AND we have the green light to host a Kentucky Mountain Bike Association (KyMBA) Volunteer Trail Day! If your interested in volunteering to help build the new trail system, please join us this Saturday morning April 2nd at 9:30 am. Lets meet at the Ben Hawes Park main parking lot on Booth Field Road. Then carpool to the work site at the end of Medley Road or the end of Over Street Road. TBD Please bring your own work gloves, eye protection, snacks and drink. Also, you might consider bringing your bike and ride some new sweet single-track before you go home. Contact me if have any questions. Thanks, Richard Dixon 852-3747 home 244-0567 cell

As a seasoned gardener, I've gained an almost reverent respect for soil. It can make or break any garden. Dirt, on the other hand, is what you clean from under your fingernails. Healthy gardens grow in soil. Good, rich soil is the living heart and soul of gardening. But figuring out how to get it takes a bit of work. Soil is made up of minerals, rock broken down by time and weather into three general particle sizes. The first, sand, is relatively huge. It doesn't hold water or fertilizer very well but has terrific porosity, or air space between the grains. Next is silt, about the size and consistency of dust. Water runs off it before soaking in, but once it's saturated it holds water and nutrients better than sand. Finally comes clay. Dry, it shrinks, cracks and repels water. Wet, it's swampy and doesn't give up its nutrients easily. It is important to have all three types of particles in your garden soil. The different sizes of each create essential space for air a...

EVANSVILLE — Six portions of the Pigeon Creek Greenway were closed Monday morning by high water and strong currents, Evansville Parks and Recreation Department officials said. Although some trailheads were inundated, low ceilings under street bridges were the worst affected. The passage under Franklin Street accumulated the most significant amount of water, said Glenn Boberg, deputy director of the department. When the Greenway was built, engineers had to balance flood resistance with low bridges under which pedestrians, cyclists and runners would pass. For the most part, the route stays dry. The reopening of the Franklin Street bridge and portions of the Greenway will depend on when the waters recede and the trails can be cleaned up. The reopening of the Franklin Street bridge and portions of the Greenway will depend on when the waters recede and the trails can be cleaned up. "But when you've got this much rain, it will flood," Boberg said. "Our problem is if we mad...

The new improved nature center in Wesselman park

The new improved nature center in Wesselman park

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working on a "combined info" blog feed. have had it on the site for about a year but I've decided to beef things up a bit. bookmark this link to stay up to date : http://app.feed.informer.com/digest3/IIUFZE5JJR.rss Here is a list of feeds included....   Indiana Department of Natural Resources - News Releases http://www.in.gov/portal/news_events/39061.xml   Mtbr Pro Reviews and Articles http://reviews.mtbr.com/feed/   Southern Indiana Trails http://sibiketrails.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default   Bentcrank's Blog http://bentcrank.wordpress.com/?feed=rss2   BRECK'S BICYCLE SHOP http://brecksbikeshop.com/feed/   Wild About Nature Blog http://feeds.feedburner.com/wildaboutnatureblog?format=xml   My Nature Posts -- The Nature Conservancy http://feeds.feedburner.com/MyNaturePosts?format=xml   BikeRadar.com Mountain Biking http://feeds2.feedburner.com/BikeRadar/MountainBiking

We're proud to introduce our Recreation and Naturalist Blog. The blog can be accessed through the John James Audubon State Park website http://parks.ky.gov/findparks/recparks/au/ . The direct link is http://www.kspappdev.com/blogs/audubon/ . We hope you enjoy it.

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MARCH CALENDAR OF EVENTS Tiny Tot’s Art ~ “Me, Myself & I” Friday, March 4 JJA Museum “Little Rembrandt’s”, ages 3-5, will start their 2011 session of Art at Audubon Park, Friday February 4th from 10:30-11:30. The series will be the first Friday of each month through April. Dress for a mess and discover the world of Art. Pre-registration is required. Staff Contact: Kim McGrew-Liggett Audubon Museum (270) 827-1893 kim.mcgrew@ky.gov Cost: $5.00 per class Adult Audubon Art Classes Saturdays March 5, 12 & 19 JJA Museum 10:00-12:00 *March 5, 12, 19 Pastels Instructor: Kelly Gilbert *April 2, 9, 16 Watercolors Instructor: Lynn Buckman Adults and students ages 14 and up are invited to join us in the series of Art classes at the JJA Museum to touch on their creative side and explore the world of art. In March, beginning to intermediate classes will focus on pastels. Pre-registration is required. There is limited space available. Call or email Kim M...

Saturday, March 5 & Sunday March 6, 2011 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve To taste pure maple syrup is to taste a product born of the pure essence of nature. Or as American naturalist and essayist John Burroughs describes this maple magic, ". . . it has a wild delicacy of flavor that no other sweet can match." You and your family will have an opportunity to sample some of our home grown maple syrup from Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve during the Maple Sugarbush Festival and Pancake Breakfast. Admission: $7 adults (13 and over); $4 youth; children 3 and under are free! Discounted admission for Wesselman Nature Society members.

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