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Mountain WILD! and our dedicated volunteers
continue to make significant improvements to the songbird/hummingbird
gardens at the WNC Nature Center.
These areas were adopted by Mountain WILD! as a
fitting way to give back and share with the community while furthering
our mission of providing "Backyard Wildlife Habitat".
Please visit the WNC Nature Center
to learn more and
enjoy the gardens!
Thank you to our
enthusiastic,
energetic
and dedicated volunteers!
Thank
you to everyone that joined us February
23, 2010 for the wonderful presentation by Hartwell Carson with Western
NC Alliance!
Hartwell
did
a fantastic job and participants not only enjoyed learning more about
the current state of the French Broad River, but also took part in
discussions about improving and caring for our watershed.
Thank you to the Western NC Nature Center for hosting the event!
The Stream
Monitoring Information Exchange (SMIE) is a
collaborative effort of several local non-profits and volunteers that
actively monitor the health of local streams. Currently
managed
by Haywood Waterways Association SMIE conducts biological
sampling. By collecting "bugs" we get a good picture of the
health of our creeks over time. This provides a more
comprehensive picture than chemical monitoring which only gives us a
"snapshot" of the creek at the moment the sample is taken.
That
being said, chemical analysis is important as well and has been
performed by other organizations for some time. Click on the
following links to view the latest SMIE reports:
SMIE
Fall 2008 Final Report & SMIE
Spring 2009 Report
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