Western Wildlife Corridor had its annual Wildflower Festival on April 13, and what a great success it was. Hundreds of people strolled along the isles packed with informational displays on the environment as well as native plants and nature related crafts for sale. Of course the children made a bee-line…
Did you catch the article on Forest Inventory in the latest Winter Edition of the Steward newsletter? If not, check it out here. Below, you’ll find some supplementary information to accompany Matt Fitzpatrick’s informative article;
Black Snakeroot at Bender Mountain, September, 2011 -photo by Tim Sisson, WWC President 2011 From wikipedia; “Actaea racemosa (black cohosh, black bugbane, black snakeroot, fairy candle; syn. Cimicifuga racemosa) is a plant of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). It is native to eastern North America from the extreme south of Ontario…
Jack-in-the Pulpit blooming at Bender Mountain, April, 2011 -photo by Tim Sisson, WWC President April 2011 See more pictures on our photos page… Click here!
In the late 1960s, the Delhi subdivision of Delshire was created, consisting of 33 homes and surrounded by 17 acres of greenspace with steep ravines and terrain too difficult to build upon. The builder, foreseeing buyers’ attraction to homes surrounded by undeveloped greenspace, had the greenspace specifically zoned for park…
A little bit of heaven. That’s how a Delhi resident refers to her home of the last 30 years. And, thanks to a conservation easement agreement with the Western Wildlife Corridor, her 18 acres overlooking the Ohio River and Kentucky will remain a “little bit of heaven” forever. Purchased in…
