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» Conservation Planning Effort Underway |
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The Lula Lake Land Trust has succeeded at protecting nearly 4000 acres within and adjoining the beautiful Rock Creek watershed, so the Trust’s conservation challenge now shifts to creating a conservation management plan that will further its long-range mission. Thanks to a challenge grant from the ... continue |
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» Recurring Opportunities to Visit & Help the Trust |
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Regularly scheduled dates to visit the Trust offer a perfect way for folks to enjoy the beautiful scenery, learn more about the Trust’s efforts and help with ongoing and special work projects. Tell your friends and mark your calendars for SEASONAL SATURDAYS (open days) on the last Saturday of each ... continue |
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» Avian Inventories and Nesting Productivity |
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David A. Aborn recently joined the faculty in the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at UTC as a field biologist specializing in ornithological studies and as a professor in biology and ecology. Dr. Aborn took an early interest in the Trust and developed a research project that will ... continue |
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» Monitoring Virginia Spirea at the Trust |
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Virginia Spirea (Spiraea virginiana), a small to medium-sized shrub listed as a federally threatened plant, occurs in only two counties in Georgia. It grows on gravel bars and along streams that are subject to periodic flooding and four populations exist along Rock Creek at the Trust. This plant has ... continue |
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» Fungi Diversity at Lula Lake |
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Jocelyn De Guzman, a biology student at UTC, has recognized that fungi form an important component of forest ecosystems by providing a food source for wildlife, and, perhaps more importantly, by recycling and releasing minerals and nutrients into the environment through decomposition. She is examining ... continue |
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» Volunteer Notes |
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Trust volunteers gave their time and energy to tackle several work projects over the winter months. They marked boundary lines on protected properties, performed maintenance and added new plantings to the American chestnut stand, created scent stations to monitor wildlife populations and welcomed new ... continue |
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