Monthly Meeting - May 20, 2009
Two members met at the small meeting room of the Parkwood Library.
Festival for Wildlife
Northeast Creek Streamwatch tabled all day and increased contact list. This also provided an opportunity to network with other individuals and groups interested in the environment: we spoke with a representative of a USDA program to put conservation easements on farms and timberlands and help fund stream restoration, and with members of the New Hope Creek Corridor Committee. During the event, members noticed blue-gray gnatcatchers taking food to a tiny lichen covered branch, second from the bottom on the west side of a pecan or walnut tree by Leigh Farm’s main house. There seem to be a lot of gnatcatchers around this spring.
Durham Public Schools Scott King Road Site Acquisition
The Durham County Commissioners decided to buy the old Scott Mill site for an elementary school a week or two ago. Melissa Rooney and Randal Haithcock, for Northeast Creek Streamwatch, were mentioned in the Herald-Sun article.
Jordan Lake Boundary Issue
There was an apparently poorly attended neighborhood meeting on May 1. Also, the appeal to the State Environmental Management Commission was withdrawn. The Division of Water Quality stands by its acceptance of the privately funded land survey. The next opportunity for citizen participation is on June 9.
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