Northwest Arkansas Prairie Restoration
by June 30, 2014 1:47 pm 145 views
U of A Professor to Talk at Hobbs State Park on Northwest Arkansas Prairie Restoration
Dr. David Chapman, professor of Poultry Science at the University of Arkansas, can normally be found researching avian diseases at the Fayetteville campus, but as an active conservationist he is also found volunteering for woodland, meadow, and prairie restorations in northwest Arkansas as well as in the United Kingdom.
Tall-grass prairies once were a prominent feature, covering more than 100,000 acres in the northwest Arkansas landscape. Plowing, burning, and the influx of invasive species have however changed the landscape immeasurably. Chapman will speak at Hobbs State Park about the success of the Lake Fayetteville prairie restoration program as well as several other northwest Arkansas restorations sponsored by a church, the Beaver Water District, a poultry company, and Waste Management.
Join Dr. Chapman at Hobbs State Park to learn what it takes to restore our lost northwest Arkansas prairie land.
Where: Hobbs State Park visitor center located on Hwy 12 just east of the Hwy 12/War Eagle Road intersection.
When: Sunday July 6, 2:00 p.m.
Cost: FREE
For more information call: 479-789-5000