Located at: 17724 Interstate 30 Suite 5A
Benton, Arkansas 72019
Phone: (501) 315-9009
email: bruceshackleford@aristotle.net
Benton, Arkansas 72019
Phone: (501) 315-9009
email: bruceshackleford@aristotle.net
| Woolsey Wet Prairie History and Current Restoration Efforts Plant Inventory Images eBird List eBird link Articles about Woolsey Wet Prairie |
| The Woolsey Wet Prairie Sanctuary was established by the City of Fayetteville as a part of wetland compensatory mitigation requirements under Section 404 Permit 14207 issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District. The 46-acre mitigation site was constructed to offset the permanent alteration of 9.88 acres of wetlands from construction of the City’s Wastewater Systems Improvement Project. |
The City of Fayetteville West Side Wastewater Treatment Plant
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| ECO, Inc. makes observations of soils, hydrology, and vegetation twice annually at 47 monitoring stations at the mitigation site. Monitoring events are conducted early in the growing season and late in the growing season. Photographs are taken during each monitoring event. The Woolsey Wet Prairie Plot Progression pdf file shows a progression of changes from 2006 through 2010 at selected monitoring stations. Woolsey Wet Prairie Plot Progression |
| Woolsey Wet Prairie Named Finalist for 2009 ENVY Award |
| City of Fayetteville named Arkansas Wildlife Federation 2009 Corporate Conservationist of the Year |
| OMI, the company contracted by the City of Fayetteville to operate wastewater facilities, applied to the National Wildlife Federation to get special recognition for Woolsey Wet Prairie. on March 9, 2011, the National Wildlife Federation certified the Woolsey Wet Prairie as a National Wildlife Habitat. |
