May 2007 Jayhawk Audubon Society Newsletter
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Volume 31, Issue 9 MAY, 2007 www.jayhawkaudubon.org May 21 RAIN GARDENS & NATIVE LANDSCAPING: Integrating Nature & the Urban Environment Prized for storm water runoff control, rain gardens are one of gardening’s hottest trends. At the JAS May meeting, Ted Hartsig of Applied Ecological Services will demonstrate the value of combining rain gardens and native landscapes for private homes and public lands. Native vegetation i s seldom considered as a viable option for most urban and peri-urban landscape features. The result is energy intensive, r esource hun- gry yards and parks only sustainable with excessive attention, water and chemicals. Biological diversity of animals, insects & plants d iminishes substantially too. Intensifying unintended consequences of traditional landscaping, the urban hardscape disrupts the natural hydrological cycle by moving storm water off the land, not into it, often also c ausing stream degradation & flooding. Programs such as “10,000 Rai n Gardens” in KCMO enlist residents in helping control storm water runoff while re-introducing native vegetation and restoring the natural balance inherent to the land. Visit www.appliedeco.com or www.rainkc.com for ideas to start you percolating . BYO dinner with Ted Hartsig at Free State Brewery 636 Mass. at 6:00pm. Meeting at 7:30pm at Trinity Lutheran Fellowship Hall, 1245 New Hampshire. NOTE: Meeting moved to 3rd Monday because of Memorial Day holiday. Monday, Rain garden design. [email protected]. JAS BIRDATHON NEEDS YOU Birdathon donations are JAS’ main source of funds for all our education and conservation efforts. National Audubon funding for local chapters is miniscule. This year we are particularly seeking support from members and friends for our very exciting new program of school field trips: Wakarusa Wetlands Learners. JAS feels the best way to foster the next generation of environmental stewards is to connect young children with nature. We want to wrest their interest from com- puter gaming to the real world...at least occasionally! Please help to keep the field trip buses running: Call Richard Bean at 785-979-2649 to bird for Birdathon on May 5 or 6 or send a contribution to JAS, Box 3741, Lawrence, KS 66046
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