EcoAddendum

Eco Addendum Urban Forest Camp Debra B. Pearson, Ed.D. Camp Director Camp Dates: June 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 2019 • Time: 12:00 – 4:00 Ages: 6-13 Level 1 Beginners • Level 2 (Return Participants) • Cost $100.00 OVERVIEW  According to National Wildlife Federation (2019), a comprehensive body of research has shown that getting children unglued from television and digital devices and outdoors into nature can have positive outcomes related to self-discipline, learning and test scores, and health while decreasing behavior problems linked…

Join Eco-A and co-host Susan Edwards for a seasonal series of walks featuring the special qualities of some of our common plant friends. Susan will introduce us to the edible and medicinal qualities of some of our most common trees and “weeds” – some you may be surprised to find growing along a sidewalk, fence or in your own backyard. Backyard Edibles Discover the myriad qualities of the edible and medicinal plants found beneath our feet and climbing up trees…

We invite your input! Join us to help plan for forest restoration for Grove Park/Proctor Creek. Our session which will begin with a short overview of the unusually high value urban forest in this special part of the Proctor Creek corridor. We welcome Grove Park neighbors and stakeholders to join in and provide their input as we discuss the ongoing restoration plans for Grove Park. Restoration Input Session: 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM There is no fee to attend, but…

Georgia Conservancy co-hosts our educational kayak outing on the Chattahoochee River,  just south of Atlanta. Those familiar with Atlanta's major tributaries -- Peachtree, Proctor and Utoy Creeks -- will enjoy seeing where these waters go - into the Chattahoochee which becomes a large, classic southern River as it leaves Atlanta and flows into the lower Piedmont. In this section, the Chattahoochee opens up to a large, gentler stream, but still with a few shoals, flowing past rural farms and forests. It's…

Native Fish Stream Walk – Come out and learn what lives in our urban waterways and backyards! Proctor Creek is an urban stream that starts in downtown Atlanta and flows into the Chattahoochee River near I-285. The habitat in this stream has been impacted by runoff and poor water quality. Despite this, Proctor is an example of resilience and natural adaptation – it is a vital wildlife corridor and the aquatic home to a diverse mix of fish species. In…

Eco-A partners with Friends of Lionel Hampton-Beecher Hills Nature Preserve for a Stewardship Series of educational walks and volunteer sessions. Our walk features mature forest species, how to recognize them, why they're important, and how to recognize invasive species. We'll have a chance to remove certain invasives from a high-value forest area. We'll also revisit tree, native and invasive plant identification, and we'll likely hear or see some of our resident summer songbirds, who  often return to our forest from Central…

Eco-A partners with Friends of Spink Collins Park for a Stewardship learn and work volunteer session.  We'll focus on how to recognize the difference between native and non-native species, and how to carefully remove invasive species from some of the park's most sensitive areas that host remnants of the old growth forest. We'll also focus on identifying and removing Japanese chaff flower, one of the worst and fastest growing invasive plants we've ever seen, which is being carried to our park by…

In our Frazer Forest Stewardship Walk, Master Naturalist Kathryn Kolb shows how the history of this special tract of forest is revealed in the landscape and how to “read” the forest in any season. We’ll cover tree species and character and show how to recognize some of our “indicator” species, and why they're important. You’ll also learn more about Frazer’s ongoing program to help care for this special remnant of the old-growth forest which was originally connected to the Fernbank and Deepdene tracts, and how to become a Frazer…