EcoAddendum

Doerun Pitcher Plant Bog event full, now taking wait list Part of Eco-A's Rare Environments of GA, Sat April 9, 11AM - 4PM Few realize the Southeastern United States holds more native biodiversity than other parts of North America and indeed rivals most places on the planet. Many rare niche habitats occur in Georgia, which we feature in Eco-A’s Rare Environments series funded by the Ecology Wildlife Foundation. Pitcher plants are rare carnivorous plants, which like the well-known venus fly traps, derive many…

Flint River, Where the Water Goes 2016, Part II (this event is full - now taking wait list) Jun 4,  10am - 6pm Georgia's Flint River is the focus for this year's river odyssey, where we follow a Georgia River from its headwaters to the ocean. The Flint River's headwaters are near Hartsfield-Jackson Intn'l airport, where they are rather unceremoniously piped back into their natural channel just below the southeastern runways. But the Flint recovers quickly and goes on to become one of Atlanta's most beautiful and interesting…

This walk is full; now taking a wait list "Lullwater. The name evokes a sense of peaceful, hazy drift. And that is indeed how you feel, passing through the stone-pillared gateway on noisy Clifton Road into the forested preserve and walking down the gently sloping roadway to the meadow, with the lake just visible on the horizon. The clatter of the kingfisher swooping over the water and cries of the red-shouldered hawks gliding above slowly begin to muffle the sounds…

Saturday, July 16 Location: Morningside Nature Preserve in Atlanta Morningside Nature Preserve is truly a gem of forest found in Atlanta’s east side neighborhoods. This large park is bordered by the North Fork of Peachtree Creek and hosts hill-top forest with hickory and Paw Paw to classic bottom land hardwoods, sycamore, elm and eastern cottonwoods. Our walking trail takes us through mature hardwoods and a wildflower meadow in the power easement then descends via a long stair and boardwalk to a wetland…

Lionel Hampton Beecher Hills Park and Nature Preserve Eco-A partners with the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance on a two-part naturalist walk for health. Geared for seniors, we'll start with an easy walk on paved trails, then for those more adventurous, we'll walk further on natural trails observing various species of native plants and trees as well as stopping to view beautiful sections of Utoy Creek where large rocks create riffles and small waterfalls. We always discover something interesting in this greenspace, one…

Max Patch Bald rises well over 4,000 feet in the high Blue Ridge near Hot Springs, North Carolina. What better place to see the Perseid Meteor Shower! We'll watch the meteor shower Friday evening, then take a morning hike along the loop trail which hosts many unusual species found in the higher elevations.  Perhaps we'll even be lucky and hear Hermit thrushes or the amazing song of the Veery. The unusual "bald" or open area at the top of Max Patch offers…

Join Eco-A for a Naturalist Walk at the Blue Heron Nature Preserve, located on Roswell Rd just north of the intersection with Piedmont Rd. This small but vibrant natural area hosts a short stretch of Nancy Creek along with a tributary stream that beavers have found suitable for in-town living. In fact this year a new baby beaver was born! We can't be sure we'll see the young one, since beavers are usually most active in the low light of dusk…

Eco-A joins Sustainable Lakewood and Atlanta Council Member Carla Smith in hosting the first  Atlanta Kudzu Festival! Location: Atlanta's South Bend Park - 1955 Compton Dr SE, Atlanta, GA 30315 Date: Saturday, September 24 Eco-A will leads two nature walks in South Bend Park and hosts three workshops with North Georgia artist and "Kudzu King" Cleve Phillips, who will teach us how to turn troublesome kudzu into practical products and artistic creations. He'll show us how to make baskets, paper and even candy out…