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Fish and Wildlife students Participate in a Service Learning Project

July 30, 2012

This past month, LTLT received a big helping hand when a group of students from Haywood Community College’s Fish and Wildlife Management program participated in a service learning project at the Morrison House property along Lakey Creek. Twenty two students worked two solid hours each along a portion of the fencerow leading to the historic house, clearing out invasive exotic plants such as Chinese privet, Japanese honeysuckle, and multiflora rose. The project was part of LTLT’s continuing efforts to clean up and restore the house and the land. LTLT has partnered with Preservation N.C. to market the property to potential conservation buyers interested in restoring the 1830’s era house and protecting the 130 acre farm property.

 

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Kayakers take educational trip down the Little Tennessee River

July 16, 2012

The Smoky Mountain Times (Bryson City Paper) editor Lee Zion came on the LTLT and The Wilderness Society float trip and wrote a great story, you can click on the link above, or it is attached via PDF form ——> .Float Trip with LTLT and The Wilderness Society

Many thanks to Outdoor 76 for providing boats for this trip!

http://www.thesmokymountaintimes.com/articles/2012/06/20/news/6.21.12.news04.txt

 

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2012 Aquatic Monitoring Season

May 30, 2012

The summer of 2012, marks the 23rd year of Aquatics Monitoring in the Little Tennessee River Basin for Dr. Bill McLarney. The Aquatic Monitoring Program collects data on what types of fish, how many of the each fish were found and their condition. The fish data collected is catalogued and is used to determine stream health and changes in water quality over time. The Aquatics Monitoring database is one of the largest of its kind and includes observations of hundreds of thousands of individual fish representing all species known from the watershed. The Aquatics Monitoring data collection has only been made possible through the help of volunteers.

We need volunteers to help carry on this tradition through 2012. Sampling will start at the end of May and going through August. Sampling lasts half-a-day and no special experience is required. Volunteers need to be at least 12 years of age and reasonably fit as conditions may involve deep water and slippery rocks. All equipment will be provided by LTLT. Call (828) 524-2711 x 309 or email [email protected] for more information or to sign up.

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