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Calling all naturalists, amateurs and professionals! The Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is home to thousands of acres of protected forest called the Core Areas. Originally designated under the World Biosphere Program decades ago, many of the original surveys and documents that made these areas worthy of distinction have been lost. While a few of these areas, like the Devil’s Backbone State Natural Area, are well known, there are many others -sometimes only a few acres in size- that have no survey records at all. On the weekend of April 12-13, our volunteers will explore a selection of the core areas to conduct informal surveys of their flora, fauna, and other characteristics. These habitats are diverse, ranging from wetlands and interior forest to small open lands. Our work will help the new management at the LBL in giving a face to these important but still little known places. This is a great opportunity to support one of the great public lands of our regions in a time of budget and staff cuts in our federal lands management agencies.
· We're going to meet at the Golden Pond Visitor Center 238 Visitor Center Dr, Golden Pond, KY 42211 at 8 Central for a briefing on each day. The goal is to be heading to our respective areas by 8:30.
Let us know that you will be attending in advance so we can discuss the best fit site for you based on location, habitat interest, level of access/remoteness, etc. We also want to make sure that you are able to upload the map of your location.There will be a nurse on duty reachable by phone.We'll be geotagging places and species of interest. This is to help the staff at the LBL with inventorying these special places.We request that these do NOT get shared publicly at this time, especially if it might involve sensitive species or habitats. We will be pooling our findings into a common app. Let us know if you need assistance in geotagging and uploading.The Land Between the Lakes NRA is grateful for our support. Let's do the best we can, especially in this time of the Forest Service facing budget cuts and losing staff.We will have a debriefing at 4:00 at the Golden Pond Visitor Center. It is encouraged, but not mandatory, especially if you are still out in the field finding cool stuff!
We have just arranged to have 25 rooms at Lake Barkley State Resort Park near the forest! Besides having a cafeteria/lunchroom open into the evening, volunteers can stay up to four to a room to save money. Let us know if you are interested in this option.
Contact: wdmounger@yahoo.com 423.877.4616
DNickell57@gmail.com 270.816.0837
Apr 12
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April 13, 2025
8am
Golden Pond Visitor Center
238 Visitor Center Dr, Golden Pond, KY 42211
Davis Mounger and Tennessee Heartwood
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Disclaimer: The accuracy of the information above depends on the information provided by organizers and third parties.
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