Join the Kenton County Conservation District on Sat., Aug. 14, 2010 between 10 a.m. and noon to tour Red Sunflower Farm, Kenton County’s self-sustaining homestead in-the-making. Learn how to use permaculture principles and the three pillars of sustainability – reduce, reuse and recycle – to design, create, and steward Earth-friendly indoor and outdoor living spaces. Allow about an hour for your visit, with tours led by owners Mackey McNeill and Barry Schlimme. You will see the Energy Star-rated home, the gardens and the recreational area along beautiful Banklick Creek. Children are welcome. The farm is located on Webster Road. Visit www.redsunflowerfarm.com for directions (directions provided by internet map searches are not accurate). Sponsored by the Kenton Co. Conservation District. Please pre-register by contacting the Kenton County Conservation District at 859-586-7903.
Kentucky Conservation Districts are governmental subdivisions of the state, organized under Kentucky Revised Statute 262. Conservation Districts are responsible for protecting our soil, water and other natural resources. The Kenton County Conservation District was established in 1942 following a referendum of the citizens of the county. Seven locally elected officials, who serve a four-year term without pay, govern the Conservation District. The Conservation District makes technical and financial help available to reduce soil erosion, prevent water pollution, and maintain and improve the quality and productivity of our farmlands, forests, and other natural resources. Assistance is available to everyone in dealing with natural resources issues, including farmers, homeowners, businesses, schools, organizations, agencies, cities and local governments.
For information about this news release, contact Mary Kathryn Dickerson, District Coordinator for the Boone, Campbell and Kenton County Conservation Districts at 859-586-7903 or 859-635-9587 or e-mail: mary.dickerson@ky.nacdnet.net.
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Monday, August 2, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
5 Beavers
A month ago at the Kenton Conservancy meeting (I am Chair of the Board) it was reported that the City of Independence had gone onto our property, Woolsing Trails (see great pictures of Woolsing on Facebook) and destroyed a beaver dam due to its interference with a low water bridge.
Needless to say the members of the board were unhappy. The purpose of the Conservancy is to preserve lands of natural, historical and cultural significance to the county. It follows that one of the reasons to preserve property is to allow for natural habitat, such as beavers. I was assigned the job of calling the City of Independence Administrator and requesting a different approach in the future. When we spoke, he apologized for going onto the property without contacting us and said he would most definitely contact us in the future. He also told me that the beavers had rebuilt the dam.
I hung up the phone very pleased that nature had won. Or so I thought. Tonight (a month later) at the Conservancy meeting I learned that a trapper had trapped, and killed all 5 beavers who resided in the creek. Supposedly he entered the creek from someone else’s property, not ours. No matter how he got there the beavers are gone.
I was at first filled with rage. Then I was just sick, with a heavy feeling in my heart. Is it possible for people to live in concert with nature? Why must we trap, kill, mine or gather every living and natural resource available? Why can’t we just see the beauty and leave it alone? Or see the beauty and leave it for the next person? When will we ever have enough? Will we wait until all the animals are all gone to mourn their loss?
Call me a tree hugger, an environmentalist, an eco-nut, honestly I don’t care. What is true is that I am a lover. A lover of nature and all that it offers. While my efforts seem insignificant and useless on days like this, I know that tomorrow, I will get up and get focused again, on preserving what is left of the natural and wild spaces of Kenton County Kentucky.
Needless to say the members of the board were unhappy. The purpose of the Conservancy is to preserve lands of natural, historical and cultural significance to the county. It follows that one of the reasons to preserve property is to allow for natural habitat, such as beavers. I was assigned the job of calling the City of Independence Administrator and requesting a different approach in the future. When we spoke, he apologized for going onto the property without contacting us and said he would most definitely contact us in the future. He also told me that the beavers had rebuilt the dam.
I hung up the phone very pleased that nature had won. Or so I thought. Tonight (a month later) at the Conservancy meeting I learned that a trapper had trapped, and killed all 5 beavers who resided in the creek. Supposedly he entered the creek from someone else’s property, not ours. No matter how he got there the beavers are gone.
I was at first filled with rage. Then I was just sick, with a heavy feeling in my heart. Is it possible for people to live in concert with nature? Why must we trap, kill, mine or gather every living and natural resource available? Why can’t we just see the beauty and leave it alone? Or see the beauty and leave it for the next person? When will we ever have enough? Will we wait until all the animals are all gone to mourn their loss?
Call me a tree hugger, an environmentalist, an eco-nut, honestly I don’t care. What is true is that I am a lover. A lover of nature and all that it offers. While my efforts seem insignificant and useless on days like this, I know that tomorrow, I will get up and get focused again, on preserving what is left of the natural and wild spaces of Kenton County Kentucky.
Mackey McNeill, CPA/PFS
President and CEO of Mackey Advisors
www.CultivatingProsperity.com
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