A degraded wetland in the White River Watershed in southeast Fayetteville, which is jointly owned by the city and the Watershed Conservation Resource Center, is undergoing ecological restoration. Stephen Luoni, director of the University of Arkansas Community Design Center, was recently awarded a National Endowment for the Arts grant to develop a public access master plan for the Dead Horse Mountain project. We conduct a site visit.
Grant Funds Master Plan for Dead Horse Mountain Wetland Restoration
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Sandi Formica (right), director of the Watershed Conservation Resource Center, sits with her dog Luna Red, and Jordan Forbis, the center's native plants specialist, on a viewing platform on the Dead Horse Mountain wetland property.
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Invasive Small Carpet Grass, shown here, smothers native species. Botanist Karen Willard has identified 302 plant species of plants on the preserve, two of which are rare, and 83 percent are native to the local ecoregion.
J. Froelich / KUAF
