Conservation Conversations: Benefits of Converting a Pond to a Wetland at Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve
What are the ecological benefits of a healthy wetland? Mecklenburg County and the City of Charlotte will demonstrate them with this innovative project at Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve. They are partnering to create and evaluate the impact of a wetland in this key urban nature preserve. This project will have multiple benefits, including stabilizing a failing pond dam and hiking trail, working with beavers to create wetland habitat, improving water quality, and researching the project’s ecological improvements. This presentation will share the details of this showcase restoration project and the scientific research that goes with it.
Speaker: Isaac Hinson, Natural Resources Supervisor with Mecklenburg County Park & Recreation
Ages 18 and up – FREE
WFAE
The trunk of Treasure Tree No. 17, an overcup oak, was badly damaged from lightning and insect damage.
Charlotte is known for its abundance of trees. Where can you find the biggest, oldest ones in the city?
A ‘Treasure Tree’ Lost
This spring, Brett Dupree went to the McDowell Nature Preserve in southwest Charlotte in search of an overcup oak tree, one of Charlotte’s “treasure trees.”
“Treasure trees” was a program started in the mid-1980s by Charlotte residents like Tom Martin and Joe McLaren. Its volunteers identified, documented and celebrated 123 of the largest and most significant trees in Mecklenburg County. Dupree is part of an effort to rediscover those trees since the program died out in 2000.