Environment

Program on ecology of Little River Canyon National Preserve is for adults and children

Submitted by Bliss Bowman Wade, Digital Content Director

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011, 12:02pm

Program on ecology of Little River Canyon National Preserve is for adults and children

A program at Little River Canyon National Preserve will teach adults and children the ecology of the park.

On Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 1 PM. Park Ranger Larry Beane will present a one hour program revealing how plants and animals of the park are all connected to their special homes.

Have you ever wondered what a carnivorous plant eats? This interactive event will teach participants about the many lives around and within the Green Pitcher Plant. They will also get to see photos of some of the special places in the park and how some of the local plants and animals depend on each other for survival.

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Greener day-plants: love them, love them not

Submitted by Anonymous on Friday, February 11th, 11:35 am

He loves me, he loves me not...Have you ever played this game with a flower? I bet you did not know that many of the daisies found at Little River Canyon are not native, and invade the park.

An event is being held at the Little River Canyon Center at 1pm Saturday, February 12th to teach you about the different plants that grow there.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service

Submitted by Bliss Bowman Wade, Digital Content Director

Sunday, January 16th, 2011, 12:47pm

Provided by WorldNow
Information from www.mlkday.gov

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'" On Monday, Jan. 17, the 25th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day becoming a federal holiday, people across the country will be working to answer that question.

In 1994 Congress designated the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday, observed the third Monday of January, as a national day of service and charged the Corporation for National and Community Service with leading the effort.

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Road condition update

Submitted by Anonymous on Friday, January 14th, 4:23 pm

Roads are continuing to improve today as temperatures are above freezing across the area. The following are the current conditions in and near Fort Payne:

Primary roads, such as state highways, are clear however some ice patches are still being reported on bridges and shaded areas. Keep in mind that some black ice formation may be possible with residual moisture from melting snow and ice as temperatures drop into the 20's tonight.

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Donations to Red Cross has helped victims in Haiti

Submitted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 13th, 12:05 pm

The American Red Cross just released a one-year report on how the Red Cross helped hundreds of thousands of Haitian survivors after the January 2010 earthquake, what has been done to respond to new issues such as the cholera outbreak, and plans for the years ahead to support Haiti's recovery.

Mary Moreillon, Regional Executive Director, states, "Citizens throughout North Alabama and Southern Tennessee responded quickly with generous contributions that have made a real difference in the lives of Haitians.

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Green and Gray Saturday

Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, December 27th, 5:21 pm

Little River Canyon National Preserve will begin the park's 2011 programs at the Little River Canyon Center on January 8, 2010 at 1 PM with a program on recycling and green living. Different Green and Gray Saturday programs will be presented at 1 PM on the second Saturday each month in 2011. The name Green and Gray Saturday reflects the uniform of the National Park Service.

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Recycle and reuse all that holiday paper

Submitted by Bliss Bowman Wade, Digital Content Director

Friday, December 24th, 2010, 3:30pm

Recycle and reuse all that holiday paper

By Starre Varian
Provided by Earth911.com

We all love to recycle as much as we can. In my house, I like to make it a game to see how little garbage I can throw out each week. But there are always those things that are tough to figure out what to do with, and the holidays produce plenty of them.

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