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With the help of local Scouts, great new things are happening at the Blue Heron Nature Preserve. In October, members of Girl Scout Troop 3668 and Boy Scout Troop 370 came out to help complete work on the "worm" fence at the front of the meadow, and to blaze the trail on the west side of Nancy Creek. Maxine Watkins, Susan Fleck, and Tom Taylor lead the scout troops on these projects.
The trail will eventually join up with the newest part of the preserve on Roswell Road at the Nancy Creek Tunnel site. Work is wrapping up on the tunnel, and the site will be restored to a more natural state to become part of the nature preserve. When completed, the trail will provide a continuous path from Roswell Road to Rickenbacker Drive, thereby linking the new area to the original preserve.
The second Saturday of each month, from 9AM until noon, is our preserve workday. Come on out and join us! We meet at the corner of Rickenbacker Drive and Rickenbacker Way. Wear long pants and bring work gloves. We'll provide the tools and refreshments.
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In December the Nancy Creek Sewer Tunnel in North Buckhead will be operational. The tunnel shaft site will close down construction and the crews, equipment, etc. will be off the Roswell road site in January. This three-to-four acre tract is promised greenspace for our neighborhood. The City will hold title to the property and Blue Heron Nature Preserve will manage the greenspace for our community. Restoration money has been allocated for re-forestation of the site. The Nature Preserve will be directly involved in the landscaping plans and will create a new entrance for the preserve fronting on Roswell Road.
Blue Heron Preserve is growing! With the addition of the new acreage, the preserve is now is 20 acres strong, comprising the original preserve along Nancy Creek, a wetlands accessed through Emma Lane and the new site on Roswell Road.
There are plenty of opportunities for scouts, community groups, businesses and neighborhood volunteers to become involved with donations and service work. Please contact Nancy Jones if interested: 404-252-8807.
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