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Ground Broken on Howell Wetlands Education Center
Ground was broken on the new Howell Wetlands Education Center Friday April 11. Many fine organizations and companies have donated time and money for this project. The West Side Nut Club is proud to help support the education center.
Information on the new education center courtesy of the Wesselman Nature Society. The Wesselman Nature Society is constructing a new Howell Wetlands Education Center in order to expand the educational opportunities at the wetlands. This project will begin as a basic structure providing a large classroom sheltered from the elements, sufficient restrooms, and storage for educational and property maintenance supplies.
Howell Wetlands is an urban wetland which encompasses 35 acres. It is a remnant of an old channel of the Ohio River, called an "ox-bow”. The Ohio River once flowed through this wetland area, regularly spilling floodwaters over its banks into the surrounding land. The most striking feature of this wetlands is that despite its locationin the middle of a city, it impressively showcases a diversity of wetland habitats. These habitats include a marsh, a cypress slough, an oxbow channel, as well as the surrounding prairie and bottomland hardwood forest. This area was official designated as a wetland in 1997 by the City of Evansville. Since that time there has been continous restoration and management by the Wesselman Nature Society and its partnering agencies. The goal is to conserve this unique ecosystem, and make it appealing to the community as a place to go for education and enjoyment.
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