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Saturday,
April 25, 2009, Otterbein
Community Plunge -
10 a.m. to noon – remove silt fence, cut down invasive vegetation. Public
welcome! Meet here.
More details
here.
Saturday,
May 9, 2009 – spring planting -
9 a.m. to noon – install
this spring’s new native plants. Public welcome and needed! Meet here. More details
here.
Wessie
Fest nature festival will be
August 29, 2009. Please sign up to
exhibit by emailing Laura Horton at Laura.Horton@westerville.org.
A huge turtle log was installed
as part of Kevin Sahlin’s Eagle scout project.
See Adriana and “Bob” the baby snapping turtle, who lives in Otterbein Lake.
All
the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.
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Until
recently Otterbein Lake has been hidden from view in its secluded
Westerville, Ohio, location south of Main St. and just west of Alum Creek.
The 8-acre lake, known only to a few fishermen, is being transformed.
A
group of central Ohio residents, companies, and organizations are working
with the Westerville Parks and Recreation Department to develop the lake to
be scenic, environmental, educational, and recreational.
The lake’s edge has been
resculpted with shallows for better access and better habitat, and will
soon be replanted with native species. An overlook is almost complete and
will allow safe fishing and observation just off the bike path.
Would you like to be
part of this adventure? Look at the notices in the green box to the left
for upcoming initiatives.
When you visit, look for
evidence of a
creature much like Loch Ness's Nessie, but with the more
Westerville-appropriate name Wessie. Stay tuned to see what this evidence
might be!
The design is being
implemented in phases as funds are raised.
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