Photo by Diana Linsley/South County Times
After spending more than 40 years working at the Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT), one might think, June Hutson, a master gardener and horticulturist, retired this past January for some much-deserved leisure time. Nope. She says she retired to do the exact opposite. She wants to spend as much time as possible feeding her passion – getting her hands dirty in the garden.
Images of America: Forest Park, a new book by Don Corrigan and Holly Shanks, is dedicated to the more than 13 million people who make Forest Park come alive with their visits each year.
The book is full of historic photographs and insightful stories that tell the significance of Forest Park, its history, and its world class institutions.
Meet Don Corrigan and Holly Shanks Tuesday, July 18, at 7 p.m., 2017, at Left Bank Book’s local history showcase and book signing. A short presentation will also be given at the event. Left Bank Books is located at 399 N. Euclid Ave.
Images of America: Forest Park can be purchased at Left Bank Books or on Amazon.
West End Word book review of Images of America: Forest Park CLICK HERE.
Hear Kevin Killeen, from KMOX Radio St. Louis, interview Don Corrigan about the new book on Wednesday, July 12, 2017.
In July of 1980, Don Corrigan decided to profile the local sanitation engineers and give readers a look at their daily dirty jobs. The best way to do this? With a little immersion journalism. Want to know what it was like dumping waste in a landfill in the 1980s?
The adventure you are about to read is a tale of rotten watermelons, sweltering heat, exhausting work and trashy jokes. Don’t worry, even the faint of heart should read this story!
This native habitat restoration work at Eberwein Park in Chesterfield is an example of the kinds of conservation projects MDC is seeking for its Community Conservation and Back to Nature StL grants. Photo by MDC Staff, courtesy Missouri Department of Conservation.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) recently released information for two grant funding opportunities for conservation-friendly projects in the St. Louis area. The funds are available through two partnership opportunities: the Community Conservation Grant Program and the Back to Nature StL Grant.
Application periods for both grants are currently open through September 15, 2017. Find more details below.
Photo: Forest Park Forever
Forest Park visitors can now rent stand up paddleboards and explore the Park’s waterway!
To get more information, rental location, prices and photos of paddleboarding at Forest Park CLICK HERE.
Photo by MDC Staff, courtesy Missouri Department of Conservation.
Smokey Bear returned home to Rockwoods Reservation in Wildwood recently. His homecoming is thanks to a partnership between the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) and the Metro West Fire Protection District of St. Louis County.
Smokey’s Journey…
In August 2015, Smokey Bear was stolen from his post along Route 109 in an apparent act of vandalism. Part of the mascot turned up about a week later in a local junkyard, but there was not enough left to put back up.
According to MDC Forestry District Supervisor Gus Raeker, the facility received a number of calls expressing concern over the disappearance of the local icon.
Don Corrigan serves up his weekly opinion about who deserves a dagger for being a foe to the environment and who deserves a daisy for being a friend of the environment.
This week: Steve Bannon and GOP Leaders and Local St. Louis Mayors & Environmentalists.
Photo by Ursula Ruhl, South County Times.
The Open Space Council in partnership with the St. Louis County Parks, Kirkwood Parks and Recreation, and REI, are sponsoring a local flood clean-up event at Simpson Lake County Park and Greentree Park. The event is Saturday, June 3, 2017, 9 a.m. to noon.
Register to help HERE.
More from the Open Space Council’s release below.
This was the scene in a Florissant parking lot on April 24 – Bees swarming in a tree outside several businesses. The sight created quite a stir. People were taking photos, and gathering outside business entries to watch the spectacle. Watchers wondered what the bees were doing and why they decided to do it in that spot.
We don’t have answers to those questions, but it was an unusual and interesting sight to see.
Photos by Holly Shanks.
