Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Giving back
RED KETTLE
The Carroll County Salvation Army “Red Kettle Ministries” led by Jeffrey T. Timm, pastor, of Holiday Island Community Church, has exceeded last year’s effort by more than $1,000.
For 2017, $4,647.17 was collected from the Red Kettle Ministry. This total, along with the $1,542.70 that was collected from the Murder Mystery play at Holiday Island Community Church, has a grand total of $6,189.87 to help folks in Carroll County. For 2016 the total was $5,160. All that money will stay in Carroll County to help the needy.
The Red Kettle Collection was made possible with the help of bell ringers Holiday Island Baptist Church, Holiday Island Community Church, Holiday Island Presbyterian Church, Faith Bible Church, Holiday Island Elks, Holiday Island Rotary, Eureka Springs First United Methodist Church and Eureka Springs Presbyterian Church.
BEAVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has awarded a grant totaling $37,710.56 to the Beaver Watershed Alliance. The foundation’s program works to develop nationwide-community stewardship of local natural resources, preserve these resources for future generations and enhance habitat for local wildlife. Funding is awarded to projects which seek to address water quality issues in priority watersheds, such as erosion due to unstable stream banks, pollution from storm water runoff, and degraded shorelines caused by development.
BWA’s grant project will target the Town Branch watershed, a sub-watershed of the West Fork-White River watershed. The West Fork of the White River flows into Beaver Lake. Through community partnerships and stakeholder engagement, Beaver Watershed Alliance will conduct ground restoration activities, including development of an ecological restoration plan for 97 acres of upland urban forest, removal of invasive species from 108 acres, enhancement of 20 acres of riparian habitat, removal of 6,000 pounds of bulky waste and trash from 15 miles of waterway and implementation of five green infrastructure elements within the project area.
The ecological restoration plan for the 97 acres of upland forest will be for Mount Sequoyah in Fayetteville, which will include 97 of the 108 acres slated for invasive plant removal.
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