Southwest Conservation Club Supporting Conservation Since 1938, Facebook: SouthWest Conservation Club.
Promoting true sportsmanship, and the principles of broad practical conservation. Promoting legislation designed to conserve and restore wildlife to our coverts and water. Promoting and cooperating in the beautification and purification of our rivers.
The new Information Board is in place at the Southwest Conservation Club Prairie Restoration Project area located next to the Campground. With Tom McCutcheon, Frank & Paulette Phillips and Eddie Coble. Eddie is the Chairman of the SWCC project along with his wife, Nan Coble.
Eddie Coble and Tom McCutcheon with another addition to the Prairie Preservation Project
The prairie was originally planted in December of 2016 with the assistance of a $1,000 grant from the Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society in addition to privately seeded donations from members of the Southwest Conservation Club. The project is intended to bring back habitat for wildlife, to benefit pollinators as well as to be used as a showcase for the public to view and consider native plants as an option for their home gardens.
Consisting primarily of wildflowers as well as tall and short grasses, the prairie is now about 3 feet tall, but still has at least 3 to 5 years until it is fully matured. It has been a continuous effort to maintain through environmentally friendly methods by volunteers of The Southwest Conservation Club. But now those volunteers are beginning to reap the fruits of their efforts, such as blooming flowers and the return of wildlife.
“We’ve seen birds, deer and critters of all kinds much more often than before when it was a large grass area. The Club has also saved gas and time from having to not mow the large area as well. It’s been a ton of work, removing invasive plant species, but it’s beginning to really look like something now.” Eddie Coble, a volunteer project manager commented.
If you haven't walked the flagstone path into the center of the Prairie, you're really missing out on an incredible experience..
