Ecology Extravaganza: Enlow Fork IBA-14 Outing/Picnic
April 30, 2006

The organizations:

1. Three Rivers Birding Club 
2. Wheeling Creek Watershed Conservation
3. Audubon Southwest PA
4. Westmoreland Bird & Nature Club 
5. Brooks Bird Club
6. Schrader Environmental Center
7. Western PA Botanical Society
8. PA Nature Conservancy

The event:

1. Birding - breeding & migratory 
2. Botany - wildflowers & trees
3. Butterflies
4. Dragonflies
5. Stream study
6. Amphibians & snakes 
7. Geology
8. Watershed conservation

The schedule:  

Walk leaders will take small groups to explore the Enlow Fork area (Wheeling Creek Watershed-Important Bird Area 14) in search of flora & fauna.

The first walk will start at 7:45am with birding. Walks will continue throughout the day on various topics, schedule of walks will be posted at the entrance tents.

The picnic:

Each organization will be responsible for organizing their picnic. All leaders are welcome to join the TRBC picnic.

The directions: 

Enlow Fork IBA-14 is in Greene Co. and is part of State Game Land 302.
From I-70 take the Claysville exit 6. 
Take SR-40 east to Claysville. In town turn right on SR-231 south. 
Follow SR-231 south approx. 3miles to the "Y" bear right towards West
Finley on SR-3035. 
Go approx. 7.5miles to "T" turn left on SR-3037. 
Go approx. 2miles turn right over the iron bridge on Walker Hill Rd.
Go approx. 1.5miles turn right on Smokey Row Rd. 
This is the entrance to Enlow, go down the hill to bottom. Parking
area is on left, event tents are a short walk from here!

For more information contact bobolink1@earthlink.net.