Earth Hike at Beaver Creek Hemlocks

NWLT will have a booth at the Mercer Library’s Earth Day Fair on Saturday, April 19 from 10 am to noon. The fair highlights the many ways you can practice sustainable and eco-friendly living. Door prizes will include gift baskets, outdoor hummingbird feeders, a native bee hotel, and the ever-popular rain barrel.  

In addition to a bang-up list of vendors, the fair brings a number of different ways you can recycle hard to dispose of items: – Denim recycling (90% or higher cotton content) for Cotton’s Blue Jeans Go Green program. -New or gently used shoes for the Soles4Souls program. -Plastic bags and film for the NexTrex Community Recycling program to benefit the area organizations. -Rechargeable and single use batteries (including lithium, lead, nickel-based, and alkaline).

Following the fair, Frank Schroyer, NWLT’s Conservation Associate, will lead a hike at Beaver Creek Hemlocks Conservation Area in Sherman, Iron County, from 1 to 3 pm.   In addition to looking for and learning about the unique flora and fauna here, special attention will be given to how forests like this contribute to mitigating climate change through carbon storage. This will be a slow-paced hike that covers approximately 1.5 miles, with frequent stops to observe and talk about what we see.   If you’d like to join the hike, there will be a sign-up sheet at the fair. Email Frank with any questions.

Directions to Beaver Creek Hemlocks.