senator kit bond talks Echinacea pallidia

Senator Kit Bond waxes poetic about the Pale Purple Coneflower and wetlands ecosystem restoration. Sen. Bond spoke at a ribbon cutting at the foot of Main St. for a USACE constructed wetland. Unfortunately it's a wetland project that prefers to pump groundwater when ample surface water is available but still it's another cog in the agonizingly slow riverfront development and meaningful access to KC riverfront heritage. Once the pedestrian/bike bridge is constructed (within the next year) the River Market, the Town of Kansas Pedestrian Bridge, and Berkeley Riverfront Park will be effectively linked by a trail.

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warrior ant press: river otter day

river otter day

These folks, Vicki Richmond, West Coast coordinator for Missouri River Relief, and Vincent Gauthier, French historian for the KC Port Authority, would love to visit with on Saturday, March, 21st. And even buy you lunch.

All you have to do in return is show up at First and Main Street (near the pedestrian bridge and overlook) and lend a hand for a couple of hours cleaning winter debris from the Riverfront Heritage Trail. When you're done, take a walk along the river. I don't think you'll see an otter, but if you walk far enough you might see an eagle.