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Native Plant Sale. Thanks to those who made our first plant sale a success. We would have liked to have sold everything but did not. Plants are still available. Give us a call at Clay Hill 2704659570 or 2707895328 to arrange a vist to see what is left.
Plants for sale..... Indian cup, common milkweed, green milkweed, passion flower, shooting star, New England aster, prairie goldenrod, aquatic irises (blue, yellow or red mixed), lance-leaved coreopsis, green dragon, angle pod (a milkweed vine), trumpetweed, yellow crownbeard, pink coneflower and more.
25 March 2011....A water wall has been installed in the green house. This is a series of trays arrayed on the east wall. Water from our recycled waste is pumped to a tank a the top of the wall. Trays are filled with pea gravel and plants are grown hydroponically. This addition will lend itself to a lot of experimentation with water chemistry while it serves to improve water quality.
Recently completed the solar lumber kiln. Still have some wiring to do but should be ready for it's first load of green lumber shortly.
Fall 2010 we have set up a permanant grid in the wood so that our students and visiting K-12 children can collect hands on data on plethodontid salamanders, trees, ecological productivity and much more. Established a collection of live salamanders to be used with school visits.
16 May 2010...Just returned from a visit to El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico, the only tropical rainforest in North America. It was very interesting to compare our forest with the rainforest. You can see some of what we saw by viewing some of the photos taken during the trip by following the rainforest link on the kids page or going directly to the pics at http://www.clayhillforest.org/jwheec/prweb/puertorico.html We will be setting up some longterm studies at CHMF comparable with some that are being conducted at the University of Puerto Rico El Verde Field Station and will likely revist this site with Campbellsville University Students.
19 July 2008.....New Alternative Energy Exhibit nearing completion. The E-On USA Alternative Energy Exhibit is housed in a building equipped with solar panels and a wind turbine. The exhibit room houses a number of hands-on, interactive displays that allow students to explore the nonrenewable and renewable sources of energy and learn about how electricity is generated using wind, water and other sources including a hydrogen fuel cell. The exhibits should be open in time for the fall school fieldtrips. Check the website often for more updates.
17 August 2007....CHMF hosted a regional meeting for secretaries from the Natural Resource Conservation Service.
16 August 2007....For the last two years, biologists from the US Fish and Wildlife Service have studied the organisms living in Little Angel Spring. This site has been described as rich in biodiversity, relatively undisturbed, and rare. USFWS biologists have found 22 species of caddisfly, a family of aquatic insects that are known for their ability to build cases or houses out of sticks, leaves or sand.
Three important species have been identified from Little Angel Spring. Goerita betteni, Psilotreta rufa, and Polycentropus chelatus.
Goerita bettoni, was formerly known from four counties in Eastern Kentucky. Its occurrence at Clay Hill was not expected. The Clay Hill population represents the far western range of this species in Kentucky.
Psilotreta rufa is a spring species that occurs only in two locations in Kentucky, Little Angel Spring and Good Spring at Mammoth Cave National Park
Polycentropus chelatus is not known to occur anywhere in Kentucky other than Clay Hill. It is a rare species that had previously been collected only in Alabama and Tennessee. Its occurence at Clay Hill is a significant discovery.
These discoveries indicate that Clay Hill Memorial Forest is a significant habitat for a number of rare species and an important preserve of the biodiversity of central Kentucky. (G.K. Weddle, Director of CHMF, 16 August 2007)
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