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Bucks for Birds #5: A Colorful Assortment
We’ve officially reached the end of April’s Bucks for Birds campaign! Spring migration continues, so I’ll be doing a wrap-up with some of my favorite photos in a few weeks, […]
Bucks for Birds #4: Eight Birds and a Baby
This has been the most productive week of Bucks for Birds so far, so much so that I’m going to split it into a couple of posts. We’ll save the […]
Bucks for Birds #3: Heard But Not Seen
This has been the most challenging week yet of Bucks for Birds. For one thing, working to raise a million dollars in two months has confined most of my bird-spotting […]
Greensward Funding Update: Monday Edition
This weekend, we surpassed the $25,000 mark in donations to the Greensward project, which unlocked another $25,000 in matching funds from an anonymous donor. We’ve also received several large pledges, […]
Greensward funding update
As of Friday afternoon, we have exceeded $21,000 in donations toward unlocking a $25,000 match from a generous anonymous donor. We hope to get the full matching amount by the […]
Two months, $1 million to save the Greensward
Yesterday, Memphis City Council passed a resolution with two major impacts to the Greensward parking project. One amendment removed the July resolution’s mandate that all parking spaces be supersized 10′ […]
Bucks for Birds #2: Weekend Update
In the quest to see as many bird species as possible, I took three walks in the Old Forest this weekend and then made it my first stop on Monday […]
Urban forestry fellows win poster contest
Congratulations to our Rhodes College Urban Forestry Fellows Helen Hope, Ethan Williford, and Mac Wilson, who won first place for their research poster about regeneration dynamics in the Old Forest. […]
Bucks for Birds #1: A Fast Start
And we’re off! If you’re just joining us, we at Overton Park Conservancy are using the month of April to highlight two important components of the Old Forest: the birds that […]
Conservancy statement on Greensward plan funding
Today City Council’s Parks & Environment Committee voted to send a resolution accepting $250,000 each from Overton Park Conservancy and the Memphis Zoo to its full Council meeting on April […]