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Little Rock Nature Center

Audubon Arkansas is working in partnership with the City of Little Rock to develop the Little Rock Audubon Center in Southeast Little Rock. The Nature Center will serve the greater Little Rock area, with a targeted educational focus on children attending the 50 schools within 15 minutes of the site. Our goal is to provide, minimally, 4,000 children from nearby schools with nature-based education by the first year of Center operations.

The Little Rock Audubon Center will play a critical educational role in helping schoolchildren and their parents understand and enjoy their "natural home" through well-guided, out-of-doors learning experiences. Center plans call for a staff of five or more teacher/naturalists who will lead residents and students in hands-on, exploratory activities.

Acreage surrounding the Center includes both the city-owned Fourche Creek wetlands and the unique soils and plants of Granite Mountain in adjacent Gillam Park. The 2,000 acres available for use by the Nature Center offer a vast and richly diverse "lab" for young people to learn about conservation, restoration, wildlife and plants. Trails designed for a variety of learning experiences will surround the Center.

Ken Smith, Executive Director Audubon Arkansas	John Flicker, President National Audubon Society
John Flicker, Vice Mayor Willie Hinton, Board Chairman of LR Housing Authority Wooten Epes, Director, LR Housing Authority Director Lee Jones, Mayor Jim Dailey and Ken Smith, Executive Director Audubon Arkansas
John Flicker, Lee Jones and Ken Smith
John Flicker and Lee Jones