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Internship at Audubon 2005: Marcy Bonewits

What Fourche Creek Could Be...

On Thursday June 9, 2005 the interns and staff of Audubon Arkansas floated Fourche Creek. It was perfect weather—warm, not hot, with little humidity, clear and sunny. We could not have asked for a better day to float. Fourche creek was more beautiful that I could ever have expected. I was amazed by the 300 year old enormous Cypress trees. We saw a mother wood duck and her twelve ducklings, and a green heron. I believe that Fourche creek is more picturesque than Buffalo River and almost nobody knows about Fourche creek being right here in Little Rock.

If all of Little Rock found out how beautiful Fourche Creek really is maybe we could all find a way for the trash to not end up in the creek. For instance we could begin by making bumper stickers saying Friends of Fourche Creek, Don’t Litter!

As of right now there is a lot of trash in Fourche Creek, so much that we had to portage one part of the creek. However, all of the trash could be gone if we work together as a community. For instance, schools and community associations could have major stream team clean ups. Then they could spread the word through their own neighborhoods. Signs over Fourche Creek bridges and tributaries could rain awareness.

In the long run, we need to get literature out there about Fourche Creek and let people know it exists. Then we need to let the government in on it, and let them see that we have a beautiful place for canoeing, fishing, and wildlife watching right here in the heart of Little Rock.