My name is Lauren Johnson, I am the Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist with Quail Forever, based in the Heber Springs NRCS office. One of Quail Forever's key components is raising awareness about pollinators, wildlife, habitat conservation, and other related topics.

Heber Springs has never had a QF Farm Bill representative and so what better way to meet the community than to share my work with the public and build partnerships as I do it!

For this "Nature Walk" event I really wanted to make it "family friendly" and ensure those from all ages and backgrounds felt welcome to join us on this walk. I have planned ways to keep children engaged and also ways to connect to their guardians as well. As of now I hope to have guests show up around 9:30 for a brief discussion and start the walk around 10. The walk is located at the hidden pond trail which is 0.25 miles long and handicap accessible.  

Master Naturalist can come help with plant identification and nature interpretation.

Lunch is provided.