South Fork Conservancy: two scheduled walks [Jan. 8 & 14]

From Sally Sears, South Fork Conservancy, a partner with CHCA and MANA in the volunteer work on Ira B. Melton Park:

Ira B. Melton neighbors, the South Fork Conservancy has two tours planned for later this month. Please join us if you can, to see what other sections of the creek can look like.

See additional details at the CHCA website.

Ira B. Melton Park workday [Aug. 27]

From coordinator Valerie Boss:

Workday at Ira B Melton Park on Saturday, Aug 27, 8:30-11:00am. 

We'll be spreading bark mulch, chipping the brush piles, and clearing trash near the park entrance. 

Please bring gloves, shovels, pitchforks, and/or rakes, andlots of water. We also need wheelbarrows.

For additional information about this park and trails-in-development, see the CHCA's website. 

Other neighborhood updates

Tim @ Clairmont Heights has a couple great updates (with pictures!) on

Ira B. Melton Park

PATH / South Peachtree Creek bridge

We are very fortunate to live in neighborhoods with so many trails, paths, and opportunities to enjoy nature. And we are doubly fortunate to have wonderful people who make it their mission to make these spaces accessible to others.

MANA Members Help Out at Ira B. Melton Walking Trail Clean-Up on March 12th

MANA offers a big thanks and applause for the efforts of Kathryn, Deb, Jeanette and Connie that joined local Boy Scouts and other volunteers for an initial clean up of the Ira B. Melton Walking Trail (located off Desmond Drive near the intersection of Reckle Drive). While the group made a huge difference in the area (one volunteer pulled 6 huge trash bags of just beer bottles and cans alone!) there is still a lot of waste to be cleaned-up in our area and MANA hopes more volunteers will commit to future clean-ups here and for our Earth Day clean-up event on April 30th this year.

More information can be found on the SFC website at http://www.southforkconservancy.org and on the CHCA website: http://www.clairmontheights.org/

[Reprinted from March 2011 MANA e-newsletter]