National Public Lands Day

By Staff
September 30, 2004
Lauderdale County observed its eighth annual National Public Lands Day Saturday at Okatibbee Lake. The event was hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Keep America Beautiful of Meridian/Lauderdale County. Volunteers worked on a number of projects litter and trash removal from roadsides, wildlife food plot planting, fish shelter construction, bird box construction/maintenance and ornamental tree planting. At left, Megan Edwards and Heather Pope of Neshoba Central High School rake leaves at Okatibbee Water Park. Top right, Daniel Ogletree and Kristi Usry of East Central Community College clean bluebird boxes on the Okatibbee Lake Bluebird Trail. Bottom right, Allison Reaves, Lindsey Summerlin and AnnaBeth Bates of First Baptist Church in Collinsville return for lunch after a morning spent planting seed for wildlife food plots. For more information about projects at Lake Okatibbee, call Mark Dean of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at 626-8431.