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The most recent meeting of the Board of Directors was held at Fermilab on May 15th. The meeting included a site tour focused on recent and potential restoration projects, including the Margaret Pearson Interpretive Prairie Trail, Nepese Marsh, the Main Injector wetland mitigation, the Main Ring prairie & savanna and the south shore stabilization of Swan Lake.
On Thursday, May 22nd, FNA hosted a volunteer planting event at Fermilab. Volunteers added native plants to the south shore of Swan Lake to create a more natural shoreline that will resist erosion and provide texture and color.
Bob Lootens and Ryan Campbell led a Woodland Flower walk on May 14th.
FNA sponsored Fermilab's Arbor Day celebration on April 30th. Sixty-five people turned out to plant 50 trees.
Rod Walton represented FNA at recent regional events, including the Linking Watersheds Conference on April 22nd and at the Holmstad Retirement Community in Batavia on April 25th. Bob Lootens represented FNA at the Fermilab Education Office Family Outdoor Activity Fair at the Lederman Science Center on April 27th . FNA also had a presence during the recent Fermilab tornado seminars hosted by Tom Skilling on April 5th.

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