[Steppes] Flagpole Hill recognized as rare Prairie Remnant

[Jann Mays]

Your Excellency, Baron Borek, and all other concerned members, please take
note:

Ok, I've found a "Rate our Parks" form that you can download, fill it out on
the computer, then MAIL IT to the following address:

City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department
3012 S. Hampton
Dallas, TX  75224-99091

or fax it to:  214-670-6892

The plan is to send in your suggestions while completely leaving out any
reference to the SCA in your "comments" on the form and just go about it as
a concerned citizen who would like to see the park suitable for picnics
again.  I told them that I was checking out the park for a large family
gathering/picnic but found the tables in disrepair and the bathrooms
unsuitable.  Less is always better.  All they need to know is that you like
to picnic there and play recreational sports (which could be as innocent as
tossing around a football - PLEASE, DON'T MENTION FIGHTING OR ARCHERY!
PLEEEEEZ!

Here is the link.  Remember, be discreet.

http://www.dallascityhall.org/dallas/eng/html/park_and_recreation.html

Gabrielle

>From: "Brent Ryder" <borekvv at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: steppes at ansteorra.org
>To: steppes at ansteorra.org
>Subject: Re: [Steppes] Flagpole Hill recognized as rare Prairie Remnant
>Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 12:11:45 -0500
>
>Does this mean they will put more money into the site and fix the picnic
>tables? :D
>
>Has everyone written their letters to the city asking that they be fixed?
>
>Can someone post to whom those letters should be addressed and to where
>they
>should be sent?
>
>Inquiring minds want to know :)
>
>Borek
>
>
>>From: "Jann Mays" <hlgabrielle at hotmail.com>
>>Reply-To: steppes at ansteorra.org
>>To: steppes at ansteorra.org
>>Subject: [Steppes] Flagpole Hill recognized as rare Prairie Remnant
>>Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 11:45:40 -0500
>>
>>Those of us interested in White Rock Lake and Flagpole Hill (our old
>>stomping grounds) might want to read this article.  It seems that Flagpole
>>Hill is part of the original Blackland Prairie that Dallas was built on
>>and
>>is one of the few remnants of the praire left in Texas.  Here is the
>>section
>>on it.  The article in its entirety can be found through the link below.
>>
>>"Several areas at White Rock have been recognized as Blackland Prairie
>>remnants, mainly on the eastern side of the lake at Norbuck and Flagpole
>>Hill. According to Jim Eidson, land steward for the Texas Nature
>>Conservancy, this land is some of the rarest prairie remnants in Texas
>>because it is on chalk rock, which saved it from being plowed for cotton."
>>
>>http://agnews.tamu.edu/dailynews/stories/RPTS/Apr0502a.htm
>>
>>Gabrielle
>>
>>" Le Bonheur est une trajectoire et non une destination.
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