Friends of Fox Creek Park
Community Services Non Profits
Why pick this one
Friends of Fox Creek Park stewards a 2.35-acre Grovemont restoration property and supports citizen species surveys through iNaturalist and eBird.
Best for
- participating in citizen science species surveys
- supporting native habitat and ecological restoration
- accessing environmental and ecological project documentation
- supporting community park and walking-path development
- learning about Western North Carolina mountain ecology
Look elsewhere if
- commercial landscaping or traditional gardening services are needed
- a paid emergency service provider is needed
- a service outside the Fox Creek Park restoration project is required
Specialties
- ecological restoration
- native habitat restoration
- invasive species control
- citizen science species surveys
- ecological assessments
What makes them different
- Stewards a 2.35-acre restoration property historically comprising Lake June in Grovemont
- Uses iNaturalist and eBird for public species observation and data collection
- Received a $5,000 Buncombe County Tipping Point grant in 2022
- Publishes ecological assessment, wetland delineation, environmental site assessment, GIS, and species-list files online
- Operates as a project of the Swannanoa Community Council and Friends of Fox Creek Park
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 111 Ivanhoe Dr, Swannanoa, NC 28778-2513
- Website
- http://foxcreekpark.org/
- info@ndiscovered.com
Services
- community park stewardship
- environmental education
- species inventory and monitoring
- walking path and public access planning
- community support and volunteer engagement