This past Saturday we celebrated National Public Lands Day at Lake Barkley SRP. National Public Lands Day (NPLD) is the nation's largest single day volunteer day dedicated to protecting and preserving our public lands. This year twelve volunteers worked on three separate projects. The first one was a cleanup near our public beach. It resulted in 21 bags of trash (12 which were recyclable) removed from one small area of the park. Volunteers also worked on trail maintenance and were able to install a new railing for a trail bridge, remove 6 downed trees, and repaired two trail bridges. In addition to those two projects over 100 bulbs were planted in the Friendship Garden located at the park’s main entrance.
After our projects were completed, volunteers were treated to a hot dog cookout at the campground. A great big thanks to all of our volunteers for helping keep Lake Barkley beautiful. We hope to see even more volunteers take part next year!
The first load of recyclables collected on National Public Lands Day at Lake Barkley SRP
Our first hummingbird arrived in early April this year, and we have been enjoying them ever since. Now hummingbird migration is in full swing at Lake Barkley State Resort Park. This week, up to fifteen hummingbirds have been seen visiting the five feeders up near the outdoor pool. Most likely these birds breed further north and are visiting Lake Barkley to refuel before continuing their journey further south to places like Mexico and Panama. If you have a feeder up already, you can keep it up through October and it will not effect migration. Hummingbirds migrate based on day length and weather, not the availability of food.