Idaho, Butte County, Arco
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“To understand the West, you have to get over the color green; you have to quit associating beauty with gardens and lawns…” Wallace Stegner.
What was drinking up 80% of the water used in this park? Lawns.
*Planting lawns encourages non-native plants to grow.
*Lawns need toxic products to stay green.
*Lawns lure deer across the highway.
Replacing lawns with native species saves water, and protects the plants and animals of the park.
(Inscription next to the photo of the deer) Double Yellow-In 1980, park researchers tagged a two-year old doe with yellow streamers on both her ears.
Over the next nine years, “Double Yellow” was sighted over 100 times, and gave birth to at least a dozen fawns.
In 1989, Double Yellow was killed by a car as she crossed the highway here. Her probable goal was the grass of the visitor center lawn.
(Animals • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
“To understand the West, you have to get over the color green; you have to quit associating beauty with gardens and lawns…” Wallace Stegner.What was drinking up 80% of the water used in this park? Lawns.
*Planting lawns encourages non-native plants to grow.
*Lawns need toxic products to stay green.
*Lawns lure deer across the highway.
Replacing lawns with native species saves water, and protects the plants and animals of the park.
(Inscription next to the photo of the deer) Double Yellow-In 1980, park researchers tagged a two-year old doe with yellow streamers on both her ears.
Over the next nine years, “Double Yellow” was sighted over 100 times, and gave birth to at least a dozen fawns.
In 1989, Double Yellow was killed by a car as she crossed the highway here. Her probable goal was the grass of the visitor center lawn.
(Animals • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.