In July of 2003, our club received a $200 Innovative Program Grant from the Arkansas 4-H Foundation. We have adopted a small island off shore from the visitors center at Dardanelle State Park. We will landscape the island naturally to provide plants attractive to bees, birds and butterflies and to make it more eye-catching. We will add birdhouses on the island, as well as, in other locations in the park. This project will benefit the park and provide opportunities for club members to utilise their 4-H project skills such as gardening, bee keeping, environmental stewardship, woodworking, photography and leadership. We will be working with the park interpreters on this project.
In 2004 our first objective was to slow or stop the errosion on the lake side of the island. 8 foot Waddles made of coconut fiber were staked along the lakeside shore and large rock was hauled out by boat to help secure them. These waddles, break the waves thus protecting the soil of the island. The ATU AGri Dept has built an aquatic plant nursery at the lake and these plants will be set out along side the waddles and all around the island to discourge further errosion.
Russellville City Slickers 4-H Club 
Russellville City Slickers 4-H Club Awarded $200 Innovative Program Grant!!
