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11 Jul 2025
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The choices to improve your property can improve the greater, surrounding environment. The City of Fairmont and Martin Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) hosted the first summer Evening on the Prairie Walking Series, which took place at on Thursday evening at Cedar Creek Park in Fairmont.
The event invited locals to immerse themselves in the summer nature, simultaneously learning about the mature native prairie, its management, what plants and animals thrive in it and how it enhances Fairmont’s ecosystem.
“Myself being a scientist and trained biologist, the more you know, the more you realize you didn’t know,” said city of Fairmont Water Resource Specialist Hannah Neusch.
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