Massard Prairie July 2019 Free Wallpaper
Ben Geren Golf Course has recently been restoring remnant prairie areas and converting bermudagrass turf areas into native tallgrass prairie, re-establishing Massard Prairie, which once existed on the site of Ben Geren Golf Course. This project is ongoing and has the cooperation from Arkansas Game and Fish, Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, Arkansas Audubon, Arkansas Master Naturalist and Arkansas Forestry Commission. There are many reasons for converting out of play turfgrass areas or other non-native natural areas such as tall fescue to native-tall and shortgrass natives that include: preserving rare native plants and increasing pollinator/wildlife habitat, natural heritage significance, and educational and multi-use opportunities.
What’s more, is the historical aspect of these native grasses and wildflowers that were previously on an area known as Massard Prairie, on which Ben Geren currently resides. The first descriptive account of Massard Prairie and Cedar Prairie (Pocola) was given by the Harvard botanist Thomas Nuttall in 1819 while visiting the newly established Fort Smith. Where he noted similar vegetation he had found on the Grand Prairie of Southeastern Arkansas around Fort Smith. In 1856, Lesquereux described several prairie areas and his descriptions coincide with Nuttall’s. In the 1880 Geological Survey of Arkansas, Sargent presented a map of the state showing size and location of original prairie areas in the state, of which Massard comprised around 10,500 acres. Sadly, Massard Prairie only exists currently in small fields of unexploded ordinance in Fort Chaffee. In fact, tallgrass prairies were once quite abundant in certain areas of the Ozarks, Arkansas River Valley and the Grand Prairie, but only one percent of these original grasslands remain today, making the tallgrass prairie one of the most rare and threatened ecosystems in the state. We have such a rare opportunity to re-establish, in a public area, a part of Arkansas and Fort Smith’s natural heritage it can’t be overstated enough.
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I will be offering one of my images as a free desktop wallpaper for your computer each month. I hope you enjoy the images as much as I enjoyed the opportunity to travel our great country and. take them.
How to Set Your Wallpaper or Background Picture
The downloaded file will be a compressed ZIP file, which will need to be decompressed before you can use it.
Windows 10
To unzip the file in Windows 10
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- To unzip the entire folder, right-click (or press and hold) it, select Extract All, and then follow the instructions.
- To unzip a single file or folder, double-click the zipped folder to open it. Then, drag or copy the item from the zipped folder to a new location.
To change your background image in Windows 10
Select the Start button, then select Settings > Personalization to choose a picture worthy of gracing your desktop background, and to change the accent color for Start, the taskbar, and other items. The preview window gives you a sneak peek of your changes as you make them.
In Background, select a picture or solid color, or create a slideshow of pictures.
Mac
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- Click the Unzip button.
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- From the drop down menu, choose to unzip your files to this Mac, iCloud Drive, Dropbox or Google Drive.
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- A “Finder style” window will open. …
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- Choose to unzip the Entire Zip file or Selected Items. …
- Another option is to click the New Folder button.
Here’s how you can change your Desktop picture on a Mac
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- From the Desktop, choose Apple→System Preferences. The System Preferences window appears. …
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- Click the Desktop & Screen Saver icon. The Desktop & Screen Saver Preferences pane appears.
- Click a folder in the column on the left and then click a picture in the area on the right.
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Greg Disch is a freelance photographer located in Arkansas. Greg specializes in nature, scenic, wildlife, and other outdoor subjects in Arkansas and other areas of the country. Most of the images on this site are available for sale as prints, personal use, or rights managed stock photos.
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