The week before Thanksgiving break, the Biology Department received the KC Wildlands Environmental Excellence Award (that's Chad Scholes and I gratefully receiving the award)! KC Wildlands is an affiliate of Bridging the Gap, a valuable local organization that seeks to promote environmental sustainability. KC Wildlands helps achieve that goal by working to restore and maintain the remnant native ecosystems in the KC area. In fact, this weekend KC Wildlands will be hosting a Cedar Tree Event at Shawnee Mission Park where you can cut down your own Cedar Christmas tree and take it home for a small donation. It's a lot of fun to volunteer at this event, and/or to come pick out and chop down your own tree.
