A few weeks ago I received an email from Ashley Johnson telling me that she had placed in the top ten out of a field of 825 entrants in the Friends of Wake County Soil and Water Conservation District’s poster contest, “Wetlands are Wonderful.” Here’s Ashley accepting her Top Ten Award at the Friends of the District Banquet held earlier this month. Ashley is a 5th grader at Alston Ridge Elementary School in Cary. I remember meeting her in Explore the Wild a whileRead more