Aubrey Shepherd's focal point for display of Labrador retrievers, natural-resource conservation, English language word use, outdoor sports, recreational sports and athletics


Aubrey's Notebook:
A natural slough such as the one above becomes an ugly mudhole as trees, brush and grass are bulldozed away and the original sponge-like dirt is dug out to create a large pond to catch storm-water runoff from land soon to be paved and roofed over by an apartment complex on Beechwood Avenue between 15th and 18th streets south of the University of Arkansas' indoor track building and adjacent baseball field. Such a pond is not necessarily more effective in reducing flooding than the natural wetland above. Also, the natural area allows water to be cleansed and to replenish the underground aquifer. —January 2004