Max and Eweleen Good to present “Conservation Is Not For Sissies”

Max and Eweleen Good (BSEd ‘72, MS ‘88) will present “Conservation Is Not For Sissies” at the Sperry-Galligar Audubon meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. in 102 Yates Hall at Pittsburg State University.

The couple will discuss both the successes and the failures experienced on their 40-acre property in Southeast Kansas.

For more than 30 years, they have worked to establish and improve varied, diverse wildlife habitats. In 1992, they added a 6-acre wetland in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. It was designated as Kansas Wetland No. 1 in the USDA Wetland Reserve Program.

That wetland was the major catalyst for future projects, including the restoration of 10 acres of tall grass prairie on land that had failed as a wheat field but is now home to more than 200 native species.

Last year, they published “Paradise and Prairie Tales,” that features more than 600 photographs of shot on their property with accompanying tales by Max and edited and designed by Eweleen, a longtime journalism teacher at Pittsburg High School who is now retired but still active in publishing.

Thursday night’s presentation will include a slide show of photos taken of their conservation projects. It is free and open and to the public.