There’s a lot of history about this treasured place. Much of it has been compiled by Dr. Thomas Wilson through the years. We’re working to sort it and add it to this website in the coming months.
University of Alabama Honors Program https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF7Jmp2pktY
Tommy Fell, Location Coordinator of the Alabama Film Office, Department of Commerce (soon to be Department of Tourism) contacted me on Tuesday, 25 of November, 2008, and told me that he recognized Perry Lakes Park as one of the best Bald Cypress swamps …
Southern Living Magazine (Oct. 2008) Features Perry Lakes Park, Barton’s Beach, and the Judson College Earth Team Lauren Stephens, Judson College Earth Team member, is wearing a Perry Lakes Park Extreme Birding t-shirt during the interview with Joe Ra …
Fifty entering students plusfour upperclassmen leaders from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Honor’s College, conducted one of their annual outreach projects at Perry Lakes Park. Dr. Fran Oneal, UofA, Randy Mecredy (Director of UofA Natural Hist …
Closure of the Southeastern Fish Cultural Laboratory in Marion in 1994 dealt a severe blow to the Marion community, but, it opened the door for the restoration of the old Perry Lakes Park. The S. E. Fish Cultural Laboratory was owned by the Federal gov …
Barton’s Beach Cahaba River Preserve is 125 acres of gravel/sand bars, beaver ponds, swamps, and floodplain mixed hardwood forest. The Preserve is owned by The Nature Conservancy of Alabama and it is open to the public for outdoor recreation, education …
Browse through photos from the construction of the tower. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAWest Alabama Sierra Group with Thomas Wilson
Nature Images by Curtis Miyasaka, Sierra Club, Montgomery, AL Perry Lakes Park Images Plant identifications done mainly by Steve Ginsbarg and Brian Keener Univ. of AL Herbarium
Marion, Alabama (August, 2011) Fifty entering students plusfour upperclassmen leaders from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Honor’s College, conducted one of their annual outreach projects at Perry Lakes Park. Dr. Fran Oneal, UofA, Randy Mecredy …
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