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'''Flora Johnston Nature Park''', also called the '''Flora Johnston Nature Preserve''' or '''North Shades Creek Greenway''' is a 37.12-acre [[List of Birmingham parks|public park]] along upper [[Shades Creek]] in [[Birmingham]]'s [[Eastwood]] neighborhood. The park's sole amenity is a 1.49 hiking trail, accessed from a trail head and parking area at 305–311 [[Elder Street]]. The trail runs along the creek's south bank, below [[Scenic View Drive]].
'''Flora Johnston Nature Park''', also called the '''Flora Johnston Nature Preserve''' or '''North Shades Creek Greenway''' is a 37.12-acre [[List of Birmingham parks|public park]] along upper [[Shades Creek]] in [[Birmingham]]'s [[Eastwood]] neighborhood. The park's sole amenity is a 1.49 hiking trail, accessed from a trail head and parking area at 305–311 [[Elder Street]]. The trail runs along the creek's south bank, below [[Scenic View Drive]].
<!--COURT ORDER, March 13, 2003 the City of Birmingham entered into a Settlement and Release Agreement to settle a court case in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County by Robert S. Vance, Jr, Circuit Judge. As part of the settlement the City agreed to pay cash settlement and perform the acts outlined in Exhibit A. A copy of Exhibit A is in Appendix A.  The City Public Works Department has been performing the action outlined in Exhibit A to the best of their ability since 2003. Exhibit A requires the city to maintain the drainage system by clearing vegetation, trees, dirt and other blockage of obstruction form the City’s drainage system.  It further outlines using herbicide application along the banks of Upper Shades Creek and the “Slash Buster” machine to cut and clean the banks as necessary in the Upper Shades Creek. -->


As part of a [[2003]] settlement agreement regarding storm drainage, the city had been dredging upper Shades Creek and clearing vegetation from its banks using herbicides and heavy equipment. In December [[2015]] the [[Alabama Department of Environmental Management]] (ADEM) issued a notice of violation of the Clean Water Act. The agency required the city to prepare and submit a "Construction Best Management Practices Plan" for future work on the stream. [[Volkert Engineering]] was contracted to prepare the plan, which was submitted and approved in September [[2016]].
As part of a [[2003]] settlement agreement regarding storm drainage, the city had been dredging upper Shades Creek and clearing vegetation from its banks using herbicides and heavy equipment. In December [[2015]] the [[Alabama Department of Environmental Management]] (ADEM) issued a notice of violation of the Clean Water Act. The agency required the city to prepare and submit a "Construction Best Management Practices Plan" for future work on the stream. [[Volkert Engineering]] was contracted to prepare the plan, which was submitted and approved in September [[2016]].

Revision as of 09:07, 8 April 2024

Flora Johnston Nature Park, also called the Flora Johnston Nature Preserve or North Shades Creek Greenway is a 37.12-acre public park along upper Shades Creek in Birmingham's Eastwood neighborhood. The park's sole amenity is a 1.49 hiking trail, accessed from a trail head and parking area at 305–311 Elder Street. The trail runs along the creek's south bank, below Scenic View Drive.

As part of a 2003 settlement agreement regarding storm drainage, the city had been dredging upper Shades Creek and clearing vegetation from its banks using herbicides and heavy equipment. In December 2015 the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) issued a notice of violation of the Clean Water Act. The agency required the city to prepare and submit a "Construction Best Management Practices Plan" for future work on the stream. Volkert Engineering was contracted to prepare the plan, which was submitted and approved in September 2016.

A rose garden was planted at the trailhead in memory of long-time Eastwood Neighborhood Association president Lela Jenkins.

The trail is a part of the Shades Creek Greenway in the Red Rock Ridge & Valley Trail System, with long term plans to link it to the Irondale Furnace Trail in Mountain Brook. The Birmingham City Council approved a $239,000 payment to Freshwater Land Trust to advance the planning for that connection, for which $1 million of the city's American Rescue Plan Act funding would be applied.

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