One of Fermata’s favorite Kansas projects, the Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway, has won the national award for planning and development of a national scenic byway. This award, accepted by the Byway committee (see photo), is presented by the National Scenic Byway program.

The Fermata team on this project included Sandra Murphy, Brenda Adams-Weyant, Maja Smith, Robin Leonard, Ana Patino-Martinez, Kathy Thomas, Shomer Zwelling, Gorges web design, Q Media, Folia, and myself.

I especially want to congratulate our clients – the Byway committee, Barton County, Cris Collier, Janet Crane, Janice Klug, Jerry Segraves, and Diana Watson. All invested endless hours in insuring the success of this wonderful project.

Fermata’s Ted Eubanks spoke at the 2009 Wings & Wetlands Birding Festival held in Great Bend, Kansas, April 24-26. While at the festival he celebrated (with hundreds of attendees) the opening of the new Kansas Wetlands Education Center at Cheyenne Bottoms. Finally, Ted spent part of Sunday touring (and photographing) the installation sites for many of the Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway interpretive panels designed by Fermata.