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Work has begun on the first phase of a birding trail in the Wellfields in 
Saltville, Va.   
The trail will be named the " Helen Barbrow Birding Trail", in memory of 
Helen    Barbrow who died unexpectedly on Christmas Eve.  Helen had written the 
original
grant for funds to finance the trail.  She was an avid birder, the first one 
to discover
what is now the heron rookery on the North Fork of the Holston River. She 
also wrote the Saltville section in the Clinch Mountain " Discover the Wild 
Side" 
Virginia Birding and Wildlife trail. She also was an authority on the 
wildflowers on both sides of the  hills surrounding Saltville as each hill was 
made 
up of  completely different types of soil. She also was an authority on the 
digs that are held in Saltville unearthing 
early signs of Mastodon's.  It is very appropriate to honor her with this 
trail.
A second phase of the trail will follow around what is known locally as Mill 
Cliff coming out near Palmers Mill at a later time.  
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