If you have questions, comments, or want to make a donation, contact Jaime
Edwards at [log in to unmask]  I would also be interested in any
responses.  Jane Clark
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KELLERTON BIRD CONSERVATION AREA

     The Kellerton Bird Conservation Area is a project of the Wildlife
     Diversity Program of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.  This
     proposed area will be Iowa's first wildlife area where the primary
     goal will be to manage habitat for the benefit of nongame birds and
     animals.  The project includes 680 acres where one of Iowa's few
     prairie chicken leks (booming grounds) is located.  It is located
     just west of Kellerton in Ringgold County in southern Iowa.  The IDNR
     approved purchase of this property at their November 12, 1998
     meeting!

     Jamie Edwards of the DNR Wildlife Diversity Program says that $13,000
     is still needed to complete the aquisition. The land had to be
     re-appraised and the cost went up.

    This is excerpted from a message from Big Bluestem Audubon:
     We believe that it fills a great need: a public area
     managed for non-game birds.  Kellerton preserves a  natural
     ecosystem, and will allow all Iowans to enjoy the observation of its
     birds and wildlife.  We need to step forward now with monetary
support.
 A great show of support at this time will ensure that we have a say in the
management
     of the  Kellerton area.  We want to see this project focused on the
     grassland birds including neotropical  migrants and Prairie Chickens.
      We need to vote support with our pocketbooks and wallets!

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