Forwarded by Jane Clark
As a part of the conservation community's effort to get Iowa
Congressman Jim Nussle (Chair of the House Budget Committee) to support
us in the battle to protect the Arctic Refuge from drilling, here are
some upcoming events in Iowa that we would like you to participate in.
WHEN AND WHERE:
WEDNESDAY
Cedar Falls/Waterloo: Wednesday, March 5, UNI campus,
location Wright Hall, Room 7, 7:00pm (doors open 6:30pm)
THURSDAY
Dubuque: Thursday, March 6, University of Dubuque,
Hadley Auditorium, 7:00pm (doors open 6:30)
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Quad City Arctic Campaign Hosts Alaskan Natives
Touring Slideshow Brings Gwich'in Tribe to Q-C
Contact:
Jay Heeter, Alaska Coalition of Iowa
Office: 563-359-6395
Cell: 919-641-6903
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WHO:
Marilyn Savage, Gwich'in Tribe, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Bill Murano, native Alaskan, wilderness guide
Jay Heeter, Alaska Coalition of Iowa
WHAT: Community Slideshow Presentation and Letter-Writing
The Alaska Coalition of Iowa will host Alaskan speakers at upcoming
events. Marilyn Savage is one of a handful of representatives from the
Gwich'in tribe of native Americans who travel the country educating
others of their plight. The Gwich'in people depend on the caribou herd
for survival, as they have done for over 8,00 years. The national
Alaska Coalition involves such broad-based groups as the Izaak Walton
League, Lutheran Chruch and Sierra Club, while the Iowa chapter has
grown from almost nothing to nearly a dozen groups in just over two
months. Groups across Eastern Iowa are hosting slideshows this week.
Volunteers and spectators at the event will join hundreds of others
across the state in educating citizens about the trade-offs involved in
drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. According to these
citizens, the small amount of oil likely to be buried under the Refuge
would not suffice as a trade for the calving ground of the world's
largest international caribou herd and America's last 5% of undeveloped
Arctic.
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