Here are the directions! :
From: http://www.tallgrass.org/map2.html
(Maps of the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge)

Directions to the Prairie Learning Center

Coming from the EAST on Interstate 80, take the Colfax exit and go south on
Iowa HWY 117, about 7 miles to Prairie City. The paved entry road is located
at the southwest corner of Prairie City at the Highway 163-Prairie City
Interchange.   

Coming from the WEST at the junction of Interstate 35 and 80, go east on
Interstate 80 about 3 miles to the HWY 65 exit.  Take HWY 65 south to Iowa
HWY 163.  At HWY163 turn east and go about 15 miles to Prairie City. The
paved entry road is located at the southwest corner of Prairie City at the
Highway 163-Prairie City Interchange.

Have fun!
Best,
Ericka

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>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> 
>> 1. Earth Day event will be the hike to Neil Smith Prairie (see your
>> newsletter for info. and details).
> <snipped>
>> Clint J. Campbell
>> Group Chair, ICAG
>> The Sierra Club
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> Here is some more information I've found about this event:
> 
> From: http://www.tallgrass.org/goals.html
> Goals of the Neil Smith National Wildlife Refuge
> 
> To increase biodiversity by restoring and reconstructing tallgrass prairie
> and savanna habitats. 
> To increase public knowledge and understanding of prairie through
> environmental education. 
> To increase scientific knowledge and understanding of the prairie and
> savanna through ongoing research. 
> To provide a diverse recreational landscape for public use and education.
> 
> Become a Member or aVolunteer Today!
> Call (515) 994-3400.
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> For those of you who want to make Earth Day plans - see:
> http://www.tallgrass.org/news.html#Events
> 
> Earth Day - Saturday, April 20th
> 9:00 am.  - 3:00pm.
> Volunteers from across Iowa will once again take to the prairies for Earth
> Day. Activities at the Neal Smith NWR this year will consist of various
> stewardship projects. Removing non-native trees from the prairie and
> savannah remnants is always a popular activity. Transplanting seedlings,
> cleaning seeds and working in our greenhouse are some of the other
> activities that will take place.
> 
> An e-mail description of the up coming workday and work-night (the last
> Thursday of the month) is sent about twice a month. If you would like to be
> added to the list, send Jonathan an e-mail at <[log in to unmask]>.
> 
> For more information on any of these activities, call the refuge at
> 515-994-3400.
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> If you are interested in volunteering to help out with our next new member
> event - a summer film series developed & presented by Catnip Farm featuring
> the following videos (and possibly two land use documentary videos:
> "Cornerstones" and "Life on a Farm" which address urban sprawl in Iowa and
> the rapid loss of farmland and agriculturel) - please contact Ericka Dana,
> ICAG Membership Chair @ (319)  685-4270 or <[log in to unmask]>:
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> "Making a Difference" - An Educational Documentary Film Series
> 
> 1) "Ecological Design - Inventing the Future"
> 
> A film about integrating Nature, Technology and Humanity - produced by Brian
> Danitz and Chris Zelov - Winner of 7 Film Festival Awards.
> 
> This is an educational documentary film which illuminates the emergence of
> ecological design in the 20th Century. The film features the ideas and
> prototypes of pioneering designers who have trail-blazed the development of
> sustainable architecture, cities, energy systems a, transport and industry.
> 
> This film will be shown with "Harvest the Wind" - a 10 minute documentary
> produced in Iowa by the Iowa DNR on renewable energy.
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> 2) "Perils Amid Progress; Genetically Engineered Food"
> 
> by Marion Appel (2000)
> 
> A documentary about the federal regulation of genetically engineered food
> crops. The film runs 40 minutes.
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> 3) "The Witness... a change in perception"
> 
> Winner of a number of best documentary film awards, produced by Tribe of the
> Heart - how does a construction contractor from a tough Brooklyn
> neighborhood become an impassioned animal activist?
> Running time: 43 minutes.
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> 4) The original (never aired on television) FOX TV expose' video about
> recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rGBH) and the dairy industry by former
> FOX TV reporters Jane Acre and Steve Wilson.
> 
> Professional quality full-length video report, uncut.
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