Who should we contact to support this?

Peggy Murdock

At 09:35 AM 12/9/98 -0600, you wrote:
>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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