Peggy -- If you want to contact someone at the DNR directly, contact Jaime
Edwards (Ms.) at the DNR Wildlife Diversity office in Boone (nongame) and
you can reach her through e-mail at [log in to unmask]

Jane C.
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> From: Peggy Murdock <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: C: Kellerton Bird Conservation Area
> Date: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 10:50 AM
>
> 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
> >===================================================
> >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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