I'm planning on attending, Jane. Peggy At 11:26 AM 4/2/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Posted by Jane Clark -- please contact me if you are interested in attending >this workshop. >Please note, this has been changed to May 18 (originally scheduled for May >4). >Thanks, >[log in to unmask] >Des Moines > >WETLANDS WORKSHOP PLANNED FOR MAY 18 > >Come and Develop the Skills You Need to Protect One of Iowa's Most Important >and Most Threatened Resources-- Wetlands! > >Iowa was once a state rich with productive wetlands. In 1780 Iowa had 4 >million acres of wetlands. In 1990 it was estimated that number had dwindled >to just 400,000 acres. Iowa is one of the nation's leaders in wetlands >destruction-- 89% of Iowa's wetlands state-wide have been destroyed and that >number jumps to 99% if only the prairie potholes are considered. > >Come join Iowans from throughout the state for a wetlands workshop and help >save our last remaining wetlands! National wetlands experts will conduct a >workshop on the basics of reading and commenting on proposed permits for >wetlands destruction, the basics of wetlands law and regulation, the basics >of Iowa state legislation regarding isolated wetlands and other waters, and >how to use the media to get across your message and save your wetland. > >Please reserve Saturday, May 18 for this essential and exciting training >opportunity. The meeting will be held next to Carney Marsh area at the Iowa >Association of Municipal Utilities building, 1735 N.E. 70th Avenue between >Ankeny and Des Moines. A small registration fee will be charged to cover a >light breakfast and lunch. Contact Jane Clark at [log in to unmask] or >515-223-5047 for more information and registration. > >The Iowa wetlands workshop is being funded by the Clean Water Network and >will be presented by Julie Sibbing of the National Wildlife Federation and >Daniel Rosenberg of the Natural Resources Defense Council, co-chairs of the >Clean Water Network Wetlands Workgroup. > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >For SC email list T-and-C, send: GET TERMS-AND-CONDITIONS.CURRENT >to [log in to unmask] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For SC email list T-and-C, send: GET TERMS-AND-CONDITIONS.CURRENT to [log in to unmask]