Addition:
In Fairfield, the Leopold Group will be participating in tree planting activities
Saturday - convening at the Town Square at 10:00.
On Monday at 10:00 at the corner of Jefferson and 12th, we will be starting
a streambed clean-up on the creek that leads into Jefferson County Park.
We also urge everyone to call or email Senator Grassley and voice your displeasure
regarding his wrongheaded vote on ANWR.
erin jordahl IA wrote:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:
April 19, 2002 Erin Jordahl, 515-277-8868
Iowa Earth Day Activities Planned
Help Take Care of Everyone's Favorite Planet
Des Moines, IA: The Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club has several Earth Day
activities planned throughout the state. Iowans are encouraged to get outside
April 20 through 22 and help take care of everyone's favorite planet. Although
Earth Day is officially on Monday, April 22, most activities are planned
for Saturday, April 20.
In Northeast Iowa, the White Pine Group of the Sierra Club is hosting a prairie
rescue at the Mines of Spain Recreation Area in Dubuque. A coalition of
Iowa conservation groups will help "rescue" prairie sites from 9 AM to 1
PM on Saturday, April 20. Volunteers are asked to meet at 9 AM at the E.B.
Lyons Nature Preserve and to bring tools for brush cutting. For more information,
call Charles Winterwood at 563-588-2783.
In the Quad Cities, the Eagle View Group of the Sierra Club will clean up
its River Mile of the Mississippi River in Moline, IL. Volunteers are asked
to meet at the Celebration Belle parking lot at 9 AM on Saturday, April 20.
For more information, call Jerry Neff at 563-332-5373.
In Central Iowa, the Central Iowa Group of the Sierra Club will participate
in several events sponsored by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Earth Day Prairie Rescue events are scheduled from 9 AM to 1 PM on Saturday,
April 20, in various locations in Polk, Jasper, Webster, Guthrie, Warren,
and Marion counties. Go to the Iowa DNR website at www.state.ia.us/dnr/volunteer/prairie.html
or call 515-281-5918 for more information.
For more information about Earth Day events sponsored by the Iowa Chapter
Sierra Club, call 515-277-8868 or go to www.sierraclub.org/earthday/action/ia/
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Erin Jordahl
Director, Iowa Chapter Sierra Club
3839 Merle Hay Road, Suite 280
Des Moines, IA 50310
515-277-8868
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