This program is Wednesday, June 19. Sorry for the confusion. All members may join us for the food, beverages and fellowship with new members before the meeting. Thanks, Jane Clark ----- Original Message ----- From: Jane Clark <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 3:13 PM Subject: Central Iowa Program on Missouri River > JUNE 17 PROGRAM -- MISSOURI RIVER > > Chad Smith of American Rivers will be the speaker for the Wednesday, June 17 > program of the Central Iowa Sierra Group. He will be presenting a program > on his work with American Rivers in the midwest, with a concentration on the > Missouri River. > > Meetings begin at 7:30 p.m. and are held at Grace United Methodist Church, > 37th and Cottage Grove in Des Moines. If there are questions about the > program, please call Jane Clark at 515-223-5047 or [log in to unmask] > > This month we will also hold a new member welcome at 6:00 p.m. for snacks > and beverages. New and old members are invited to attend. > > When Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored the Missouri in 1804, they > found a dynamic river of meandering channels, thousands of islands and > sandbars, and a rich floodplain of wetlands, grasses, and forests. Today, > Lewis and Clark would not recognize the Missouri River and many of the river > wildlife species that filled their journal pages might soon disappear > forever. > > American Rivers recently named the Missouri River the nation's Most > Endangered River for 2002. The conservation group and its partners cited the > operations of six dams that are driving several fish and wildlife species > towards extinction and crippling the river's economic potential as a > recreational and tourist destination. > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > 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]