This is forwarded from the Iowa Native Plant listserve and should be of interest to Iowa Sierrans. The Loess Hills are one of our Chapter issues and our Chapter annual dinner is going to be held at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge. Prairie cemeteries are being threatened for various reasons across the state and present a serious challenge to prairie enthusiasts. FYI - this Tuesday (September 23) at 6:30 PM IPTV will be showing a series of prairie stories from the past 12 years of their Living in Iowa series. They include a prairie cemetery, the Loess hills, and Neal Smith Wildlife refuge (although they do spell Neal's name wrong!), and others. For more info: http://www.iptv.org/lii/feature_main.cfm?showNum=1345&featNum=467 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Make your voice heard! Find out how to get Take Action Alerts and other important Sierra Club messages by email at: http://www.sierraclub.org/email