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as well have come from the current administration.
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RECREATION ISSUES COMMITTEE recruitment announcement
The Sierra Club's Recreation Issues Committee (RIC) is
looking for
volunteers to join the committee. RIC works on many
recreation-related issues, but it
is in particular need of volunteers working to protect
wildlands from the
impacts of off-road vehicles (ORVs) such as
motorcycles, ATVs, snowmobiles and jet-
skis. Desired qualifications include activism and
knowledge of motorized
recreation issues, as well as a broad perspective on
other related issues,
such as wilderness and roadless areas.
RIC's mission is to provide assistance to volunteers
in addressing
recreation issues, to build networks on these issues
and help coordinate the Club's
conservation efforts on recreation issues. Recreation
issues include but
are not limited to: motorized recreation, user
conflicts, noise impacts, park
overflights, bicycles, trails, appropriate and
accessible recreation,
visitor impacts and resource protection needs related
to recreation, and recreation
fees.
RIC currently has 6 regular members, 3 staff liaisons,
and 12 corresponding
members. RIC is chaired by Karl Forsgaard, and
operates under the umbrella
of the Wild Planet Strategy Team (WPST).
In order to carry out these objectives RIC pursues the
following:
1. Facilitating information exchange among a network
of activists,
including information on legislation, litigation and
agency policy matters.
2. Helping to develop and implement strategy to deal
with recreation
issues from defensive and proactive positions as
appropriate, including raising the
visibility of recreation issues in the Club.
3. Developing contacts with other environmental and
citizen's groups
working on recreation issues where such contacts would
be helpful to activists and
further the Club's agenda.
Committee members need to be able to evaluate issues
from a variety of
viewpoints. Members may also be asked to assist with
Committee
administration. Committee business is conducted
primarily via email and
conference calls.
To apply, please provide the information requested
below via email or
written correspondence by November 1, 2003 to Caroline
Pufalt (WPST Chair) at the
following address:
Caroline Pufalt
13415 Land O Woods #3
St. Louis MO 63141-6078
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Caroline per above or Karl
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Karl Forsgaard
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Mercer Island, WA 98040
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times to reach you.
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volunteer positions
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(4) Why do you want to serve on the Recreation Issues
Committee? (100 words
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Friday, September 19, 2003 at 9PM on PBS
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This week on NOW:
* Critics say she gutted key environmental protections. What's the real
story? Former EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman in her own words. CLEARING
THE AIR.
* After 30 years of working to protect the environment, he only thought
he'd seen it all. National Environmental Trust president Philip Clapp sits
down with Bill Moyers.
* NPR's Deborah Amos talks to author and activist Walter Mosley about
fiction, money and politics.
* A Bill Moyers Journal.
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CLEARING THE AIR
Christine Todd Whitman arrived in Washington to head up the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) with commendable credentials as a former governor of
New Jersey who supported pro-environmental policies. So why was she
criticized for overseeing a period rife with the wholesale gutting of key
environmental protections by the Bush Administration? In May, barely two
years into the job, she resigned. NOW examines the new priorities at the
EPA, where, critics say, environmental protection takes a back seat to
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PHILIP CLAPP
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to inform the public about environmental problems and how they affect our
health and quality of life. After working on energy and environmental issues
in Washington since the 1970s, he's got some tough words about the current
U.S. strategy. Clapp talks to Bill Moyers about how our national
environmental policy may affect our international relations, his concerns
about how ties to the oil and nuclear industries have directed that policy,
and the politics behind the new energy bill. "What is really at stake here
is 30 years of environmental protection that they're backing up on," says
Clapp, "I have never seen an administration so politicize agencies. Muzzle
scientists, skew data and, frankly, lie to the American public about
critical public health issues."
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"When we spray glyphosate on the fields by the rules it has been shown that
it is washed down into the upper ground water with a concentration of 0.54
micrograms per litre. This is very surprising, because we had previously
believed that bacteria in the soil broke down the glyphosate before it
reached the ground water"
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Denmark has imposed a ban on the spraying of glyphosates as of 15
September 2003 following the release of data which found that
glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup=A0 herbicide (RR)
has been contaminating the drinking water resources of the country.
The chemical has, against all expectations been sieving down through
the soil and polluting the ground water at a rate of five times more
than the allowed level for drinking water, according to tests done by
the Denmark and Greenland Geological Research Institution (DGGRI) as
reported below.
"When we spray glyphosate on the fields by the rules it has been shown
that it is washed down into the upper ground water with a concentration
of 0.54 micrograms per litre. This is very surprising, because we had
previously believed that bacteria in the soil broke down the glyphosate
before it reached the ground water," says DGGRI.
Increased findings that weeds are developing resistance to Roundup, the
world's most popular herbicide, have some scientists urging new
planting practices. The product's manufacturer says the problem is
being overblown.
Roundup, whose generic name is glyphosate, has been on the market for
more than 30 years. It long has been a favorite of farmers, home
gardeners and golf course greenskeepers because of its effectiveness in
killing weeds.
It allows growers to cut back on tilling, a more labor-intensive and
expensive method of controlling weeds, and does not pollute the
environment.
"Roundup Ready" crops, which have been genetically altered to tolerate
the chemical, now cover much of the nation's farmland since their
development in the late 1990s. They allow farmers to spray the
glyphosate herbicides widely without harming crops.
The Agriculture Department estimates that 80 percent of the 73 million
acres of soybeans in the United States are Roundup Ready soybeans, and
Roundup Ready cotton accounts for more than 30 percent of the 12
million acres planted. The corn variety, still new to the market,
covers 11 percent of 70 million acres.
"Farmers are planting too many Roundup Ready crops," said Stephen
Powles, an expert on weed resistance at the University of Western
Australia.
The herbicide is vital for food production systems in the United States
and in many other parts of the world, Powles said. Should weed
resistance become widespread, he said, "I think the problem will become
a crisis."
In 1996, Australia was the first to note that weed resistance to
glyphosate was developing in rigid ryegrass found in a few grain and
sorghum fields. Five years later, South Africa reported seeing the
resilient rigid ryegrass had infested a few hundred acres of vineyards.
In 2000, University of Delaware scientists reported to the Weed Science
Society of America, which tracks farm chemical resistance, that in some
soybean fields, mare's tail was resisting glyphosate. Since then,
resistant mare's tail has been reported in other states - Indiana,
Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Arkansas, Mississippi and
Tennessee.
Far more worrisome are cases in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri, where
glyphosate is becoming ineffective on abundant weeds such as velvet
leaf and water hemp.
Allan Felsot, an environmental toxicologist at Washington State
University, said weeds naturally develop resistance to a pesticide and
dismissed the idea they might be picking up a resistant gene from
Roundup Ready soybeans, corn or cotton.
"Any time you have a place where you're using a strictly singular
herbicide, you may end up with some resistance in some cases," he said.
Nonetheless, some scientists want farmers to alter their planting
practices to assure that Roundup and competing brand names of
glyphosate maintain their effectiveness as a herbicide in the future.
The Australian Powles advocates cutting back on plantings of Roundup
Ready crops.
Mark VanGessel, a weed scientist at the University of Delaware,
advocates a more moderate course. He suggested that farmers rotate
their Roundup Ready crops with conventional varieties.
"My gut reaction is that we do need to limit the use of
glyphosate-resistant crops," VanGessel said. "That doesn't necessarily
mean don't develop them or don't use them altogether, but instead use a
planned approach so to not use the glyphosate-resistant crops year in
and year out."
Monsanto Co., which markets Roundup Ready crops in addition to the
herbicide, said the problem is not nearly that severe.
"Most of the situations that we're dealing with, we're dealing with
very small acres," said Greg Elmore, a soybean technical manager at
Monsanto. "We're not talking about a whole county. In some cases, we
have one field only."
Regardless, farmers could turn to tilling and a combination of other
chemicals besides glyphosate, he said.
Monsanto's competitor, Syngenta, agrees with VanGessel that farmers
should rotate planting of Roundup Ready corn and soybeans with
conventional crops. Syngenta makes its own glyphosate spray, Touchdown.
"We really feel like the problem is real and the problem is growing,"
said Sherry Ford, a Syngenta spokeswoman. "Just like with antibiotics,
an overreliance on one type of solution is going to eventually make
that solution ineffective."
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The deadline is nearing for reservations. If you plan to come, please at
least e-mail me so I can give an accurate count to the caterer.
Hope to see you at the dinner!
Jane Clark
ANNUAL IOWA SIERRA CLUB CELEBRATION
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2003
Make plans now to join Iowa Sierrans for our Annual Dinner, Fundraiser and
Awards Celebration on Saturday, October 4. This event will be held at Neal
Smith National Wildlife Refuge and Prairie Learning Center south of Prairie
City.
Speaker and special guest
Ken Midkiff, Director of Sierra Clubıs Clean Water Campaign, will be the
featured speaker. His remarks for the evening will be on
"Water"--particularly pollution, jurisdiction and Big Rivers issues. Ken
formerly was Director of the Ozark (Missouri) Chapter of Sierra Club from
1993-2001. He has also served as Coordinator of the National Sierra Club
Clean Water/CAFO Campaign and Sierra Club Lobbyist in the Missouri State
Legislature. He is the author of a forthcoming book THE MEAT YOU EAT (St.
Martinıs Press 2004).
Dinner local and organic
There will be a vegetarian choice of a fabulous pesto lasagne with homemade
noodles (from organic eggs) or an organic chicken choice in a
raspberry-cream sauce. Both dinners will include salad, vegetables and
dessert. Everything will be local and organic. Dinner tickets are $30.00 per
person.
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RESERVATION FORM
Annual Dinner, Fundraising and Awards Celebration
Saturday, October 4, 2003
Deadline for reservations September 26
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
Name______________________________________
Address____________________________________
___________________________________________
Telephone number:___________________________
E-mail address:______________________________
Number of dinners____ X $30.00 = $___________
Dinner choice: Vegetarian ______Chicken ______
*Make checks payable to Sierra Club, Iowa Chapter
Mail check and reservation before September 26 to:
Jane Clark, 9871 Lincoln Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50325
For questions, [log in to unmask] or 515-223-5047
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Other things to do on October 4
Come early, enjoy the refuge and participate in our fundraising event the
silent auction. Our silent auction last year was fun and successful! We are
holding this fundraising event at the Chapter's Annual Dinner because it
gives us a chance to celebrate the many Iowans who are doing their share to
save wildlands. How can you help? Donate and/or bid. Use your imagination!
You may contact Jim Redmond 712-258-8303 OR the Chapter office,
515-277-8868; [log in to unmask]
There is a two-mile walking trail through the refuge prairie restoration and
past the buffalo enclosure. Be sure to watch the center's wonderful video on
the return to wildness theme. If you would like to come early in the day for
stewardship activities on the refuge (prairie rescue), please contact Jane
Clark at [log in to unmask] or 515-223-5047 to make arrangements. If you'd
like to volunteer your time or assistance with any aspect of this year's
Annual Dinner, please let us know.
Schedule for the Annual Celebration
4:30 p.m. Silent Auction and Social Hour
6:00 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Awards
8:00 p.m. Ken Midkiff
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<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Sierra Club Annual Dinner
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 10:51:12 -0500
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<DIV></DIV>>The deadline is nearing for reservations. If you plan to come, please at
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<DIV></DIV>>Hope to see you at the dinner!
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<DIV></DIV>>ANNUAL IOWA SIERRA CLUB CELEBRATION
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<DIV></DIV>>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2003
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Make plans now to join Iowa Sierrans for our Annual Dinner, Fundraiser and
<DIV></DIV>>Awards Celebration on Saturday, October 4. This event will be held at Neal
<DIV></DIV>>Smith National Wildlife Refuge and Prairie Learning Center south of Prairie
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<DIV></DIV>>Speaker and special guest
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<DIV></DIV>>Ken Midkiff, Director of Sierra Clubıs Clean Water Campaign, will be the
<DIV></DIV>>featured speaker. His remarks for the evening will be on
<DIV></DIV>>"Water"--particularly pollution, jurisdiction and Big Rivers issues. Ken
<DIV></DIV>>formerly was Director of the Ozark (Missouri) Chapter of Sierra Club from
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<DIV></DIV>>Dinner ­ local and organic
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<DIV></DIV>>There will be a vegetarian choice of a fabulous pesto lasagne with homemade
<DIV></DIV>>noodles (from organic eggs) or an organic chicken choice in a
<DIV></DIV>>raspberry-cream sauce. Both dinners will include salad, vegetables and
<DIV></DIV>>dessert. Everything will be local and organic. Dinner tickets are $30.00 per
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<DIV></DIV>>RESERVATION FORM
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<DIV></DIV>>Annual Dinner, Fundraising and Awards Celebration
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<DIV></DIV>>Saturday, October 4, 2003
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<DIV></DIV>>Deadline for reservations ­ September 26
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<DIV></DIV>>Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
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<DIV></DIV>>Name___sharon johnson___________________________________
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<DIV></DIV>>__________des moines, ia 50322_________________________________
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<DIV></DIV>>Telephone number:_515-457-7232________________________
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<DIV></DIV>>E-mail address:[log in to unmask]
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<DIV></DIV>>Number of dinners_1___ X $30.00 = $__30.00_________
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<DIV></DIV>>Dinner choice: Vegetarian __X____Chicken ______
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<DIV></DIV>>*Make checks payable to Sierra Club, Iowa Chapter
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<DIV></DIV>>Mail check and reservation before September 26 to:
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<DIV></DIV>>Other things to do on October 4
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<DIV></DIV>>Come early, enjoy the refuge and participate in our fundraising event ­ the
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<DIV></DIV>>holding this fundraising event at the Chapter's Annual Dinner because it
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<DIV></DIV>>There is a two-mile walking trail through the refuge prairie restoration and
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<DIV></DIV>>Schedule for the Annual Celebration
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<DIV></DIV>>4:30 p.m. Silent Auction and Social Hour
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<DIV></DIV>>6:00 p.m. Dinner
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Jane.... I really wish I could attend, and if it weren't so far...I very
well might. A night drive is not an easy thing anymore. I know it is the
nature of the Club being state wide. Hope it is fun and inspiring!
Cathy
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To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 10:51 AM
Subject: Sierra Club Annual Dinner
> The deadline is nearing for reservations. If you plan to come, please at
> least e-mail me so I can give an accurate count to the caterer.
>
> Hope to see you at the dinner!
> Jane Clark
>
> ANNUAL IOWA SIERRA CLUB CELEBRATION
>
> SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2003
>
> Make plans now to join Iowa Sierrans for our Annual Dinner, Fundraiser and
> Awards Celebration on Saturday, October 4. This event will be held at Neal
> Smith National Wildlife Refuge and Prairie Learning Center south of
Prairie
> City.
>
> Speaker and special guest
>
> Ken Midkiff, Director of Sierra Clubıs Clean Water Campaign, will be the
> featured speaker. His remarks for the evening will be on
> "Water"--particularly pollution, jurisdiction and Big Rivers issues. Ken
> formerly was Director of the Ozark (Missouri) Chapter of Sierra Club from
> 1993-2001. He has also served as Coordinator of the National Sierra Club
> Clean Water/CAFO Campaign and Sierra Club Lobbyist in the Missouri State
> Legislature. He is the author of a forthcoming book THE MEAT YOU EAT
(St.
> Martinıs Press 2004).
>
> Dinner local and organic
>
> There will be a vegetarian choice of a fabulous pesto lasagne with
homemade
> noodles (from organic eggs) or an organic chicken choice in a
> raspberry-cream sauce. Both dinners will include salad, vegetables and
> dessert. Everything will be local and organic. Dinner tickets are $30.00
per
> person.
>
> --------------------------------------------
> RESERVATION FORM
>
> Annual Dinner, Fundraising and Awards Celebration
>
> Saturday, October 4, 2003
>
> Deadline for reservations September 26
>
> Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
>
> Name______________________________________
>
> Address____________________________________
>
> ___________________________________________
>
> Telephone number:___________________________
>
> E-mail address:______________________________
>
> Number of dinners____ X $30.00 = $___________
>
> Dinner choice: Vegetarian ______Chicken ______
>
> *Make checks payable to Sierra Club, Iowa Chapter
>
> Mail check and reservation before September 26 to:
>
> Jane Clark, 9871 Lincoln Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50325
>
> For questions, [log in to unmask] or 515-223-5047
> ----------------------------------
>
> Other things to do on October 4
>
> Come early, enjoy the refuge and participate in our fundraising event
the
> silent auction. Our silent auction last year was fun and successful! We
are
> holding this fundraising event at the Chapter's Annual Dinner because it
> gives us a chance to celebrate the many Iowans who are doing their share
to
> save wildlands. How can you help? Donate and/or bid. Use your imagination!
> You may contact Jim Redmond 712-258-8303 OR the Chapter office,
> 515-277-8868; [log in to unmask]
>
> There is a two-mile walking trail through the refuge prairie restoration
and
> past the buffalo enclosure. Be sure to watch the center's wonderful video
on
> the return to wildness theme. If you would like to come early in the day
for
> stewardship activities on the refuge (prairie rescue), please contact Jane
> Clark at [log in to unmask] or 515-223-5047 to make arrangements. If you'd
> like to volunteer your time or assistance with any aspect of this year's
> Annual Dinner, please let us know.
>
> Schedule for the Annual Celebration
>
> 4:30 p.m. Silent Auction and Social Hour
>
> 6:00 p.m. Dinner
>
> 7:00 p.m. Awards
>
> 8:00 p.m. Ken Midkiff
>
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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 10:03:05 -0500
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PUBLIC INVITED TO DISCUSS BEACH BACTERIA LEVELS AT MEETINGS
Iowans are invited to three public meetings to discuss state park beach
monitoring results at Lake Darling, Backbone and Geode state parks.
The meetings will include a 30-minute presentation explaining bacteria
results and a chance to ask DNR Iowa Geological Survey staff questions.
"We'd like the public to get involved with understanding bacteria and
making changes in the watersheds that affect the beaches," said Janice
Boekhoff, research geologist with the Iowa Geological Survey. "Many
people have an image of bacteria as scary and unchanging. In reality,
bacteria sources vary. So bacteria levels in the water are always
changing, like the weather."
The meeting locations are as follows:
Wednesday, Oct. 8; discussing Lake Darling State Park:
Brighton Community Center (City Hall), 117 W. Washington St., Brighton
Wednesday, Oct. 15; discussing Backbone State Park:
Franklin Hotel, 102 Elkader St., Strawberry Point
Wednesday, Oct. 22 ; discussing Geode State Park:
Danville Community Building, 104 W. Shepherd St., Danville
All meetings begin at 7 p.m.
The Lake Darling meeting will also include a discussion on the Lake
Darling Bacteria Source-Tracking Project currently underway in the
watershed.
The DNR tests bacteria levels at Iowa's 37 state park beaches weekly
and posts results on Fridays at http://www.iowadnr.com/news/beach.html.
For more information, contact Janice Boekhoff at 319-335-1574.
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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 09:52:27 -0500
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Subject: Re: Midwest agriculture's dirty secret - A dirty river runs
beneath it
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jane,
I think it would be good, if we could get permission, to reprint this
in the next newsletter.
ginger
On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 08:08 PM, Jane Clark wrote:
>
> From: Prarie Writers Circle
> This Prairie Writers Circle essay argues that we should clean up the
> largest
> sewer in the country -- the millions of miles of drain tiles that lie
> beneath fields in the Midwest and carry agricultural pollution to our
> waterways. The author is Janet Kauffman, coordinator of the Water
> Monitoring Project for Environmentally Concerned Citizens of South
> Central
> Michigan.
>
> Headline food for thought:
> Midwest agriculture's dirty secret
>
> A dirty river runs beneath it
>
> By Janet Kauffman
> Prairie Writers Circle
>
> The Midwest is flyover country, as they say. From 35,000 feet, the
> landscape
> is a lovely patchwork of geometric field shapes, parallelograms
> stitched
> neatly together. But close up, Midwest farmland is not such a pretty
> picture.
>
> Farm animals are often packed into factory-size buildings. Next to
> these are
> open-air waste pits as large as small lakes. They hold millions of
> gallons
> of untreated, liquefied manure.
>
> Just as foul, and completely hidden, are the underground pipes
> crisscrossing
> and draining the watersheds of the Midwest. Pieced together, they're
> the
> largest sewer in the country.
>
> These pipes are called drain tiles. From Ohio to Iowa, in a network
> estimated at more than 3 million miles, they underlie most farm fields
> to
> drain away rainwater. But they also carry farmland pollutants directly
> to
> creeks and rivers. They are agriculture's dirty secret.
>
> Across southern Michigan, where I live, 19th century settlers found
> forests
> and swamps. You can't farm in either. So the pioneers cut the trees.
> And to
> make fields from swamps, they dug trenches and buried drain tiles,
> creating
> underground tributaries.
>
> The word "tiles" comes from the early use of foot-long sections of clay
> pipe, made in the brickworks of many small towns. Now farmers use
> perforated
> plastic pipe, laser-sighted downhill.
>
> In the Midwest, tiles drain up to 60 percent of agricultural land.
> When big
> confinement dairies were built recently in my watershed, their builders
> re-tiled the land where they would dump liquid manure.
>
> In cities, sewers once combined storm water and human waste, creating a
> serious problem of contaminated overflows. Now storm water normally
> drains
> through one set of pipes, and human waste flows through another to
> treatment
> plants.
>
> But agriculture has largely ignored its own combined -- and continuous
> --
> contribution of sewage to our waterways.
>
> No wonder -- the problem is huge. The tiles cover vast areas. Some
> tile
> systems are new, some 100 years old, with fixes from every generation
> along
> the way. In many soils, wormholes -- more than you might think -- and
> large
> cracks are direct pathways, like straws, to subsurface tiles. Liquids
> can
> pour through in minutes.
>
> Across the country, agriculture now contributes more pollution to
> lakes and
> streams than any other industry. The widely reported dead zone in the
> Gulf
> of Mexico is one result of the runoff of excess nutrients from manure
> and
> fertilizers. And now another is forming where streams in my part of
> Michigan
> flow -- in Lake Erie, which had finally recovered from the industrial
> pollution of the mid-20th century.
>
> In large livestock confinement operations, animals are never on
> pasture,
> where they would be spread out feeding on grass and where living soil
> could
> use and absorb their drier manure. Instead, the waste is liquefied,
> pumped
> to a lagoon, then sprayed untreated on fields, where it runs quickly
> into
> the tile drains. The liquefying is done with groundwater -- it's
> polluted
> coming and going.
>
> It is time we fixed the plumbing.
>
> Livestock production, like other industries, should be required to
> treat its
> waste. Technologies exist for liquid-solid separation with accompanying
> wastewater treatment. There are dry systems for manure handling that
> are
> hybrids of rotational grazing and winter composting. Agriculture
> doesn't
> have to reinvent the wheel. Better yet, livestock operations can
> downsize to
> farm size. Get lean and green.
>
>> From the air, Midwest farmland still looks like a comforting quilt.
>> What you
> don't see is what's unsettling. You don't see the animals inside the
> confinement buildings. You don't see the waste pits holding millions of
> gallons of liquid manure -- they look like innocent lakes from high
> up. And
> you don't see the stream of pollution flowing through subsurface
> drainage
> tiles -- agriculture's unregulated sewers.
>
> ###
>
> Janet Kauffman has restored wetlands on her farm in Michigan. She
> coordinates the Water Monitoring Project for Environmentally Concerned
> Citizens of South Central Michigan. Kauffman wrote this piece for the
> Prairie Writers Circle at the Land Institute, Salina, Kan.
>
Virginia H. Soelberg
5979 Dogwood Circle
Johnston, Iowa 50131
515-253-0232
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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 11:31:18 -0500
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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
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Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 14:42:17 EDT
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Subject: Sierra Club-sponsored events on global population
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The National Sierra Club has joined with several other organizations in
presenting three events relating to global population.
"6.3 Billion Reasons" will be presented in Iowa City on September 24 and
Grinnell on September 25.. There will be a panel discussion, reception, and free
food. The government has cut funding for international family planning
programs and has pushed abstinence only education. Worldwide 150 million women
want, but lack, access to family planning. These sessions will discuss 6.3
billion reasons to care about population, environment, women, family planning, and
sex education.
In addition a seminar will be held on September 27, at the Neal Smith
Wildlife Refuge.
The Iowa City event is September 24, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm, at the Pappajohn
Business Building, Room C125.
The Grinnell event is September 25, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm, at Grinnell College
in the Forum North Lounge
The Seminar is entitled "You, Me and 6.3 (Billion, that is): Population
Connections the Bush Administration Missed! Population and Environment Training".
This starts at 10:00 and runs until 2:00. Lunch will be provided. It will
be in the Prairie Learning Center at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge.
If you have questions about these events, contact Alexandra Marinov at
[log in to unmask], 202-548-4599.
Pam Mackey-Taylor
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"6.3 Billion Reasons" will be presented in Iowa City on September 24 and Gri=
nnell on September 25.. There will be a panel discussion, reception, a=
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planning programs and has pushed abstinence only education. Worldwide=20=
150 million women want, but lack, access to family planning. These ses=
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, women, family planning, and sex education.<BR>
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In addition a seminar will be held on September 27, at the Neal Smith Wildli=
fe Refuge.<BR>
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The Iowa City event is September 24, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm, at the Pappajohn=20=
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e in the Forum North Lounge <BR>
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ections the Bush Administration Missed! Population and Environment Tra=
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provided. It will be in the Prairie Learning Center at the Neal Smith=20=
National Wildlife Refuge.<BR>
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[log in to unmask], 202-548-4599.<BR>
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