Forwarded by Jane Clark

STATE PRESERVES BOARD TO MEET JAN. 9 IN DES MOINES

The State Preserves Advisory Board of the Iowa Department of Natural
Resources will meet at 9 a.m., Jan. 9, in the fourth floor conference room,
Wallace State Office Bldg., in Des Moines.  Board members scheduled a
working meeting at 1 p.m., Jan. 8, in the same room to discuss standards for
admitting areas into the state preserve system.  Both meetings are open to
the public.

Members of the State Preserves Advisory Board are Neil Bernstein, Robin
Fortney, Kathy Gourley, Laura Jackson, Scott Moats and Tim Sproul.  The DNR
Director is Jeffrey Vonk.

A more detailed agenda is available on the Iowa DNR's website
www.iowadnr.com under the State Preserves Advisory Board link on the front
page.

The following is the meeting agenda.
. Approve Agenda
. Approve Minutes of October Meeting
. Preserve Nomination Updates
. Banister-McGregor Woods
. Hartman Bluff
. Glenwood Resource Center
. Baylor Prairie
. Scenic Preserve Criteria Study
. Steele Prairie
. Conservation Areas and Species Richness of Amphibians and Reptiles
. Draft Request for Proposals for Fiscal Year 2004
. Friends Group
. Open Discussion
. Next Meeting

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