STATE PRESERVES BOARD TO MEET APRIL 2 IN JOHNSON COUNTY The State Preserves Advisory Board will meet at 8:30 a.m., April 2, at the Johnson County Conservation Education Center in F.W. Kent Park, near Oxford. Board members will meet on April 1 to visit several sites nominated for preserve status. Members will meet 1 p.m., at the McDonalds restaurant off I-80, exit 240 to begin touring the sites. The meeting and the tour 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 January Meeting . Preserve Nomination Updates . Banister-McGregor Woods . Hartman Bluff . Cold Water Cave . Loess Hills Study . Review of Assessment Systems . Seed Harvest Request . Research Requests . Volunteer Projects . Friends Group . Proposal Selection . Open Discussion . Next Meeting - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask]