Every other Wednesday, the Des Moines free alternative newspaper CITYVIEW carries a column by Carolyn Szczepanski called MOTHER EARTH.   CITYVIEW can be picked up in various locations around central Iowa, and can also be accessed online by using the link below.   MOTHER EARTH often covers statewide environmental issues.  This week, the subject is the recently-completed DNR Comprehensive Wildlife Plan.  The Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club is mentioned.

If you like MOTHER EARTH, it would be good to let CITYVIEW know, to help ensure the column will continue.  I was disappointed when CITYVIEW dropped Nate Hoogeveen's outdoor column, and wish that Carolyn and Nate could alternate weeks.   There are plenty of conservation issues to cover in Iowa, and both writers are good.  

There are also occasional cover stories in CITYVIEW that deal with environmental issues.  Last week, the Polk County rural water deal was covered, along with the implications for future land use.

Cindy

http://www.dmcityview.com/mother-earth.shtml


Cindy Hildebrand
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Ames, IA  50010

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