For anyone interested in the current upsurge of new-flat-water mania in Iowa, the story below may be of interest. It's also bad news for anyone who hoped that 250-plus fake lakes might be enough for Iowa, and that we might be through using tax dollars to drown prairie remnants, oak savannas, and sedge meadows. Cindy _http://www.dmcityview.com/cover.shtml_ (http://www.dmcityview.com/cover.shtml) Cindy Hildebrand [log in to unmask] Ames, IA 50010 "The heaviest timber land can be purchased for from $5.00 to $12.00 per acre. There are black and white walnut, basswood, different kinds of oaks, elms, etc....Of the fertility of the soil -- it can't be excelled. The prairie is rolling, a most magnificent sight." (Arden B. Holcomb describing Boone County, Iowa, in 1855.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sign up to receive Sierra Club Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it features the Club's latest news and activities. Subscribe and view recent editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/insider/