SUNDAY, MARCH 18: Yellow Banks Park—Oak Savanna Prairie
Restoration
Meet at 1:30 p.m. in the parking lot near the ranger’s office/workshop at
Yellow Banks County
Park to participate in the restoration
of one of Iowa’s rarest ecosystems. We will be continuing to clear invasive
brush and finish around 3:30 p.m.
Refreshments will be provided.
Wear long pants and shirts, heavy work shoes or boots, and work gloves.
Some tools will be provided, but please bring loppers and hand saws if you have
them. Difficulty level: Moderate.
Contact Penny at [log in to unmask] or 262-1224 to sign
up.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21: Monthly Program -- Legislative
Update
Help
us welcome new members beginning at 6:30 p.m. with refreshments before
the program which will be presented by Sierra Club lobbyist Lyle Krewson and
Director Neila Seaman. Learn about Sierra Club Iowa legislative priorities and actions you
can take. Monthly programs are held
at Grace United Methodist Church, located at 37th and Cottage Grove. Parking is
located behind the church--enter through the south double doors and the meeting
is in the lower east level of the church. E-mail [log in to unmask] or call
223-5047.
SATURDAY, MARCH 31:
TONGASS
NATIONAL
FOREST
Urbandale Public Library on 86th
Street—11 a.m.
Lois Norrgard of the
Alaska Coalition will present a program on the
Tongass
National Forest:
The U.S. Forest Service is revising the
Tongass National Forest Land Management Plan. Public comments can be made until
early April. Lois will be giving a
presentation to inform us about this important forest - America's
Rainforest. We will be pushing for greater biodiversity protections, protection
of the roadless areas and to push for final protection of the Tongass. Contact Jane at [log in to unmask] or 223-5047 for more
information and to RSVP.