It's always important to attend the regional REAP Assembly. Your presence supports this excellent Iowa conservation initiative. But now there's an added reason to attend: There is a coordinated effort to disrupt the current funding formula for conservation programs. This change would ultimately pit the conservation community against one another, rather than keeping us working to together. United we succeed, but divided we fail Iowa's land, water and trails. Please attend the assembly near you and voice your support for REAP and its current broad spectrum of conservation benefits. Meetings are going on this week and another 15 locations will be served by the end of October. Click here to see the full schedule. Click here for more information about REAP. Now is the time to act. For clean water and places for healthy outdoor recreation … saving crucial topsoil and helping wildlife flourish … helping Iowans of all ages learn conservation essentials … helping communities to protect their cultural treasures. It's formal name is the Resource Enhancement and Protection program. Most of us know it simply as REAP. Any way you say it, it's central to keeping our Iowa home at its best. |