SCORP MEETINGS State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is holding public input meetings to discuss outdoor recreation at 6 locations across the state (two have already been held). . September 24 - Forest City's American Legion Hall at 6:30 pm . September 27 - Urbandale Public Library Conference Room at 2:00 pm UPCOMING MEETINGS . October 4 - Coralville's North Ridge Pavilion, 2250 Holiday Road at 6:30 pm . October 10 - Sioux City's Long Lines Family Recreation Center 3rd. floor Meeting Room at 6:30 pm . October 17 - Decorah: Luther College's Olin Building Room 102 at 6:30 pm . October 18 - Atlantic's Rock Island Depot Meeting Room at 6:30 pm These meetings are being held across the state to gather information in order to develop a new 5-year outdoor recreation plan for Iowa. The draft plan will be developed based on information gathered in surveys conducted in the spring of 2012 and through the comments from these 6 meetings. The draft plan will be available for public comment before it is submitted to the National Park Service in December. The Department wants to see Iowans with an interest in outdoor recreation or who participate in outdoor recreation to attend these meetings, helping us set a course for the future. These meetings will primarily focus on gathering public and stakeholder input looking at what amenities or conveniences would help you participate more or what should the state focus on in terms of outdoor recreation. Please feel free to disseminate this invitation to friends, interested groups or listserves that you might have. We are looking for input and hope to have many people attend these meetings. If there are questions, please direct them to [log in to unmask] , project leader for the State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp