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Tom,

Please check with the Iowa Chapter Outings chair and ask if they do Outings
in any of these large wildlife refuges besides the one in Iowa.


This suit specifically challenges GE Crop and toxic pesticide use
authorized by FWS  at each of the following five refuges.


Nearly 100,000 acres on these five refuges.


1. *Crab Orchard NWR, **Carbondale, IL 62902 - 43,890 acres*

Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge is a 43,890 acre National Wildlife
Refuge primarily in southwestern Williamson County, but with small
extensions into adjacent eastern Jackson and
northeastern.Union<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_County,_Illinois>coun=
ties
of southern
Illinois <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois>, in the United
States<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States>.
Its land and water contain a wide diversity of flora and fauna. It centers
on Crab Orchard Lake <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Orchard_Lake>.
Major habitat types on the refuge include hardwood forest, agricultural
land, grazing units, brushland, wetlands, and lakes. Other major bodies of
water on the refuge are Devil's Kitchen
Lake<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Kitchen_Lake>and Little
Grassy Lake <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Grassy_Lake>.


2. *Cypress Creek NWR, southern Illinois - *16,000 acres

The Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge is located in the Cache River
watershed in southernmost Illinois, largely in Pulaski County, but with
extensions into Union, Alexander, and Johnson counties. The refuge was
established in 1990 under the authority of the Emergency Wetlands Resource
Act of 1986<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=3DEmergency_Wetlands_=
Resource_Act_of_1986&action=3Dedit&redlink=3D1>.
The refuge protects over 16,000 acres (65 km2) of the Cache River
wetlands<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetlands>,
and has a purchase boundary (ultimate goal for area protection) of 36,000
acres (146 km=B2) contiguous.


3. *Iowa Wetland Management District (WMD), Iowa - 25,000 acres*

The *Iowa Wetland Management District* is administered by Union Slough
National Wildlife Refuge but is very different from other wetland
management districts. *The Iowa Wetland Management District was established
in 1979 to provide breeding habitat for waterfowl, as well as nesting and
migratory habitat for a wide variety of other migratory birds.*

**

The Iowa Wetland Management District is very different from other wetland
management districts in that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
manages many of the waterfowl productions areas. Together, the DNR and the
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service have been able to develop large complexes
of habitat for waterfowl and other wildlife species within a predominantly
agricultural landscape.

Although the district boundary encompasses 35 counties, at this time there
are 75 waterfowl production areas in only 18 of those counties. Most land
purchases are intended to increase habitat at existing wetland complexes,
so it is unlikely that land will be purchased in the entire 35-county area.
The waterfowl production areas range in size from 35 acres to over 2000
acres, and provide over 25,000 total acres of habitat. In addition, some
waterfowl production areas within the district have been recognized as part
of twelve Important Bird Areas established by the Audubon Society and five
Iowa Bird Conservation Areas, as defined under the North American Bird
Conservation Initiative.

4. *Detroit Lakes WMD, northwest Minnesota - 3,200 acres*

The Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District manages hundreds of federally
owned Waterfowl Productions Areas (WPAs) in Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman
and Polk Counties in northwest Minnesota. The district is divided into
three general landscape areas: the Red River Valley floodplain, the glacial
moraine/prairie pothole region, and the hardwood/coniferous forest. Land
acquisition and management efforts are focused in the prairie pothole
region of the district, with a goal of providing habitat for nesting
waterfowl. About 3200 acres of remnant tallgrass prairie have been saved,
while thousands of acres of prairie pothole wetlands and tallgrass prairie
vegetation have been restored. These habitats are not only critical for
waterfowl, but are beneficial to other wildlife species as well.

5. *Swan Lake NWR, Sumner, Missouri - 10,795 acres*

Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a 10,795-acre National Wildlife
Refuge established in 1937 and located in Chariton County, Missouri, 2
miles south of the town of Sumner. It is located near the confluence of the
Grand and Missouri Rivers.
*Area*<http://www.google.com/search?biw=3D1135&bih=3D689&q=3Dswan+lake+nati=
onal+wildlife+refuge+area&sa=3DX&ei=3D_ZjCUbq3CqPEyQG454GACg&sqi=3D2&ved=3D=
0CKUBEOgTKAEwDQ>
*: *16.87 sq miles (43.69 km=B2)


Collectively, these refuges contain about 1/3 of the cropland on all
Midwest refuges.


Neil

On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 10:25 PM, Neil Carman
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Tom,
>
> Also we want to know if the Iowa chapter has been involved in protecting
> this area. This is a different
> question than the Outings.
>
> Neil
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 5:34 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> **
>>  Neil,
>>
>> I will try to find out and will get back to you.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 6/19/2013 5:32:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
>> [log in to unmask] writes:
>>
>> Tom,
>>
>> Do know if the Iowa Chapter or local groups ever have outings at this
>> wildlife refuge since
>> we are looking at suing FWS over allowing GE crops on them?
>>
>> This one is in Iowa!
>>
>> Iowa Wetland Management District (WMD)?
>>
>> Neil
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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Tom,<div><br></div><div>Please check with the Iowa Chapter Outings chair an=
d ask if they do Outings in any of these large wildlife refuges besides the=
 one in Iowa.</div><div>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(31,73,1=
25);min-height:22px"><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(31,73,1=
25)">This suit specifically challenges GE Crop and toxic pesticide use auth=
orized by FWS =A0at each of the following five refuges.</p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(31,73,1=
25);min-height:22px"><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(31,73,1=
25)">Nearly 100,000 acres on these five refuges.</p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(31,73,1=
25);min-height:22px"><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35)=
"><span style=3D"font-size:18px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(31,73,125)">1=
. </span><span style=3D"font-size:18px;font-family:Calibri;text-decoration:=
underline;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><b>Crab Orchard NWR, </b></span><span style=
=3D"text-decoration:underline"><b>Carbondale, IL 62902 - 43,890 acres</b></=
span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:Helvetica"><span style=3D=
"font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35)">Crab Orchard Nationa=
l Wildlife Refuge is a </span><span style=3D"font-size:16px;font-family:Ari=
al;text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(35,35,35)">43,890 acre</span><span s=
tyle=3D"font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35)"> National Wil=
dlife Refuge primarily in southwestern Williamson County, but with small ex=
tensions into adjacent eastern Jackson and northeastern.<a href=3D"http://e=
n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_County,_Illinois"><span style=3D"font-size:15px;=
font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(10,69,173)">Union</span></a></span> countie=
s of southern <a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois"><span style=
=3D"color:#0a45ad">Illinois</span></a>, in the <a href=3D"http://en.wikiped=
ia.org/wiki/United_States"><span style=3D"color:#0a45ad">United States</spa=
n></a>. Its land and water contain a wide diversity of flora and fauna. It =
centers on <a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Orchard_Lake"><span=
 style=3D"color:#0a45ad">Crab Orchard Lake</span></a>. Major habitat types =
on the refuge include hardwood forest, agricultural land, grazing units, br=
ushland, wetlands, and lakes. Other major bodies of water on the refuge are=
 <a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Kitchen_Lake"><span style=
=3D"color:#0a45ad">Devil&#39;s Kitchen Lake</span></a> and <a href=3D"http:=
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Grassy_Lake"><span style=3D"color:#0a45ad">L=
ittle Grassy Lake</span></a>.</p>

<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(31,73,1=
25);min-height:22px"><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(31,73,1=
25)">2. <span style=3D"text-decoration:underline"><b>Cypress Creek NWR, sou=
thern Illinois - </b></span><span style=3D"font-size:16px;font-family:Arial=
;text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(35,35,35)">16,000 acres</span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:Helvetica"><span style=3D=
"font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35)">The Cypress Creek Na=
tional Wildlife Refuge is located in the Cache River watershed in southernm=
ost Illinois, largely in Pulaski County, but with extensions into Union, Al=
exander, and Johnson counties. </span>The refuge was established in 1990 un=
der the authority of the <a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?tit=
le=3DEmergency_Wetlands_Resource_Act_of_1986&amp;action=3Dedit&amp;redlink=
=3D1"><span style=3D"color:#ba0a0a">Emergency Wetlands Resource Act of 1986=
</span></a>. The refuge protects over 16,000 acres (65=A0km<span style=3D"f=
ont-size:13px"><sup>2</sup></span>) of the Cache River <a href=3D"http://en=
.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetlands"><span style=3D"color:#0a45ad">wetlands</span>=
</a>, and has a purchase boundary (ultimate goal for area protection) of 36=
,000 acres (146=A0km=B2) contiguous.</p>

<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(31,73,1=
25);min-height:22px"><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(31,73,1=
25)">3. <span style=3D"text-decoration:underline"><b>Iowa Wetland Managemen=
t District (WMD), Iowa - 25,000 acres</b></span></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(106,117=
,122)"><span style=3D"font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68)"=
>The <b>Iowa Wetland Management District</b> is administered by Union Sloug=
h National Wildlife Refuge but is very different from other wetland managem=
ent districts. </span><i>The Iowa Wetland Management District was establish=
ed in 1979 to provide breeding habitat for waterfowl, as well as nesting an=
d migratory habitat for a wide variety of other migratory birds.</i></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(106,117=
,122);min-height:21px"><i></i><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 12px;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(=
65,75,80)">The Iowa Wetland Management District is very different from othe=
r wetland management districts in that the Iowa Department of Natural Resou=
rces (DNR) manages many of the waterfowl productions areas. Together, the D=
NR and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service have been able to develop large =
complexes of habitat for waterfowl and other wildlife species within a pred=
ominantly agricultural landscape. <br>

<br>
Although the district boundary encompasses 35 counties, at this time there =
are 75 waterfowl production areas in only 18 of those counties. Most land p=
urchases are intended to increase habitat at existing wetland complexes, so=
 it is unlikely that land will be purchased in the entire 35-county area. T=
he waterfowl production areas range in size from 35 acres to over 2000 acre=
s, and provide <span style=3D"text-decoration:underline">over 25,000 total =
acres </span>of habitat. In addition, some waterfowl production areas withi=
n the district have been recognized as part of twelve Important Bird Areas =
established by the Audubon Society and five Iowa Bird Conservation Areas, a=
s defined under the North American Bird Conservation Initiative.</p>

<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(31,73,1=
25)">4. <span style=3D"text-decoration:underline"><b>Detroit Lakes WMD, nor=
thwest Minnesota - 3,200 acres</b></span></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 12px;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(=
65,75,80)">The Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District manages hundreds o=
f federally owned Waterfowl Productions Areas (WPAs) in Becker, Clay, Mahno=
men, Norman and Polk Counties in northwest Minnesota. The district is divid=
ed into three general landscape areas: the Red River Valley floodplain, the=
 glacial moraine/prairie pothole region, and the hardwood/coniferous forest=
. Land acquisition and management efforts are focused in the prairie pothol=
e region of the district, with a goal of providing habitat for nesting wate=
rfowl. <span style=3D"text-decoration:underline">About 3200 acres</span> of=
 remnant tallgrass prairie have been saved, while thousands of acres of pra=
irie pothole wetlands and tallgrass prairie vegetation have been restored. =
These habitats are not only critical for waterfowl, but are beneficial to o=
ther wildlife species as well.</p>

<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(31,73,1=
25)">5. <span style=3D"text-decoration:underline"><b>Swan Lake NWR, Sumner,=
 Missouri - 10,795 acres</b></span></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35)=
">Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a <span style=3D"text-decoration:un=
derline">10,795-acre</span> National Wildlife Refuge established in 1937 an=
d located in Chariton County, Missouri, 2 miles south of the town of Sumner=
. It is located near the confluence of the Grand and Missouri Rivers.=A0 <a=
 href=3D"http://www.google.com/search?biw=3D1135&amp;bih=3D689&amp;q=3Dswan=
+lake+national+wildlife+refuge+area&amp;sa=3DX&amp;ei=3D_ZjCUbq3CqPEyQG454G=
ACg&amp;sqi=3D2&amp;ved=3D0CKUBEOgTKAEwDQ"><b>Area</b></a><b>: </b>16.87 sq=
 miles (43.69 km=B2)</p>

<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(31,73,1=
25);min-height:22px"><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(31,73,1=
25)">Collectively, these refuges contain about 1/3 of the cropland on all M=
idwest refuges.</p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(31,73,1=
25);min-height:22px"><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(31,73,1=
25);min-height:22px">Neil</p><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 20,=
 2013 at 10:25 PM, Neil Carman <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:neil=
[log in to unmask]" target=3D"_blank">[log in to unmask]</a=
>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Tom,<div><br></div><div>Also we want to know=
 if <span style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,san=
s-serif">the Iowa</span><span style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;f=
ont-family:arial,sans-serif">=A0chapter has been involved in protecting thi=
s area. This is a different=A0</span></div>

<div><span style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sa=
ns-serif">question than the Outings.=A0</span></div><span class=3D"HOEnZb">=
<font color=3D"#888888"><div><font color=3D"#222222" face=3D"arial, sans-se=
rif"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font color=3D"#222222" face=3D"arial, sans-serif">Neil</font></div></=
font></span><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><div><font color=3D"#22=
2222" face=3D"arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color=3D"#2222=
22" face=3D"arial, sans-serif"><br>
</font><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 5:34 PM,  <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:T=
[log in to unmask]" target=3D"_blank">[log in to unmask]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:=
<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-lef=
t:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<u></u>



<div style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"><font face=3D"Arial" color=
=3D"#000000">
<div>
<div>Neil,</div>
<div>=A0</div>
<div>I will try to find out and will=A0get back to you.</div>
<div>=A0</div>
<div>Tom</div><div><div>
<div>=A0</div>
<div>=A0</div>
<div>In a message dated 6/19/2013 5:32:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time,=20
<a href=3D"mailto:[log in to unmask]" target=3D"_blank">neil_carm=
[log in to unmask]</a> writes:</div>
<blockquote style=3D"PADDING-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;BORDER-LEFT:blue 2px =
solid"><font style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent" face=3D"Arial" color=3D=
"#000000">Tom,=20
  <div><br></div>
  <div>Do know if the Iowa Chapter or local groups ever have outings at thi=
s=20
  wildlife refuge since=A0</div>
  <div>we are looking at suing FWS over allowing GE crops on them?=A0</div>
  <div><br></div>
  <div>This one is in Iowa!<br>
  <div><br></div>
  <div><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE:21px;COLOR:rgb(31,73,125);FONT-FAMILY:Calib=
ri,sans-serif">Iowa=20
  Wetland Management District (WMD)?</span></div></div>
  <div><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE:21px;COLOR:rgb(31,73,125);FONT-FAMILY:Calib=
ri,sans-serif"><br></span></div>
  <div><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE:21px;COLOR:rgb(31,73,125);FONT-FAMILY:Calib=
ri,sans-serif">Neil</span></div></font></blockquote></div></div></div>
<div></div>
<div>=A0</div></font></div></blockquote></div><br></div>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>
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