Peggy -- If you want to contact someone at the DNR directly, contact Jaime Edwards (Ms.) at the DNR Wildlife Diversity office in Boone (nongame) and you can reach her through e-mail at [log in to unmask] Jane C. ---------- > From: Peggy Murdock <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: C: Kellerton Bird Conservation Area > Date: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 10:50 AM > > Who should we contact to support this? > > Peggy Murdock > > At 09:35 AM 12/9/98 -0600, you wrote: > >If you have questions, comments, or want to make a donation, contact Jaime > >Edwards at [log in to unmask] I would also be interested in any > >responses. Jane Clark > >=================================================== > >KELLERTON BIRD CONSERVATION AREA > > > > The Kellerton Bird Conservation Area is a project of the Wildlife > > Diversity Program of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. This > > proposed area will be Iowa's first wildlife area where the primary > > goal will be to manage habitat for the benefit of nongame birds and > > animals. The project includes 680 acres where one of Iowa's few > > prairie chicken leks (booming grounds) is located. It is located > > just west of Kellerton in Ringgold County in southern Iowa. The IDNR > > approved purchase of this property at their November 12, 1998 > > meeting! > > > > Jamie Edwards of the DNR Wildlife Diversity Program says that $13,000 > > is still needed to complete the aquisition. The land had to be > > re-appraised and the cost went up. > > > > This is excerpted from a message from Big Bluestem Audubon: > > We believe that it fills a great need: a public area > > managed for non-game birds. Kellerton preserves a natural > > ecosystem, and will allow all Iowans to enjoy the observation of its > > birds and wildlife. We need to step forward now with monetary > >support. > > A great show of support at this time will ensure that we have a say in the > >management > > of the Kellerton area. We want to see this project focused on the > > grassland birds including neotropical migrants and Prairie Chickens. > > We need to vote support with our pocketbooks and wallets! > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send email to [log in to unmask] > >Make the message text (not the Subject): SIGNOFF IOWA-TOPICS > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send email to [log in to unmask] > Make the message text (not the Subject): SIGNOFF IOWA-TOPICS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send email to [log in to unmask] Make the message text (not the Subject): SIGNOFF IOWA-TOPICS