Nominate your River Champions
by Nov 19 From: "Lisa Goodman"
<goodman@wisconsinrivers.org>
For years, the River Alliance has honored the great work and steadfast
commitment of organizations and individuals doing their part to protect and
improve Wisconsin’s rivers. Over the years, we have honored scores of business
owners, anglers, farmers, and elected officials.
This year, we will offer our River Champion awards in three categories, and
we ask YOU to find the champions:
Private Sector – this Champion could come from tourism,
industry or agriculture.
Local Guardian – this Champion could be a single individual,
a family, or an organized group or association.
Public Sector – this Champion should work for government in
some capacity. They can be elected (e.g. town board, village president, state
legislator, county board), or they can be an employee of a state agency (e.g.
agriculture, natural resources) or municipal government.
River Champion nominees should be people, businesses or organizations that
have done exceptional work on the ground and in the water, or on a policy level,
to improve and restore rivers and streams.
Simply submit a form at: www.wisconsinrivers.org/nom.form.htm
Every submission must include a brief description of the reasons for
the nomination.
Please limit your description to 100 words or less. Please submit nominations by Nov.19th, 2004
Anglers needed for study of mercury in diet
Adult anglers in Wisconsin can help state health officials study the
relationship between fish consumption and mercury exposure by volunteering to
submit hair samples for the study.
The Wisconsin Department of Health and
Family Services is conducting the study of fish consumption and mercury exposure
and hopes to analyze mercury levels in hair samples from 2,000 men and women 18
and older between January 2004 and June 2005, according to Lynda Knobeloch, a
DHFS toxicologist in the Wisconsin Division of Public Health.
People interested in participating in the study can call 1-866-236-3461 or log
on to the mercury study Web site at to request a survey and hair collection kit.
For additional information about this study, please contact Dr. Lynda Knobeloch
at (608) 266-0923
For
more information See
article in Ashland Daily
Press
DNR
Seeks Volunteers to Monitor Quality Of South
Central Wisconsin Lakes
Persons looking for a special reason to get out on their favorite lake next year
can join over 1,000 volunteers statewide who are participating in a partnership
between the Department of Natural Resources and water resources minded citizens.
Volunteers will learn more about that favorite lake, collect valuable
data and watch for important changes on the health of that lake by signing on to
the Self-Help Monitoring Program.
For
more information Read
the DNR Press Release
Wisconsin Resident Receives National Parks
Award
Conservationist Praised for Work to Protect Apostle Islands, Saint
Croix Parks
Martin Hanson, the Wisconsin conservationist whose advocacy for both the Apostle
Islands National Lakeshore and Saint Croix National Scenic River inspired
Congress to create the two parks, received the prestigious Marjory
Stoneman Douglas Award on November 11 from the nonpartisan National Parks Conservation
Association (NPCA) for his lifelong efforts on behalf of Apostle Islands and
other Great Lakes parks.
Read
the article in Great Lakes
Environmental Directory
GRACE
launches Sustainable Table
website
From
Defenders of Wildlife
Rural Updates!
"Scotty Johnson" <sjohnson@defenders.org>
With hormones in our milk, food poisoning, mad cow disease,
antibiotic resistant bacteria in meat and corporate farming that is
ruining our water and air, one has to ask: What has happened to
our food? To help awaken consumers to the dangers of non-
sustainable and unhealthy food production, GRACE, the Global
Resource Action Center for the Environment has launched the
"Sustainable Table" website. Sustainable Table is an introduction
to issues surrounding today's agricultural system. It traces where
our food comes from and describes the difference between
corporate factory farming and sustainable production. GRACE'S
goal is to help people understand the issues, offer suggestions on
what folks can do, direct people to more in-depth information, and
introduce them to the exciting and hugely popular sustainable food
movement exploding around the world.
See the website at: http://www.sustainabletable.org/intro/
Rural Updates!
Scotty Johnson and Aimee Delach
National Rural Community Outreach Campaign
sjohnson@defenders.org
Defenders of Wildlife
Visit our website at www.familyfarmer.org
520 623-9653 x3
Wetland Education - A Call For Partners in Wisconsin!
From:
"EC-Educator"
<teachwetlands@wetland.org>
See
the brochure from Environmental
Concern, Inc. whose mission
is "Dedicated to promoting
public understanding and
stewardship of wetlands
through outreach and education,
native species horticulture
and restoration, creation
and enhancement initiatives."
See
the website: www.wetland.org
Download
the brochure (PDF):
http://www.wsn.org/partner_flyer_email.pdf
State forest group seeks logo design
The Friends of the Kettle Moraine is sponsoring a logo/design
contest.
The group is looking for a design or logo that captures the spirit of the
Kettle Moraine State Forest – Northern Unit. The design will be used on patches,
T-shirts and other merchandise sold by the Friends of the Kettle Moraine as a
fund-raiser for their projects. The contest deadline is Dec. 15. For more information, or to become a member of the Friends of the Kettle
Moraine, contact the forest staff at the Ice Age Visitor Center at (920)
533-8322. The center is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and
on Saturday and Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
See
the Sheboygan-Press article
Participants
needed for the 2005
Wisconsin Groundwater Festival
From: "Lisa Goodman"
<goodman@wisconsinrivers.org>
The festival will be a one-day event on Friday,
April 15, 2005
from 9am-3:30pm at the Eau Claire
County Expo Center.
Jean Schomisch, Land
Conservationist with Eau Claire
County, has agreed to be the local
coordinator and
Rory Olson, Chippewa Falls Water Utility,
has agreed to
be Jean's "3rd & 4th hands".
Planning committee members
and other volunteers
are
needed. For more information
see
http://www.wsn.org/groundwater_festival_05.html
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