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Election 2004 Sends Enviros Mixed
Message
The results of a recent national
tally by the Trust for Public Land (TPL) buoyed the spirits of environmentalists
disheartened by the recent re-election of George W. Bush: voters in 111
communities across 25 states, it turns out, passed ballot measures funding $11
billion for conservation, including $2.4 billion for protecting land for parks
and open space.
Read
the Article in EMagazine
No
Compromise - No Surrender
From
Defenders of Wildlife
Rural Updates!
November 19, 2004
As Americans concerned about the safety of the environment,
family farms and long-term sustainability recoil from the results of
the recent election, Wendell Berry, beloved patron of rural America
and champion of family farms and the land offers important and
uplifting insights in an essay now available on line at Orion. Entitled
"Compromise, Hell!" Mr. Berry spins a spirited case for increased
action and "thoroughness" on the part of Americans who "are not
usually thought to be a submissive people." "But" he continues, "of
course we are. Why else would we allow our country to be
destroyed?" When Mr. Berry writes about the destruction of our
country he means "our country itself, our land." Boldly and directly
on target, Berry states emphatically, "Economic WMD's are being
used against our own people in a version of "freedom" that makes
greed the dominant economic paradigm."
If you need some
courageous inspiration to juice up your attitude check out
"Compromise, Hell!" at:
http://www.orionsociety.org/pages/om/04-6om/Berry.html
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
Position Opening for a Development Director / Advocacy
Coordinator
Application deadline is December 18, 2004
From
Melissa Scanlan, Executive
Director
Midwest Environmental
Advocates
Midwest
Environmental Advocates (MEA) is Wisconsin’s first and only non-profit
environmental law center. Our unique
approach to advocacy combines educating people about their legal rights and
training grassroots leaders to speak up on environmental issues, with going to
court when necessary to defend our air and water. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, we are a
small, dynamic office of two attorneys, a legal assistant, up to two law student
clerks, and 38 volunteer attorneys and experts.
We seek a
Development Director to manage and implement MEA’s grant writing, reporting to
funders, and major donor development.
The Development Director will
have the opportunity to help take an effective small public interest law firm
and scale-up its reach and impact by strengthening existing relationships with
donors and identifying and developing new relationships.
For
more information see
http://www.wsn.org/mea_job_111804.doc
Environmental Quality Incentives Program
The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary conservation
program. It supports production agriculture and environmental quality as
compatible goals. Through EQIP, farmers may receive financial and technical help
with structural and management conservation practices on agricultural land. EQIP in Wisconsin pays between 50 and 75 percent of the costs of eligible
conservation practices. Incentive payments may be made to encourage a farmer to
adopt land management practices, such as nutrient management, manure management, integrated pest management, and wildlife habitat management. EQIP offers contracts for practice implementation from 1-10 years. These
contracts provide incentive payments and cost share payments for implementing
conservation practices. Each county in Wisconsin has different signup dates, practices and rates of
cost-sharing for conservation. Sign-up dates will be set locally between
January 1 and June 1, 2005. Conservation Practices & Ranking Criteria by
County for 2005
For
more information and sign-up
dates see
http://www.wi.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/eqip.html
Grass
waterways: Conserving the land
The spring of 2004
will long be remembered as one of the wettest on record with planting extending
into late June and beyond for many farms. It also offered a reminder of the
importance of soil conservation planning. Landowners should note that the
Environmental Quality Incentive Program offered by the Natural Resources
Conservation Service (USDA) will be available again in 2005.
For further information, contact the Manitowoc County NRCS office at 4319
Expo Drive, P.O. Box 758, Manitowoc, WI; phone 920-683 4183.
Also
See
the complete article in
Manitowoc Herald Times
Recycling feat shows Milwaukee's can-do attitude
In a cavernous city garage on Milwaukee's northwest side Saturday
November 13, more than 50
volunteers helped to place 33,952 aluminum cans in a meandering line about a
mile and a third long. In the end, they bested the Aurora students' 2003 record
by 6,574 cans, a feat they hope will earn them a spot in "Guinness World
Records." The event was part of the City of Milwaukee's Cash for Cans Challenge.
City recycling manager Mary Bengsch, who coordinated the event, talked with
Journal Sentinel reporter Annysa Johnson.
Read
the entire story and interview
in the Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel
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
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.
See:
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/news/rbnews/2004/110404scr1.htm
Learn
about Wisconsin's Public
Trust Doctrine
The
Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau published
its study of Wisconsin's
Public Trust Doctrine in
October 2004
Read
the Study
Positive Change?
One Bite at a Time
From
Defenders of Wildlife
Rural Updates!
November 19, 2004
For meat-eaters who want to locate sustainably raised animal
products in their area, the Global Action Resource Center for the
Environment (GRACE) and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade
Policy (IATP) have recently re-launched an updated and helpful
guide called the Eat Well Guide. This service can help you find
sustainably raised meat, poultry, dairy and eggs in your area. Just
go to the website, enter your zip code, the number of miles you
want to travel, and you will see a list of local distributors of these
products. The Eat Well Guide is free and will direct you to outlets
in the US and Canada. You can suggest new listings be added and
the service will soon start including the names of restaurants. All
products listed are free of antibiotics and hormones, and are pasture
raised, grass fed and organic. The Eat Well Guide is a great tool
for consumers wanting to empower themselves for positive change
one bite at a time.
See
the Eat Well Guide at:
http://www.orionsociety.org/pages/om/04-6om/Berry.html
DNR
Basin Briefs - November
17, 2004
From:
"Ambs, Todd L" <Todd.Ambs@dnr.state.wi.us>
To
view the issue go to
http://www.wsn.org/2004BB1110.doc
Table
of Contents:
Dodge
County Highway Department to Pay $15,000 Settlement
Ecological response of small streams to
stormwater and stormwater controls
New Wisconsin Watersheds Selected for Conservation Security
Program
DISSOLVED OXYGEN METERS
- Safety:
DNR
Seeks Volunteers to Monitor Quality of South Central Wisconsin Lakes
NRB
Agenda-Waterway Regulations
NR115 Advisory Committee
Captain
Planet Foundation, Wars for Water
Nominate
River Champions by Nov 19
Gaylord Nelson: Environment now
in crisis
Arizona Master Watershed Program
Yard
cleaning can rob birds of cover, food
DNR
Basin Briefs - November
24, 2004
From:
"Ambs, Todd L" <Todd.Ambs@dnr.state.wi.us>
To
view the issue go to
http://www.wsn.org/2004BB1124.doc
Table
of Contents:
$
14.7 Million for EQIP Costshare Program
Comment period on pier rule extended
Use-Value Tax Law Effect on
Conservation
ACE Workshops on the Horizon
Water in Our
Veins—2005 Wisconsin Lakes Convention
England -Flood
Management Foundation Course Launched
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