Just a reminder that the Squaw Creek Watershed Coalition will hold its
annual meeting on Wednesday, March 25 at 6:30 pm in the Ames Public
Library Community Room (upstairs).

We're excited to have as guest speakers Cassie Herringshaw and Jan
Thompson (mentioned in the previous notice, copied below), as well as
John Paulin, Coordinator of Prairie Rivers of Iowa RC&D.

There's been a lot of interesting work taking place in the watershed in
the eight years since the coalition formed. At recent annual meetings
we've heard about watershed assessments, IOWATER sampling, fish
sampling, the application for EPA 319 grant funding, and the Iowa
Watershed Improvement Review Board (WIRB) funded projects on College Creek.

The board would like to invite each of you to join in our discussions
about the future role of the Squaw Creek Watershed Coalition. Can we
help pull these research and improvement projects together to better
serve the watershed and its many residents? And, in addition to
monitoring, what coalition-led activities should we be involved in?

We would appreciate your input and welcome your involvement!


> -------- Original Message --------

> The Squaw Creek Watershed Coalition will hold its annual meeting on
> Wednesday March 25 at 6:30 pm in the Ames Public Library Community Room.*
>
> Guest speakers include Cassie Herringshaw, Graduate Research Assistant
> in Environmental Sciences, who will speak about "Linkages among land
> cover, water and habitat quality, and invertebrates in local urban and
> agricultural streams" and Jan Thompson, Natural Resource Ecology and
> Management, who will present on "Local participation in storm water
> management: The Daley Park riparian buffer."
>
> Further details will be announced as we have them. There will be a short
> business meeting and election of officers. Please plan to attend!
>
>
> *A Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival*
> <www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org> and Enviro Fair of local
> environmental group displays is being planned for Saturday evening.
> April 25th. The event is being sponsored by JAX Outdoor Gear. Watch
> for further details.
>
>
> And the *IOWATER Statewide Snapshots *will be held on May 16, July 18
> and October 10. Support from IOWATER and the UHL will be very limited
> through June due to budget constraints. There will be no lab analysis
> unless we cover that cost ourselves. We'll plan to go ahead with our
> May Squaw Creek snapshot using only the IOWATER field tests, but we will
> need to take care to /make the best use of our remaining supplies.
> Please check your equipment and expiration dates!
>

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