Hello all,

Mark your calendars – the spring snapshot will be held on Saturday, May 16^th from 9am -1pm.  Check your IOWATER supplies and expiration data, and e-mail me (zoey@...) or Rick Dietz (rsdietz@...) with a list of what you need.  We usually meet at Brookside, but you can pick up your collection bottles and data sheets earlier if that is inconvenient – let us know.

Due to the costs of monitoring water after last spring’s floods, the DNR/IIOWATER budget for lab testing of bacteria and nutrients has run out, but the congregation of the Unitarian Fellowship has jumped up to help us.  The congregation raised over $300 in donations over the last month, which we will use to pay for some of the tests.

If you are on the listserv, but haven’t participated in a snapshot lately, or at all, please consider coming to help out.  The data from these snapshots, over time, will help us to get a better picture of water quality in the watershed, and establish benchmarks that can help us distinguish between non-point and point-source pollution, and possibly to target areas where runoff should be addressed.

The JAX film festival was a great success due mainly to the efforts of Stacy Brothers at JAX, with a little help from the coalition members.  Thanks Stacy!

Thanks,

Mike Lazere