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Ecology Club

Upcoming Events

Loess Hills Prairie Seminar- Burn Preparation

Saturday, November 14^th

Loess Hills Wildlife Area

9 am - noon

 

Last year at the Annual Loess Hills Prairie Seminar, the Missouri River Wildlife Unit of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and other volunteers carried out a prescribed burn to demonstrate the usefulness as well as the work that goes into a prairie burn. The Missouri River Wildlife Unit, with the encouragement of the positive response from the seminar attendees, would like to repeat this event at next year’s Loess Hills Prairie Seminar (June 4-6, 2010) but would also like to extend the opportunity to any interested to learn more about prescribed fires and aid in the behind the scenes preparation of a burn.

 

What: We will be completing a firebreak on the location of the burn that is planned for the 2010 Loess Hills Prairie Seminar.

 

When: 9:00 AM to noon on Saturday November 14, 2009.

 

Where: Loess Hills Wildlife Area in Monona County near Castana, Iowa. We will meet at the parking lot near the intersection of 178th Street and Oak Avenue.  Contact me for directions.

 

Please bring gloves, water, and wear sturdy shoes or boots.  Dress appropriately for the weather as it may be cold.  If you have loppers, handsaws, weed-eaters, or other equipment be sure to bring it along.

 

RSVP to Andy Kellner via email at Andrew.Kellner@dnr.iowa.gov<mailto:Andrew.Kellner@dnr.iowa.gov> or by phone at 712-458-2428 if you plan on attending.

 

 

Contact Mel Sadeghpour for more information on any of these events at mhsadeghpour@dmacc.edu